Lab Members
Current Members
Rong Wu, PhD (Postdoc Fellow)
Education
2019 Ph.D., University of The Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China
Research Interest
Influence of "blood chemicals" on aging and cancer
Hao Fan, PhD (Postdoc Fellow)
Education
2019 Ph.D., China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
Research Interest
Signaling funcitons of metabolites in cancer
Rukang Zhang, PhD (Postdoc Fellow)
Education
2019 Ph.D., Drug Discovery and Development Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China
Research Interest
Explore interplay between epigenetics and metabolism in cancer cells
Jiayi Tu, PhD (Postdoc Fellow)
Education
2021 Ph.D., Genetics, Huazhong University fo Science and Technology, China
Research Interest
Fan Yang, PhD (Postdoc Fellow)
Education
2021 Ph.D., Chemical Proteomics, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, China
Research Interest
Jiacheng Li, PhD (Postdoc Fellow)
Education
2022 Ph.D., Drug Discovery and Development Center, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China
Research Interest
Zhicheng Xie, PhD (Postdoc Fellow)
Education
2022 Ph.D., Medicinal Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, China
Research Interest
Zhong Zheng, PhD (Research Specialist)
Education
2014 Ph.D. Nutritional Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Postdoc Training
2014-2017 Postdoc Scholar, Section of Rheumatology, University of Chicago Department of Medicine, Chicago, IL
2017-2020 Postdoc Scholar, Department of Chemistry and HHMI, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Research Interest
Use mouse models to explore the functions of metabolites in the immune system
Freya Zhang (PhD Student, CMMN)
Education
2020 B.A. in Biological Sciences (cum laude), Cornell University
Research Interest
Chufan Cai (PhD Student, CCB)
Education
2018 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Purdue University & China Agricultural University
Research Interest
Cancer metabolic adaptation
Jeronimo Najarro (Undergraduate student '24)
Research Interest
Kelly Xue (Undergraduate student '25)
Research Interest
Isis Decrem (Undergraduate student '25)
Research Interest
Former Lab Members
Students:
Shannon E. Elf, PhD (Associate Professor, University of Utah)
Liang Zhao, MD, PhD (Assistant Professor, Xiangya Medical University, China)
Jason Qian, MD (Resident, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School)
Postdoc Fellows:
Taro Hitosugi, PhD (Associate Professor, Mayo Clinic)
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Xue Gao, PhD (Assistant Professor, Fudan University, China)
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Jun Fan, PhD (Professor and Vice Dean, Jinan University, China)
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Heebum Kang, PhD (Research Assistant Professor, University of Ulsan, Korea)
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Jae Ho Seo, PhD (Assistant Professor, Wonkwang University, Korea)
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Changliang Shan, PhD (Professor, Nankai University, China)
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Ruiting Lin, PhD (Senior Scientist, Sanofi)
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Yijie Liu, PhD (Assistant Professor of Pathology, Northwestern University)
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Shaozhong Dong, PhD (Professor and Deputy Director, Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, China)
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Dong Chen, PhD (Associate Professor, Soochow University, China)
Dong Chen's lab at Soochow University
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Zhonglin Hao, MD, PhD (Professor and co-Leader, Thoracic Oncology Program, University of Kentucky)
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Tae-Wook Chung, PhD (Research Assistant Professor, Dongguk University, Korea)
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Shuangping Liu, PhD (Professor and Vice Dean, College of Biological Sciences, Dalian University, China)
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Yaozhu Pan, MD (Professor and Chief of Hematology, Lanzhou General Hospital, China)
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Siyuan Xia, PhD (Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China)
