Current Members

Minglei Zhao

Principle Investigator


Yuan Xie

Research Professional


Erick Torres Guasp

Graduate Student
Co-mentored with Prof. Ben Glick


Madeline Herwig

Graduate Student
Co-mentored with Prof. David Pincus


Simone Ritchey

Graduate Student
Co-mentored with Prof. Tobin Sosnick


Sophie Ye

Undergraduate Student


Leah McLelland

Rotation Student



Lab Alumni

Name Year Position Recent Update
Bixia Zhang, PhD 2023-2025 Postdoctoral Researcher Ocean University of China
Stephen Chung 2023-2025 Lab Technician Graduate Student @ UChicago
Arthur Siu 2025 Rotation Student Graduate Student @ UChicago
Evelina Tronina 2024 Rotation Student Graduate Student @ UChicago
Jane Lodwick, PhD 2017-2024 Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher @ MIT
Ayanna McCarthy Summer 2024 ASM STEM Lab Internship High School Student
Patryk Kalinowski 2022-2024 BioLabs Program Graduate Student @ Boston University
Jeffrey Han 2022-2024 Undergraduate Researcher Postbac @ NIH
Malena Heineman 2023 Undergraduate Researcher Undergraduate Student @ UChicago
Bowei Yang, PhD 2022-2023 Postdoctoral Researcher Postdoctoral Researcher
Alvin Zhang 2021-2023 Undergraduate Researcher Graduate Student @ Princeton
Chang Liu 2017-2022 Graduate Student Postdoctoral Researcher @ UT Austin
Ally Shiqi Cao 2021-2022 Undergraduate Researcher Undergraduate @ UChicago
Kasandra Medrano Summer 2022 High School Researcher Elmwood Park High School
Vivian Lu 2021-2022 Undergraduate Researcher Graduate Student @ Yale
David Cho 2020-2021 Undergraduate Researcher MD Student
Man Pan, PhD 2017-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher Associate Professor @ Institute of Translational Medicine, SJTU
Yuanyuan Yu, PhD 2017-2021 Postdoctoral Researcher Associate Professor @ School of Pharmacy, SJTU
Sihao Huang 2019 Rotation Student Graduate Student @ UChicago
Szymon Kordon 2019 Rotation Student Graduate Student @ UChicago
Josephine Tang 2019 Rotation Student Graduate Student @ UChicago
Adam Wylder 2018 Rotation Student Graduate Student @ UChicago
Patricia Zulueta 2018-2019 Undergraduate Researcher Medical Student @ Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Karolina Roganowicz 2018-2019 BioLabs Program Graduate Student @ ETH
David Pan Summer 2018 & 2019 High School & Undergraduate Researcher College Student @ UChicago
Kyle Oleksiuk Summer 2018 Undergraduate Researcher Development Associate @ RestoringVision
Dazhi Li Summer 2018 International REU Program, HKUST Graduate Student @ Yale
Caitlin Wong Summer 2017 Undergraduate Researcher Graduate Student @ UChicago
Abdul Atassi Summer 2017 High School Researcher UChicago Laboratory Schools