Postdoctoral Fellows
Name | Time at Yu Lab | Current or Last Known Position |
Longtao Wu, PhD | 2009 - 2014 | Research Professional, Basic Sciences Division, University of Chicago |
Hong-Jian Jin, PhD | 2010 - 2014 | Group Lead Transcriptomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. |
Fujun Qin, PhD | 2010 - 2012 | Research Scientist, University of Virginia. |
Jonathan Zhao, MD | 2010 – 2014 | Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Emory University |
Ali Zhang, M.D., PhD | 2012 – 2015 | Reseach assistant professor, Northwestern University. |
Will Ka-Wing Fong, PhD | 2013 – 2017 | Reseach assistant professor, Northwestern University. |
Shangze Li, PhD | 2014 – 2017 | Associate Professor, Chongqing University, China |
Bing Song, PhD | 2014 – 2017 | Associate Professor, Zhengzhou University, China |
Xiaodong Lu, PhD | 2015 – 2025 | Assistant Professor, Zhejiang University |
Yongik Lee, PhD | 2016 – 2019 | Clinical Development Scientist, Astellas Pharma Inc |
Nathan Damaschke, PhD | 2017 – 2019 | Field Manager, Great Lakes Orthopedics |
Guihua Zeng, PhD | 2018 –2020 | PI at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University |
Wanqing Xie, MD, PhD | 2020 – 2024 | Associte Scientist, CHOP, PA |
Shivani Agarwal, PhD | 2021 – 2023 | Sr. Scientist, Vanqua Bio |
Graduate Students
Name | Time at Yu Lab | Current or Last Known Position |
Jung Kim (PhD) | 2011 – 2015 | Staff Scientist, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH |
Angela Y. Yang (PhD) | 2012 – 2017 | Principal Scientist Researcher, Genentech |
Cheng Cheng | 2012 – 2012 | Research Associate, Genzyme |
Harshvardhan Gunashekar | 2014-2015 | Director, Bristol Myers Squibb |
Bin Zheng | 2014 – 2017 | Feinberg Fellow, Northwestern University |
Subhasree Sridhar | 2016 – 2017 | PhD Student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
Kevin (Su Hong) Park (PhD) | 2016 – 2020 | Sr. Scientist, Bristol Myers Squibb |
Galina Gritsina (PhD) | 2017 – 2023 | Weill Cornell Medicine |
Rakshitha Jagadish | 2017 – 2019 | Sr. Molecular technologist, Belay Diagnostics |
Michelle Koford | 2017 – 2018 | Associate Delivery Manager, Astrix |
Viriya Keo (PhD) | 2019 – 2025 | Clinical Bioinformatics Analyst, Belay Diagnostics |
Lourdes Brea (PhD) | 2019 – 2025 | Scientist at Grove Biopharma, Chicago, IL |
Sambhavi Senthil | 2023 – 2025 | Technician, cedars-sinai medical center |
Shaojun Yu (PhD) | 2023 – 2024 | Postdoc fellow, Northwestern University |
Visiting Scholars and Junior Faculty
Name | Time at Yu Lab | Current or Last Known Position |
Xingyang Xue, MD, PhD | 2014 – 2015 | Associate Professor, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong, China |
Xiaohai Wang, PhD | 1/2018 – 12/2018 | Attending Doctor, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China |
Zhuoyuan Lin, MD, PhD | 2019 – 2021 | Associate Professor, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China |
Lab Technicians
Name | Time at Yu Lab | Current or Last KNown Position |
Christin Runkle | 2009 - 2013 | Research Technologist, Northwestern University |
Elif Demirel | 9/2019-2/2022 | Technical Project Coordinator, FreeThink Technologies, Inc |
Xiaojun Gong | 2023 – 2025 | |
Qi Chu | 2022 – 2025 | PhD student, University of Notre Dame |
Xianglin Shi | 2023 – 2025 | PhD student, University of Notre Dame |