People

 

Yu-Ying He, PhD
Principle Investigator
yyhe at bsd.uchicago.edu

 

 


Seungwon Yang, PhD
Director of Skin Research. Research Professional Associate
syang13 at bsd.uchicago.edu
PhD: Cell & Developmental Biology, Seoul National University, South Korea, 2012
Research interest: RNA modifications in environmental carcinogenesis, cancer Progression, and therapeutic resistance

 


Yan-Hong Cui, PhD
Research Professional Associate
cuiyh88 at bsd.uchicago.edu
PhD: Life Science, Hanyang University, South Korea, 2017
Research interest: epigenetics and epitranscriptomics in environmental carcinogenesis and therapeutic response

 


Ming Sun, PhD
Research Professional Associate
sunm at uchicago.edu
PhD: Cell Biology, University of Chinsese Academy of Sciences, China, 2013
Research interest: regulation and function of RNA methylation in stress response and environmental tumorigenesis

 



Haixia Li, PhD
Postdoc scholar

haixia at uchicago.edu
PhD: Physiology, Shandong University, Shandong, China, 2021
Research interest: regulation and function of RNA modifications in stress response and environmental tumorigenesis

 


Emma Wilkinson
Graduate student, CCB
ewilkinson at uchicago.edu
B.S.: Molecular biology, Loyola University, Chicago
Research interest: epigenetic and epitranscriptomic regulation of stress response and environmental tumorigenesis

 


Breanna Bertacchi
Research Administrator
bbertacchi1 at bsd.uchicago.edu

 

 

 


Alumni

Postdoctoral scholars

  • Weinong Han, PhD. 2008-2012. Science Research Specialist, University of Chicago.
  • Shan Huang, PhD. 2020-2021. Scientist in the SANSURE biotech in Changsha, China.
  • Xia Lei, PhD. 2008-2009. Associate Professor, Third Military Medical University, Sichuan, China.
  • Ming Mei, PhD. 2008-2014. Senior Analytics Consultant, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois.
  • Gayoung Park, PhD. 2019-2020. Senior Researcher at Tech. Hub Team in CJ CheilJedang BIO, Korea.
  • Lei Qiang, PhD. 2011-2016. Professor, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
  • Zizhao Yang, PhD. 2017-2019. Assistant Professor, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Baozhong Zhao, PhD. 2012-2014. Principle Scientist, LGC-Biosearch Technologies, Petaluma, CA.

 

Graduate students

  • Ashley Sample, PhD. 2014-2017. Market Research Analyst, Purohit Navigation, Inc., Chicago, IL.
  • Palak Shah, PhD. 2013-2018. Postdoctoral fellow, University of Michigan.

 

Rotating graduate students

  • Juan Apiz. 2019. PhD student, Committee on Cancer Biology, University of Chicago.

 

Medical students

  • Cesar Guerrero, MD. Dermatopathologist. Poplar Healthcare.
  • ImYoung Kim, MD, PhD. Dermatologist, Aurora Health Care.
  • Myles Robinson. Medical student, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago.
  • Freda Sansaricq, MD.
  • Michelle Verghese.

 

Visiting students

  • Chunli Wu, MD, PhD.

 

Visiting scholars

  • Yu Deng, PhD.
  • Cao Ji, PhD.
  • Fang Wang, PhD.
  • Wen Zhong, MD.

 

Undergraduate students

  • Stephanie Sinnappan.
  • Elaine Trinh.
  • Linnea Lungstrom.
  • Aliya Khan.
  • Kyle Conroy.
  • Donna Tong.
  • Kara Xu.
  • Jack Peterson.