People

 

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

 

 

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

 

Michelle Verghese,
MD/PhD student, CCB

mverghese at uchicago.edu
BS: Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley, 2020
Research interest: RNA modifications in anti-tumor immunity and carcinogenesis

 

Tae Young Ryu, PhD
Postdoc Scholar
taeyoungryu at uchicago.edu
PhD: Department of Biological Sciences, KAIST, Korea, 2023
Research interest: regulation and function of RNA modifications in stress response

 


Xin Fang, PhD
Postdoc scholar

xinfang at uchicago.edu
PhD: School of Public Health, China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China, 2023
Research interest: regulation and function of RNA modifications in stress response

 

Tong-Tong Ji
Postdoc scholar

tongtongji at uchicago.edu
PhD: Analytical Chemistry, Collage of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, Wuhan University, Hubei, China, 2024
Research interest: molecular mechanisms of RNA modifications in stress response and cancer

 

Hunter DeLoche
Undergraduate student

jhdeloche at uchicago.edu
University of Chicago, 2027
Research interest: Regulatory mechanisms of RNA modifications in stress response in cancer

 

NiJonna Edge
Research Administrator
nijonna 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.
  • Haixia Li, PhD. 2021-2025. Assistant Investigator (equivalent to Assistant Professor). Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 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.
  • Ming Sun, PhD. 2021-2023. Northwestern University.
  • Zizhao Yang, PhD. 2017-2019. Professor, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicineļ¼ŒCollege of Pharmacy, Shanghai, China.
  • Seungwon Yang, PhD. 2014-2023. Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School.
  • Baozhong Zhao, PhD. 2012-2014. Co-Founder and CTO, Synoligo Biotechnologies, Inc. Morrisville, NC.

 

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.
  • Emma Wilkinson, PhD. 2019-2025. Postdoctoral fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. NCI K00 Fellow.

 

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.
  • Kate Stack.
  • Teresa Nam.
  • Kenny Lu.
  • Leon Zhou.