Team

Ang Cui, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Faculty CV

Shawn Berry, M.Sc.

Lab Manager

Hobbies: ancient Egyptian religion, wood and metal working, gardening, and cooking

Chrispus Ngule, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Cancer Immunology

University of Kentucky, ’24

Hobbies: hiking, nature walks, playing table tennis and badminton

Lucy Lu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Computational Biology

Uppsala University, Sweden, ’23

Hobbies: rock climbing, skiing and hiking

David Perea Pérez, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D., Viral Immunology

Vall d’Hebron Institute of Research, Spain, ’24

Hobbies: watercolor painting, crafting and throwing boomerangs, dancing salsa, table tennis, swimming, and roller skating

Diego Pizzagalli, Ph.D.

Visiting Researcher

Ph.D., Systems Biology

The Swiss Initiative in Systems Biology, ’20

Hobbies: hiking, playing organ, Red Cross volunteering, farming

Nicholas Lai, M.S.

Associate Computational Biologist

M.S., Computer Science

Stanford University, ’21

Hobbies: reading, walking, and playing music

Pooja Savla, M.S.

Associate Computational Biologist

M.S., Bioinformatics

Boston University, ’24

Hobbies: Indian classical dance, playing chess, and visiting museums

Nehal Singh, M.S.

Research Associate

M.S., Medical Biotechnology

University of Illinois Chicago, ’20

Hobbies: reading, photography, playing chess

Thomas Kunow

Research Associate

B.S., Biomedical Engineering

City, University of London, ’23

Hobbies: water skiing, tennis

Adrian Ke

DMD Candidate

B.A., History

University of Pennsylvania, ’23

Hobbies: hiking, pilates, crafting

Alina Shahin

DMD Candidate

B.S., Molecular and Cellular Biology

California State University, Northridge, ’22

Hobbies: reading (especially historical fiction and mystery thriller novels), trying new coffee shops, and playing soccer

Lawrence Wang

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Candidate, Computational Neuroscience

University of Southern California, ’25

Hobbies: running

Anastasia Dunca

Undergraduate Researcher

S.B. Candidate, Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ’26

Hobbies: Ultimate frisbee, climbing, tennis

Mona Zhou

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Candidate, Statistical Data Science

University of California, Davis, ’26

Hobbies: swimming, baking, and playing badminton

Isabella Gonzalez

Undergraduate Researcher

B.S. Candidate, Northeastern University, ’28

Hobbies: crocheting, badminton, photography, sightseeing, and listening to music

Brianna S. Yao

Undergraduate Researcher

S.B., Computer Science

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ’24

Hobbies: tennis, crochet