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.

Collaborator

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

Tessa Annelotte Groeneweg

Visiting Graduate Researcher

M.S. Candidate, Biomedical Sciences

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, ’25

Hobbies: running, weightlifting, reading, and creative crafty projects

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

Ruben Berreby

High School Researcher

Ecole Jeannine Manuel, Paris, France, ’25

Hobbies: tennis, piano, running