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Principal Investigator<\/h2>\n

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Chao Zhang<\/h3>\n

BS Peking University, 1998
\nPhD Princeton University, 2004<\/p>\n

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Contact<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Graduate Students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Chau Ngo<\/strong><\/p>\n

UCSD BS, 2016
\nMS, 2018<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\"Headshot<\/p>\n

Tai Nguyen<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Washington, 2016<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Luna Kim<\/strong><\/p>\n

2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Jiaqi Tang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Xiamen Univ 2019<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"Yida<\/p>\n

Yida Li<\/strong><\/p>\n

Univ of Iowa 2020<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Elham Taghikhani<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharif Univ of Technology 2022<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Undergraduate Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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Andy Tong<\/strong><\/p>\n

Major: Biochemistry<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Nathan Kim<\/strong><\/p>\n

Major: BISC<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Neel Iyer<\/strong><\/p>\n

Major: Biochemistry<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Logan Saifer<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Former Lab Members:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ying-Chu Chen (currently at Amgen)<\/p>\n

Alvin Kung\u00a0(currently at Cypress College)<\/p>\n

Xu Liu (currently safety specialist at USC)<\/p>\n

Feng Ni (currently at Ningbo University)<\/p>\n

Arunika Ekanayake (currently a biomedical researcher)<\/p>\n

Amir Assadieskandar (currently at Amgen)<\/p>\n

Caiqun Yu\u00a0(currently a biomedical researcher)<\/p>\n

Hao Yuan (currently at Pharmaron)<\/p>\n

Bianca Espinosa (currently at RAND Corporation)<\/p>\n

Renata Miranda (currently at RIT)<\/p>\n

Joshua Feng (currently at CSU Long Beach)<\/p>\n

Chau Ngo (currently at UC Los Angeles)<\/p>\n

Christina Yang (currently at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center)<\/p>\n

Polina Nesterova\u00a0(currently at PepsiCo)<\/p>\n

Vivek Shah (currently at UC Los Angeles School of Medicine)<\/p>\n

Maurice Turner\u00a0(currently at UC Los Angeles School of Medicine)<\/p>\n

Audrey Nguyen (currently at University of Virginia School of Medicine)<\/p>\n

Brock Malinoski\u00a0(currently at SoCal Gas Company)<\/p>\n

Amode Tembhakar\u00a0(currently at UC Davis School of Medicine)<\/p>\n

Jotham Sadan<\/p>\n

Alexander Kingsborough<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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\n Contact\n <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n \n \n
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Chao Zhang, Ph.D.<\/h3>\n \n \n
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Associate Professor<\/em>
\nDepartment of Chemistry & Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute
\nUniversity of Southern California
\n3430 S. Vermont Ave, TRF 114A
\nLos Angeles, CA 90089<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

\n (213) 740 – 7040<\/a>\n <\/div>\n \n
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