The Team

Our goal is for every one of us to enjoy fun science and to become the scientist they want to be.

We are committed to building an inclusive lab and welcome members from all backgrounds.

Ziyang Zhang

he/him/his
Assistant Professor
[Email] [CV] [Scholar]
Joined 2022

William Rackear

he/him/his
Graduate Student
[Email]
Joined 2022

Quin Nguyen

she/her
Research Associate
[Email]
Joined 2023

Eway Cai

she/her
Rotation Student
[Email]
Spring 2024

Celine Wang

she/her/hers
Graduate Student
[Email]
Joined 2023

Yang Cao

she/her
Postdoctoral Scholar
[Email]
Joined 2023

Marissa Lynch

she/her
Rotation Student
[Email]
Spring 2024

Miranda Wu

she/her/hers
Graduate Student
[Email]
Joined 2023

Yecheng Wang

he/him/his
Postdoctoral Scholar
[Email]
PhD Purdue University
Joined 2023

Polina Barzova

she/her
Rotation Student
[Email]
Fall 2023

Kiarra Ning

she/her
Undergraduate Student
[Email]
Fall 2023

Crystal Garcia

she/her/hers
Administrative Officer
[Email]
Joined 2022

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Mike Norinskiy

he/him/his
Graduate student
[Email]
Joined 2023

Tatiana Jimenez

she/her
Rotation Student
[Email]
Spring 2024

Alejandro Medina

he/him
Rotation Student
[Email]
Fall 2023

Thank you to all of our rotation students and summer students!


2022–2023

Teresia Chen [Email]

Jack Feldner [Email]

Ethan Goulart [Email]

Yifan (Albert) Liu [Email]

Erin McCann [Email]

Alan Nisanov [Email]

Celine Wang [Email]

Miranda Wu [Email]


Qianyi Fan (Tsinghua University)


Ashley Tan (Harvey Mudd College)

2023–2024

Alex Solivan [Email]