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.

Image Credit: Cindy Chew

Ziyang Zhang

he/him
Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Harvard University [Email] [CV] [Scholar]

Postdoctoral Scholars

Yang Cao

she/her

Ph.D. University of Chicago
[Email]

Yecheng Wang

he/him

Ph.D. Purdue University
[Email]

Sicong Chen

he/him

Ph.D. Peking University
[Email]

Graduate Students

William Rackear

he/him
Graduate Student (G3)

B.A. Bowdoin College
[Email]

Celine Wang

she/her
Graduate Student (G3)

B.S. Harvey Mudd College
[Email]

Miranda Wu

she/her
Graduate Student (G3)

B.A. Smith College
[Email]

Polina Barzova

she/her
Graduate Student (G2)

B.A. Washington University in St. Louis
[Email]

Alejandro Medina

he/him
Graduate Student (G2)

B.A. Northwestern University
[Email]

Mike Norinskiy

he/him
Graduate Student (G2)

B.A. Cornell University
[Email]

Robby Gourdie

he/him
Graduate Student (G1)

B.S. William & Mary
[Email]

Isaac Kaba

he/him
Graduate Student (G1, co-advised by Bobby Saxton)

B.S. University of Toledo
[Email]

Julian Robles

he/him
Graduate Student (G1)

B.S. University of the Incarnate Word
[Email]

Gary Shi

he/him
Graduate Student (G1)

B.S. Rice University
[Email]

Ivan Davidek

he/him
Rotation Student

B.S. University of California, Davis
[Email]

Phillip Kim

he/him
Rotation Student

B.S. University of California, Los Angeles
[Email]

Undergraduate Students

Derik Liu

he/him
Undergraduate Student

Olivia Kong

she/her
Undergraduate Student

Grace Wu

she/her
Visiting Undergraduate Student

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