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Shu-ou Shan

Shu-ou Shan

Principal Investigator

Professor, Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

  • B.S. in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland
  • Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Stanford University

Lab members

Sowmya Chandrasekar

Sowmya Chandrasekar

Lab Manager

  • B.S., Pharmacy, Tamil Nadu Medical University
  • M.S., Biochemistry, Miami University, Ohio
Arpit Gupta

Arpit Gupta

Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Ph.D., Microbial Technology, CSIR-Institute
Radoslaw J. Gora

Radoslaw J. Gora

Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Ph.D. Leiden University, the Netherlands
Yelim Yi

Yelim Yi

Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Ph.D., Chemistry, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Madhura Paranjpe

Madhura Paranjpe

Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Ph.D., Molecular and Structural Biology, University of Illinois Chicago
Wren Stiefel

Wren Stiefel

Graduate Student-Chemistry

  • A.B., Chemistry, Princeton University
Bryce Yeazell

Bryce Yeazell

Graduate Student-Chemistry

  • B.S., Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University
Ziyi Fan

Ziyi Fan

Graduate Student-Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

  • B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Davis
Riming (Sunny) Huang

Riming (Sunny) Huang

Graduate Student-Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

  • MBiochem, Biochemistry (Molecular and Cellular), University of Oxford
Feng Yu (Max) Wang

Feng Yu (Max) Wang

Graduate Student-Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics

  • M.S., Biochemistry, National Taiwan University
  • B.S./B.E., Life Science/Electrical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University
Pratiman De

Pratiman De

Graduate Student-Chemistry

  • Integrated Masters (BS+MS), Chemistry
  • NISER Bhubaneswar, Homi Bhaba National University

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Alex Siegel (2017–2026) — Scientist, Biotech in Bay Area

Alfred Lentzsch (2021–2024) — Research Scientist, JHU

Yumeng Liu (2019–2020) — Scientist, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hyunju Cho (2015–2020) — Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Korea

Fu-Cheng (George) Liang (2011–2017) — Associate Professor at Midwestern State University at Wichita Falls, Texas

Ishu Saraogi (2009–2013) — Associate Professor,Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal, India

Dawei Zhang (2008–2012) — Investigator, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Science

Vinh Lam (2007–2011) — Associate Director of Marketing, Systems Biosciences

Rumana Rashid (2006–2008) — Associate Director at Xencor Inc.

Graduate Students

Ruilin Qian (2020–2026) — Postdoctoral fellow in Ruben Gonzalez lab at Columbia University

Zikun Zhu (2019–2024) — Postdoctoral fellow in Vamsi Mootha Lab at Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Hao-Hsuan Hsieh (2016–2022) — Postdoctoral fellow in Andreas Martin Lab at UCB

Chien-I Yang (2015–2022) — Postdoctoral fellow in Rachal Green Lab at JHU

Shuai Wang (2013–2019) — Postdoctoral fellow in Thomas Südhof Lab at Stanford

Jae Ho Lee (2013–2019) — Postdoctoral fellow in Judith Frydman Lab at Stanford

Yu-Hsien Hwang Fu (2012–2018) — Senior Scientist at Alida Biosciences, San Diego

Un Seng Chio (2012–2018) — Postdoctoral fellow in Yifan Cheng Lab at UCSF

Camille McAvoy (2012–2016) — Graduate researcher in the Rees Lab at Caltech

Meera Rao (2010–2016) — Data Scientist, Grand Rounds

David Akopian (2008–2014) — Postdoctoral fellow in Rape Lab at University of California at Berkeley

Aileen Ariosa (2008–2014) — Manager, Assays and R&D at Cayman Chemicals

Michael Rome (2008–2014) — Managing director, Foresite Capital

Thang Nguyen (2007–2013) — Professor, Mt. San Antonio College

Kuang Shen (2007–2013) — Assistant professor, U Mass Chan Medical School

Nathan Pierce (2006–2011) — Scientist at Amgen

Peera Jaru-Ampornpan (2006–2011) — Principal Investigator, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC)

Xin Zhang (2004–2010) — Professor, Westlake University, China