DONG RESEARCH GROUP

DRUG DISCOVERY & DELIVERY LABORATORY

Members

Lab Members

Lucy Brown

Graduate Student

University of Virginia

B.S.                                          2021- 2025

Jonathan Bekoe

The Marie Curie High School

High School Teacher                   2025 

Dinglingge Cao, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fudan University

Ph.D.                                         2019 – 2023

Yizhou Dong, Ph.D.

Professor

Principal Investigator

Benjamin Redenti, M.D.

Internal Medicine Residency

Columbia University

M.D.                                       2024 

Meng Tian, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ph.D.                                        2018 – 2023

Haoyuan Li, M.D. & Eng.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Fudan University                              Eng.D.                                      2019-2022  Shandong University                                M.D.                                         2011-2019 

Zhengwei Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry

Ph.D.                                         2016 – 2022

Yuwei Liu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) 

Ph.D.                                        2020 – 2024

Changyue Yu, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica

Ph.D.                                        2019 – 2024

Bozhang Xia, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

National center for nanoscience and technology, China               

Ph.D.                                        2020 – 2025

Yaying Zheng, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

University at Albany                 

Ph.D.                                        2018 – 2023

Lucia Marchese-Thomas

High School Student

The Dalton School

Sohana Soha

High School Student

Park east high school

Wania Chowdhury

High School Student

The Bronx High School of Science

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

Dr. Xucheng Hou (2022-2026)
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore
Dr. Yonger Xue (2023-2025)
– Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dr. Siyu Wang (2022-2025)
– Assistant Professor, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Dr. Chang Wang (2019-2025)
– Assistant Professor, The University of Oklahoma
Dr. Leiming Wang (2022-2024)

– Associate Director, Zhejiang Huahai Pharmaceutical Co ltd
Dr. Yuebao Zhang (2017-2022)

– Director, Shenzhen Houcun Nano Pharmaceutical Co ltd
Dr. Changzheng Sun (2019-2021)
– Assistant Professor, Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, Southwest Medical University
Dr. Chunxi Zeng (2016-2020)
– Scientist II, Tessera Therapeutics
Dr. Wenqing Li (2016-2020)
– Professor, Institute of Reproductive Medicine, Nantong University
Dr. Xinfu Zhang (2015-2018)
– Associate Professor, National Key Laboratory of Fine Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology
Dr. Junfeng Wang (2014-2015)
– Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital
Dr. Bin Li (2014-2018)
– Associate Professor, Shenzhen People’s Hospital

PhD Students

Dr. Xucheng Hou (2017-2022)
Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore 
Dr. Yichen Zhong (2021-2026)
– Postdoc, Genentech Biotechnology corporation
Dr. Yonger Xue (2019-2023)
– Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Dr. Diana Kang (2020-2025)
– Senior Scientist, AbbVie Inc. 
Dr. Shi Du (2018-2023)
– Assistant Professor, Soochow
Dr. Jingyue Yan (2018-2023)
– Scientist, BioNTech Inc.
Dr. Chengxiang Zhang (2016-2020)
– Scientist, Invaio Sciences Formulation Inc.
Dr. Weiyu Zhao (2015-2020)
– Scientist, Strand Therapeutics Inc.
Dr. Sijin Guo (2015-2019)
– Scientist, The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson
Dr. Xiao Luo (2014-2017)
– Scientist, Rubius Therapeutics Inc.

Master Students

Dean Chen (2024-2026)
– PhD candidate, Washington University in St. Louis
Kaiyuan Guo (2023-2025)
– PhD candidate, Rice University

Undergraduate Students

Alister (Jia) Ng (2025)
– Undergraduate Student, Lewis & Clark College 
Aieshah Ashfer (2024-2025)
– Undergraduate Student, The City College of New York
Diana N. Morales-Torres (2019-2019)
– Undergraduate Student, University of Puerto Rico
Catherine Mo (2016-2019)
– Research Assistant, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Justin Jiang (2016-2019)
– M.D. Student, College of Medicine, Ohio State University
Joshua Omlar (2016-2018) 
– Pharmacy Intern, Giant Eagle, Inc.        
Zachary A. Wykoff (2014-2017)
– Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, Stewart’s Ambulance Service, Inc.
JoLynn B. Giancola (2015-2016)
– Ph.D. Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alaa Al-Hindi (2014-2015)
– Technician, IGM Laboratory   
Paul A. Horning (2014-2015)
– Research Assistant, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Lauren C. Todd (2014-2015)
– Program Assistant, College of Nursing, Ohio State University
Brad A. Pradarelli (2014-2015)
Jamie Qin (2014-2015) 
     

Visiting Scholars

Kathy Pham (2023-2024)
-Assistant Principal, Bard High School Early College
Dr. Pengxuan Zhao (2018-2020)
– Research Scientist, Tongji Hospital, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yujia Zhai (2019-2020)
– Ph.D. Student, Utah University  
Shiying Wu (2019-2020)  
– Undergraduate Student, China Pharmaceutical University
Lyu Liu (2017-2017)
– Ph.D. Student, the Central South University                
Dr. Youxi Zhang (2017-2018)
– Associate Professor, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, China Medical University
Dr. Xiaofang Chen (2016-2017)
– Associate Professor, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical CollegeAss

High School Students

Caroline Ferrell (2025)
High School Student, Bronx High School of Science
Alexza Garcia (2025)
– High School Student, Park East High School
Lucia Marchese-Thomas (2025)
– High School Student, The Dalton School
Emilio Martinez (2025)
– High School Student, Atmosphere Academy Public School
Jonathan Peng (2024)
– High School Student, Belmont High School
Khaled Saleh (2024)
– Atmosphere Academy High School
Anjali Ravichandra (2023)
– Hunter College High School
Khaled Saleh (2024)
– Atmosphere Academy High School
Anjali Ravichandra (2023)
– Hunter College High School
Daniel Lin (2019)
– Undergraduate Student, Ohio State Univerisity
Victoria Nguyen (2018)
– Undergraduate Student College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio State University
Michael Wang (2018)
– Undergraduate Student, University of Pennsylvania
Dylan Cai (2018)
– Undergraduate Student, Duke University
William Wu (2017)
– Undergraduate Student, The University of California, Los Angeles
Henry Kuo (2017)
– Undergraduate Student, Ohio Northern University
Ashley Post (2015)
– Undergraduate Student, Department of Biology, Butler University
Victoria Wu (2015)
– Undergraduate Student, University of Pennsylvania

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