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

Caroline Ferrell

Bronx High School of Science

Highschool Student                       2024 

Xucheng Hou, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Ohio State University

Ph.D.                                         2017 – 2022

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

Yaying Zheng, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow

University at Albany                 

Ph.D.                                        2018 – 2023

Yichen Zhong

Graduate Student

University of North Carolina

Chapel Hill B.S.                      2016 – 2020

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

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

Graduate Students

Dr. Yonger Xue (2019-2023)
– Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Kaiyuan Guo (2023-2025)
– Graduate Student, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 
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.

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

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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