DONG RESEARCH GROUP

DRUG DISCOVERY & DELIVERY LABORATORY

Members

Principal Investigator

Yizhou Dong, Ph.D.

Professor, Icahn Genomics Institute

Precision Immunology Institute

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Department of Oncological Sciences

Tisch Cancer Institute

Friedman Brain Institute

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Email: yizhou.dong@mssm.edu 

Postdoctoral Fellows

Chang Wang, Ph.D.

Lehigh University
Ph.D.                                  2013 – 2018

Xucheng Hou, Ph.D.

Ohio State University
Ph.D.                                     2017 – 2022

Siyu Wang, Ph.D.

Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Ph.D.                                 2016 – 2021

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

Fudan University 
Eng.D.                                  2019 – 2022
Shandong University
M.D.&Residency Training 2011 – 2019

Leiming Wang, Ph.D.

Fudan University
Ph.D.                                  2017 – 2021

Zhengwei Liu, Ph.D.

Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry
Ph.D.                                  2016 – 2022

Meng Tian, Ph.D.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Ph.D.                                  2018 – 2023

Dinglingge Cao, Ph.D.

Fudan University
Ph.D.                                  2019 – 2023

Graduate Students

Yonger Xue

University of California Berkeley
M.S.                                    2018 – 2019
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
B.S.                                     2014 – 2018  

Diana Kang

Williams College
B.S.                                      2011 – 2015   

Yichen Zhong

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill B.S.                                      2016 – 2020  

Kaiyuan Guo

Queen’s University                                  B.S.                                      2019 – 2023  

High School Students

Anjali Ravichandra

Hunter College High School

 2023  

Alumni

Postdoctoral Fellows

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. 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

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

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 College

High School Students

Danlei Lin (2019)
– Undergraduate Student, College of Arts and Sciences, Ohio State University
Michelle Zong (2019)
– Undergraduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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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