# People

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## Current

### Principal Investigator

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### Postdoctoral Fellows

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### Graduate Students

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## Alumni

### Postdoctoral Fellows

**Meng Sun**, Postdoctoral Fellow in Biophysics (Oct 2017-Oct 2020)\
Education: Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry, Zhejiang University\
Next position: Research Scientist, Zymeron Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC

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### Ph.D. Graduate Students

**Ye Guan**, Graduae Student in Chemistry (Jan 2014-Dec 2017)\
Thesis: [A Robust and Tunable Mitotic Oscillator in Artificial Cells](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/144115)\
Next position: Clinical Pharmacokineticist at MedImmune, CA

**Zhengda Li**, Graduate Student in Bioinformatics (May 2014-May 2019)\
Thesis: [Molecular Circuits of Biological Oscillators](https://www.proquest.com/docview/2352101094)\
Next position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University, CA

**Owen Puls**, Graduate Student in Physics (May 2017-June 2023)\
Thesis: [Spatial Coupling of Biological Oscillators: Towards a Quantitative Understanding of Mitotic Waves](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/178087)\
Next position: Bioimage Data Analyst at the Advanced Imaging Center, HHMI’s Janelia Research Campus, VA

**Shiyuan Wang**, Graduate Student in Biophysics (May 2017-Feb 2024)\
Thesis: [Investigating the Regulatory Pathways of the Mitotic Oscillator Via a High-Throughput Droplet-Based System](https://www.proquest.com/docview/3065162626)

**Chun-Yen Sung**, Graduate Student in Biophysics (May 2020-May 2024)\
Thesis: [Development of in vitro assays to study the mechanobiology of the segmentation clocks in presomitic mesoderm cells](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/194429)

**Franco Tavella**, Graduate Student in Biophysics (May 2020-Dec 2024)\
Thesis: [Robustness and Tunability of Biological Oscillations](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/197061)

**Minjun Jin**, Graduate Student in Biophysics (May 2019-Dec 2024)\
Thesis: [Nucleocytoplasmic Properties Shape Cell Cycle Oscillations and Transitions in Early Xenopus Development](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/197165)

**Usha Kadiyala**, Graduate Student in Biophysics (May 2019-June 2025)\
Thesis: [Spatiotemporal Coordination of Proliferation and Patterning in Early Embryonic Development](https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/199417)

**Derek Walker**, Graduate Student in Physics (October 2019-September 2025)

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### Undergraduate Students

#### Post-baccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25) Scholars

**Jesse Cisneros Solis** (B.S. in Physics at UCSC), 2018-2019\
Next position: Graduate student in Biophysics at the University of Michigan

#### Undergraduate Honors Thesis Students

**UM Honors Research Study**: Daniel Khain, Patrick Michael Barnes (joined graduate school in Physics at UM), Aditi Jagadish, Varsha Kumar (joined Wayne State University Medical School), Mauricio Osuna Borges, Owen Blanchard (Biophysics 399, 2022)

**Neha Bidthanapally**, Summer 2018, The Wang Chu Chien-Wen Summer Research Fund Awards, Project: "Mitotic cycle study of Xenopus laevis embryonic cells".

**Minjun Jin**, Honors Thesis: "The Reconstitution of Mitotic Oscillators in Artificial Cells Prepared from Xenopus Laevis Egg Extract" Chemistry and CMB (2018)\
Seyhan N. Ege-WISE Award.\
Next position: University of Michigan Graduate School in Biophysics

**Suzie Kim**, Honors Thesis: "The Development of a Zebrafish Cell-Free Extract for Cell Cycle Studies". Biochemistry (2019)\
Alumni Outstanding Award, Honors Summer Fellowship\
Next position: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine

**Shuangzhe Lin**, Honors Thesis: "Investigations of Coupled Oscillators in Segmentation and Mitotic Clocks During Zebrafish Somitogenesis". Biochemistry (2020)\
Next position: University of Pennsylvania Graduate School

**Owen Blanchard**, Honors Thesis: "Effects of Suppressed Cyclin B1 Protein Accumulation on Timing of Cell Cycle Events in Xenopus laevis Cell-Free Extract". Biophysics (2023)\
Next position: Research Laboratory Technician Associate at the University of Michigan

#### Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)

Anna Teralyn Beck, John Hyunmin Kim, Lucas Merritt, Nancy Wu, Sagar Amrut Patel (joined Medical school at Saint Louis University), Sruthi Sathyakumar (joined Diplomat Fellow 2016 at Hurley Medical Center), Qianlin Song, Alexander Addison Hadd, Bo Qu, Mark D Antosz, Abigail Guilliat, Caleb Joseph Kaczmarek, Patrick Joseph Lawton, Navya Arigapudi, Darren Young, Ali Darwiche, Aditi Jagadish, Daniel Khain, Sarah Graber, Kristen Marani, Jack Guo, Jenny Mei, Brendan P Mccarthy (Physics 415), Kathryn Suarez (BME), Jolene Iseler, Saad Shami, Sucharitha Dinakaran, Andrea Huang, Gregory Kondas

#### Michigan Health Sciences Undergraduate Research Academy (MHSURA) Fellows

Neha Bidthanapally (2017), Wendi Wang, Lynn Kao

#### NSF Summer REU Program

Madeleine Lu (Biophysics REU 2014, joined graduate school in U Houston), Joshua Skootsky (Physics REU 2014), Jack Martin (Interdisciplinary REU 2015, NSF future faculty fellow), Leah Shapiro (Biophysics REU 2015), Ben Zeman, Olivia Marita (2022 Interdisciplinary REU Program), Ernesto Flores (Biophysics REU 2022, awarded Barry Goldwater Scholarship 2023)

#### Summer visiting students

Jin Qian (summer 2016, joined graduate school in Cornell), Weiguo Jing, Zhipeng Yao, Chenghang Zhang (joined graduate school in U of Maryland College Park), Yushan Yang (summer 2015, join graduate school in OSU), Shiyuan Wang (summer 2015, joined graduate school in U Michigan), Xuwen Liu (summer 2018, joined graduate school in École Polytechnique, France), Ran Chen, Zou Zhou, Yunkun Lin, Hongyu Liao (summer 2019, joined graduate school in Harvard), Yiyang Chen (joined graduate school in Washington University in St. Louis)

#### High school visiting students

Lucy Duan, James Yang, Daniel Khain (joined UM for undergraduate studies in Physics in 2018)

## Awards and Fellowships to Yang Lab Trainees

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## Presentations by Yang Lab Trainees

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