Zhipeng Lu, PhD
Associate Professor, 2024 – current, USC Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member, 2024-current, USC Eli and Edythe Broad Stem Cell Center
Assistant Professor, 2018 – 2024, USC Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Member, 2019 – current, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
Honors and Awards
2017 NHGRI K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award
2017 RNA Society Scaringe Award
2016 Stanford’s Jump Start Award for Excellence in Research
2015 Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellowship Award
Education and Training
2014-2018, Postdoc in Howard Chang lab, Stanford
2008-2014, PhD in Greg Matera lab, UNC Chapel Hill
2004-2008, BSc, Fudan University

Kongpan Li, PhD, postdoc
2012-2019, PhD from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
2008-2012, BS in Biotechnology, College of Science, Shantou University, China

Jianhui Bai, PhD, postdoc
2013-2019, PhD from China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
2009-2013, BS in Biological Sciences, Changzhi University, China

Fengjia Chen, PhD, postdoc
2018-2022 PhD from Chonnam National University, South Korea
2015-2018 MSc from Dalian University, China
2011-2015 BEng from Dalian University, China

Wilson Lee, graduate student
2014-2018, BSc, California State University Los Angeles
Graduating in 2023.

Cynthia Dharmawan, graduate student
2020-2023, BSc, UC Santa Barbara

Jennifer Galvez, volunteer/technician
2021-2023, MSc. California State University Los Angeles
2015-2021, BSc. California State University Los Angeles

Casper Peters, master exchange student
2022-2023, MSc. Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands
2018-2022, BSc. Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Former Members:

Former postdocs:
Minjie Zhang, PhD, 2018-2023, Postdoctoral Fellow 
Current position: Professor at Tianjin Medical University.
http://talent.tmu.edu.cn/piintro.html?id=48

Former PhD students:
Ryan Van Damme, 2018-2023, PhD in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology
School of Pharmacy Charles and Charlotte Krown Fellowship (2022)
Current position: Senior Scientist at Pfizer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-van-damme-1852aa7a/

Former Master students:
Shubham Mewada, 2021-2023. Master student in Pharmaceutical Sciences. 
Current position: Research Associate at EclipseBio, San Diego
Jiacheng Ding, 2018-2020. Master student in Pharmaceutical Sciences
School of Pharmacy Inspire Award (2019). 
Current position: PhD student at the University of Arizona. 
Xinyi Wang, 2018-2020. Master student in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Current position: PhD student at the Ohio State University.
Yao Xiao, 2018-2020. Master student in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Current position: PhD student at the University of Cincinnati. 
Chengqing Yu, 2018-2020. Master student in Pharmaceutical Sciences
Current position: research scientist in Beijing, China. 

Former undergrads, techs and high schoolers.
Rakhay Burtzlaff, 2023, volunteer.
Reyansh Gangal, 2023, BUGS Jr.
Vincent Villanueva, 2023, BUGS Jr.
Alina Yang, 2021-2022, USC undergrad
Anne Guo, 2021-2022, USC undergrad
Steve Peralta, 2020, USC SURF program, undergrad Cal State LA.