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MEMBERS 
 

01

Jianwen Que, MD (Peking University Health Science Center)
PhD (The National University of Singapore)  Professor of Medicine
Email: jq2240@cumc.columbia.edu
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02

Yinshan Fang, PhD (Nankai University) Associate Research Scientist
 

Yinshan is interested in studying lung development and regeneration. He has established several new mouse lines for his projects. Email:yf2453@cumc.columbia.edu

03

Jian Ge, PhD (Peking University) Associate Research Scientist
 

Jian studies lung development and vascular contribution to lung regeneration. Email:jg4166@cumc.columbia.edu

04

Eugene Kim, PhD (University of Rochester) Associate Research Scientist
 

Eugene is interested in the cellular mechanisms driving separation of the trachea from the foregut. Abnormal separation results in the formation of the birth defect EA/TEF. Thus far she has examined multiple mouse models of EA/TEF. Email: ek2932@cumc.columbia.edu

05

Xingliang Xiong, PhD, (Southeast University) Postdoctoral Fellow
 

Dr. Xiong is a bioinformatician focused on RNA seq and DNA seq analysis.

06

Tala FNU, PhD, (Chinese Academy of Science) Associate Research Scientist
 

Dr. FNU is interested in how stem cell abnormalities contribute to lung diseases and cancer. Email: tf2381@cumc.columbia.edu

07

Sanny Chung, PhD. (Hongkong University) Associate Research Scientist
 

Dr. Chung is interested in lung fibrosis and regeneration. Email:ssc129@cumc.columbia.edu

08

Frank (Chenxi) Fan, Ms. (Columbia University) PhD student
 

Frank is focused on lung development and regeneration.

09

Guangtan Lin, MD (Fujian Medical University) Postdoctoral Fellow
 

Dr. Lin is interested in stem cell transformation in the upper GI. Email: gl2845@cumc.columbia.edu

Shuzhen Xu MD (Xiamen University) Postdoctoral Fellow
 

Dr. Xu's research is focused on stem cells and cancer in the upper GI

10

Gao Xia MS (Fudan University) Staff Associate II
 

Xia assists other scientists.

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Alumni
Dominique Bailey, MD Postdoctoral fellow (2016-2021), Instructor (2021-2023)
Assistant Professor (tenure track), Columbia University

Mi Lin, MD Postdoctoral fellow (2021-2023)
Attending Surgeon, Fujian Medical University

Kate Johnson, Columbia University undergraduate Student (2019-2022)
Graduate Student, Columbia University

Huachao Huang, PhD Associate Research Scientist (2018-2022)
Research Scientist at Spark Therapeutics, Philadelphia

Qiyue Chen, MD, PhD Postdoctoral fellow (2019-2022)
Associate Professor, Fujian Medical University

Helu Liu, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021)
Associate Professor at the Chinese Academy of Sciences at San Ya, China

Yongchun Zhang, PhD, Associate Research Scientist (2015-2019)
Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Life Sciences, China

Ming Jiang, PhD, Assistant Research Associate (2011-2019)
Professor at Institute of Genetics, Zhe Jiang University, China

Supriya Suresh, Ms, visiting masters student (2018-2019)
Laboratory Scientist, Thermal Fisher

HongXia Shao, MD, visiting postdoctoral fellow (2018-2019)
Chief Attending, Tian Jin Haihe hospital, China

Yu Li, Ms, visiting technical associate (2016-2018)
Technical Associate, Tianjin Haihe Hospital, China

Sijie Lin, Ms, visiting masters student (2014-2017)
Life Science Research Professional 2, Stanford University

Zhili Hou, MD, visiting postdoctoral fellow (2016-2017)
Chief Attending, Tian Jin Haihe hospital, China

Tanaya Purohit, Ms, visiting masters student (2016-2017)
PhD student, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Natalie Tjota, Uni of Rochester undergraduate student (2013-2015)
Buffalo University Medical School

Rong Lu, PhD, postdoctoral fellow (2013-2015)
Instructor at Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago

Nikesha Gilmore, PhD, postdoctoral fellow (2014-2015)
Research Assistant Professor, University of Rochester

Ian Jacobs, Uni of Rochester undergraduate student and then technician (2011-2014)
PhD student at Emory University

Kuancan Liu, PhD, postdoctoral fellow (2010-2012)
Associate Professor,  Xiamen University, China
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