People
Principle Investigator
Wei Li, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Ph.D., Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
B.S., Plant Molecular & Developmental Biology, Peking University
weili@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Current Members
Jessica Thorpe
Research Technologist
M.S.
Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
jthorpe1@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Miaolu Tang
Graduate Student
M.S.
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Georgetown University
mtang@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Stephen Chih
MD/PHD student
B.S.
Cell & Developmental Biology
University of California Santa Barbara
schih@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Soo Yeon Kim
Graduate Student
M.S.
Biomedical Sciences
CHA University
skim11@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Tong Lu
Graduate Student
M.S.
Cancer biology
Drexel University
tonglu@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Hyelim Sim
MD Student
B.S.
Chemistry
The Ohio State University
hsim@pennstatehealth.psu.edu
Past Members
| Name | Title | Time in Lab |
| Rachel Harter | Summer Student | 2023 |
| Kaitlyn Dirks | Summer Student | 2023 |
| Patricia Yee | MD/PhD Student | 2017-2021 |
| Yiju Wei | Postdoctoral Scholar | 2015-2021 |
| Benjamin Anderson | Research Technologist | 2019-2021 |
| Hui Guo | Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019-2020 |
| Umeshkumar Vekariya | Postdoctoral Scholar | 2019-2020 |
| Zhijun Liu | Postdoctoral Scholar | 2015-2018 |
| Melissa Gulley | Research Technologist | 2016-2018 |
| Lei Zhang | Visiting Scholar | 2015-2018 |
| Julia Moore | Research Technologist | 2015-2016 |