Team
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Principal Investigator (PI)
Ruixuan Gao Ph.D., Harvard University B.S., UC Berkeley Email: gaor@uic.edu Ruixuan (“Rui”) Gao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). His research lies at the cross-section of chemistry and biology, with a primary focus on nanoscale imaging and sensing of cells and tissues. He received his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Harvard University and completed his postdoctoral training at MIT and HHMI Janelia Research Campus. |
Graduate Students
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Jamuna Tandukar
(Rotation 2021-22) B.S., University of Louisiana Monroe Email: jtandu2@uic.edu Jamuna Tandukar is currently a graduate student in the MCDBN (Molecular Cellular Developmental Biology and Neuroscience) program in the Department of Biological Sciences at UIC. She completed her undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Louisiana Monroe. She did her undergraduate research on Drosophila Boundary Element Associated Factor (BEAF) in Louisiana State University. |
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Wei Wang
M.S., China Pharmaceutical University B.S., Shenyang Pharmaceutical University Email: wwang212@uic.edu Wei Wang is a Ph.D. candidate at Gao lab in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). He obtained his Master's degree in Pharmacognosy from China Pharmaceutical University, where he performed research on natural products (saponin from soybeans and camellia fruits) using various microorganism strains. Currently, his research interests focus on advanced analytical methods of bio-samples and the relationships between biological structures and functions. |
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Yanyu Qian
(Rotation 2021-22) M.S., UIC Email: yqian25@uic.edu Yanyu Qian is a Ph.D. student in the Biological Sciences Department at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). Her research area is in neuroscience. Yanyu received her master’s degree in Bioengineering from UIC. |
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Yat Ho Chan
B.S., The Chinese University of Hong Kong Email: ychan60@uic.edu Yat Ho ("Horace") Chan is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC). He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
Visiting Scientists and Affiliates
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SoYoung Kwon
B.A., Cornell University M.S. in Biomedical Visualization, UIC (expected 2023) Email: skwon35@uic.edu SoYoung Kwon is a master’s student in the Biomedical Visualization program in the Department of Applied Health Sciences at UIC. She received her dual B.A. in Psychology and Biological Science from Cornell University, where she did her undergraduate research in infant development at the Behavioral Analysis of Beginning Years (B.A.B.Y.) Laboratory. Currently, her passion lies in various topics in neuroscience and science education through art. |
Undergraduate Research Assistants
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Joseph Ilenikhena
B.S., UIC (expected 2022) Email: jileni2@uic.edu Joseph Ilenikhena is a fourth-year student at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), majoring in Biological Sciences with a concentration in molecular, cellular, and organismal Biology. Joseph has a passion for medicine, thus he is on a Pre-Med track. A fun and interesting fact about Joseph is that he is from a tribe in Nigerian called Esan. |
