Alumni
Cui Lab alumni have gone on to pursue careers in academia, industry, national labs, and even outside of research science, all around the world.
Academia
Tommy Li
Postdoctoral fellow with Helen Bateup, University of California, Berkeley
PhD Student, 2015-2021
Nano-Bio Interface/Bioelectronics
Zeinab Jahed
Assistant Professor, Department of Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018-2020
Nano-Bio Interface/Bioelectronics
Xiao Li
Professor, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2020
Nano-Bio Interface
Felix Alfonso
Postdoctoral Fellow with Peng Chen, Cornell University
PhD Student, 2013-2019
Optical Electrophysiology
Lasse Hyldgaard Klausen
Researcher at iNANO, Aarhus University
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2019
Nano-Bio Interface
Luke Kaplan
Postdoctoral Fellow with Chenghua Gu, Harvard Medical School
PhD Student, 2012-2017
Axonal Transport
Liting Duan
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
PhD Student, 2011-2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2017
Optobiology
Qunxiang Ong
Postdoctoral Fellow, Singapore Bioimaging Consortium and Yale University
PhD Student, 2013-2017
Optobiology
Wenting Zhao
Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2017
Nano-Bio Interface
Francesca Santoro
Scientist and Group Leader, Tenure Track, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, Italy
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2014-2017
Nano-Bio Interface
Lindsey Hanson
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Trinity College
PhD Student, 2009-2014
Nano-Bio Interface
Kai Zhang
Associate Head & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Biochemistry; Professor of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2014
Optobiology
Yasuko Osakada
Associate Professor, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2013
Axonal Transport
Chong Xie
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering and Neuroengineering, Rice University
PhD Student, 2008-2011
Nano-Bio Interface
Industry
Melissa Nakamoto
Technical Advisor, Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP
PhD Student, 2018-2023 Nano-Bio Interface
Aofei Liu
Lead Data Scientist, Insitro
PhD Student, 2017-2023 Optobiology
Taylor Jones IV
Scientist II, International Flavors and Fragrances
PhD Student, 2017-2023 Optobiology
Allister McGuire
Chemist, Adecco @ Verily Life Sciences
PhD Student, 2012-2018
Nano-Bio Interface/Bioelectronics
Hsin-Ya Lou
Data Scientist, Adobe
PhD Student, 2012-2018
Nano-Bio Interface
Eric Wang
Co-Founder, Archon
MS Student, 2017-2018
Optobiology
Praveen Chowdary
Senior Scientist at Quantapore, Inc.
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2010-2016
Axonal Transport
Shunling Guo
Scientist at Confometrx
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013-2016
Optobiology
Other Fields
Jen Hope
Research Communities Manager, Stanford University
PhD Student, 2016-2021
Optobiology
Daphne Che
Senior Associate, Montage Ventures
PhD Student, 2010-2015
Optobiology
Carter Lin
Data Scientist, Stripe
PhD Student, 2009-2014
Nano-Bio Interface
Wenjun Xie
Associate, McKinsey & Company
PhD Student, 2009-2014
Axonal Transport
Harsha Mudrakola
Medical Resident, Baylor College of Medicine
MS Student, 2008-2010
Axonal Transport
Past Visiting Scholars
Charlotte Moraldo, Master Student, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Selene De Martino, PhD Student with Francesca Santoro, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Naples, Italy
Past Undergraduate and High School Students
Vincent Chim (2021-2023)
Jennifer Wang (2021-2023)
Ghawayne Calvin (2019-2021)
Clare Phelps (2019)
Vamsi Varanasi(2018-2019)
Victor Acero (2016)
Alina Ying (2016)
Chase Bartholomew Navellier (2015)
Ruyan Zhang (2015)
Eleanor Collier (2014)
Cody Zeng (2014)
Jasmine Deng (2014)
Connie Zeng (2013-2014)
Dara Bobb-Semple (2013)
Comfrey McCarthy (2013)
Pooja Varman (2013)
Kai Xiao (2012)
Paige Solomon (2012)
Janina Motter (2011-2012)
Yousef Fararjeh (2012)
Lidia Arenas (2010)
Benz Chaijarasphong (2009-2010)