Principal Investigator
Peng Zhang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Member of Malnati Brain tumor Institute
Member of Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center
Member of Center for Human Immunobiology
PhD training: University of Pittsburgh, Pharmaceutical Sciences
Postdoctoral Training: Northwestern University, Nano-immunology & neuro-oncology
Group members
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jiawei Huo
Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Chemistry, Chemistry 2023
B.S. Wuhan University Chemistry 2018
Ph.D. student
Caylee Silvers
M.S., Northwestern University Biotechnology 2023
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison Biology 2020
Research Technician
Hanchen Lin
M.S. Northwestern University Biotechnology 2024
B.S., Tsinghua University Pharmaceutical Sciences 2022
Joint Lab Manager
Yu Han
B.S., Wuhan University
Joint Research Project Coordinator
Aurora Lopez-Rosas
B.S., National University of Mexico
Graduate Student
Kevin Sun
B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz Biology 2023
Postdoctoral Fellow
Jianzhong Zhang
Ph.D., Xiamen University Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 2023
B.S. Xiamen University Preventive Medicine & Economics 2016
Undergraduate Researcher
Lucy Li
Northwestern University Biological Science, 2027
Undergraduate Researcher
Amaan Musabji
Northwestern University Neuroscience & Global Health, 2026
Medical Student
Mark J Siringan
B.A., Rutgers University Chemistry, Molecular Biology & Biochemistry 2023
High School Researcher
Yongxin Zheng
Walter Payton College Prep
Research Assistant
Cole Christenson
M.S., Brown University Medical Sciences, 2024
B.A., Gustavus Adolphus College Biology, 2021
Lab Alumni
Abby Ellingwood
Master Student (2021-2022)
Current position: Ph.D. student in Biology at New York University
Hanxiang Wang
Master Student & Research Tech (2022-2023)
Current position: Pending for Ph.D. program
Sufyaan Syed
Undergraduate researcher (2023)
Current position: Undergraduate student in Biology at Northwestern University
Thomas Commander
High school researcher (Summers 2020-2022)
Current position: Undergraduate student at Yale University
Mahek Goel
High school researcher (Summer 2023)
Current position: Undergraduate Accelerated Med Program at Case Western Reserve University
Kidman Ip
Undergraduate researcher (Summer 2023)
Current position: Undergraduate student in Neuroscience at Northwestern University
Taewon Chung
Undergraduate researcher (2022-2024)
Current position: Research technician at Northwestern University
Xiaoyang Chen
Master Student (2023-2024)
Current position: Scientist at Eli Lilly
Jason Huang
Undergraduate researcher (2023)
Current position: Research technician at Northwestern University