Lab Members

Principal Investigator

Xiaobo Zhong, Ph.D.

Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Current Members

Svetlana Zeveleva

Ph.D. Student (2020-2025)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jing Jin

Ph.D. Student (2021-2026)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Sherouk Tawfik

Ph.D. Student (2022-2027)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Beshoy Armanios

Ph.D. Student (2022-2027)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Le Tra Giang Nguyen

Ph.D. Student (2022-2027)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Jenny Zhao

Pharm.D. Student (2020-2024)

School of Pharmacy

Milankumar Shah

Pharm.D. Student (2020-2024)

School of Pharmacy

Anagha Gogate

Pharm.D. Student (2021-2025)

School of Pharmacy

Giovanni Fretes

Pharm.D. Student (2021-2025)

School of Pharmacy

Nicola Wood

Pharm.D. Student (2021-2025)

School of Pharmacy

Jordyn Belcourt

Pharm.D. Student (2022-2026)

School of Pharmacy

Alicia Wang

Pharm.D. Student (2022-2026)

School of Pharmacy

Aarush Kolli

PharmD Student (2023-2027)

School of Pharmacy

Holly Kolmel

Undergraduate Student (2021-2025)

Biological Sciences

Lucy Xi Liu

Lab Manager

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Previous Members

Ye Li, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2006-2009)

Current position: Associate Professor at Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Dan Li, MD. Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2009-2012)

Current position: Clinical Trail Project Manager in the Research Institute of University of Kansas Medical Center

Yun-Chen Tien, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Fellow (2013-2016)

Current position: Scientist at Skyhawk Therapeutics, Waltham, MA

Steven Hart, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Student (2006-2011)

Current position: Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Mayo College of Medicine

Lai Peng, Ph.D.

Ph.D. Student (2009-2014)

Current position: Senior Toxicologist, Victoria's Secret Shanghai Branch, Shanghai, China

Chad Pope

Ph.D. Student (2011-2017)

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Kansas School of Pharmacy, Lawrence, Kansas

Stephanie Piekos

Ph.D. Student (2013-2018)

Current position: Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim

Liming Chen

Ph.D. Student (2016-2020)

Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Harvard Medical School

Parimal Pande

Ph.D. Student (2014-2021)

Current Position: Senior Scientist at Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Ridgefield, CT

Yifan Bao

Ph.D. Student (2016-2021)

Current position: Scientist, Johnson & Johnson, Wayne, PA

Pei Wang

Visiting Ph.D. Student (2017-2019)

Current position: Faculty, School of Medicine in Zhengzhou University

Wen Zhao

Ph.D. Student (2011-2012)

Current position: Postdoc at University of Kansas Medical Center

Bharat Bhushan

Ph.D. Student (2011-2012)

Current position: Ph.D. Student at University of Kansas Medical Center

Yangzhou Li

MSc. Student (2013-2014)

Current position: Regulatory Affairs Specialist at Aleon Pharma International

Sharon Yaqoob

MSc. Student (2016-2018)

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Xueyan Shao

MSc Student (2017-2019)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Julia Migliorati

MSc. Student (2021-2023)

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Austin Ferrara

Pharm.D. Student (2011-2017)

Current position: Global Program Regulatory Manager at Novartis in East Hannover, New Jersey

Sabrina Ilham

Pharm.D. Student (2013-2019)

Current position: Pharmacy Resident at Concord Hospital, New Hampshire

Joshep Lama

Pharm.D. Student (2015-2021)

School of Pharmacy

Joshua Russell

Pharm.D. Student (2014-2020)

School of Pharmacy

Abbey Stackpole

Pharm.D. Student (2014-2020)

School of Pharmacy

Qingqing Zhou

Pharm.D. (2014-2020)

Current position: Pharmacist at Rite Aid Pharmacy

Syeda Zehra

Pharm.D. Student (2015-2021)

School of Pharmacy

Kyra Durfee

Pharm.D. Student (2016-2022)

School of Pharmacy

Hooman Kashi

Pharm.D. Student (2018-2022)

School of Pharmacy

Isabella Bean

Pharm.D. Student (2016-2022)

School of Pharmacy

Kristy Yiwen Zhang

Pharm.D. Student (2016-2022)

Current position: a residency at Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC.

May Ming Zhang

Pharm.D. Student (2016-2022)

Current position: a residency at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Sunna Liu

Pharm.D. Candidate (2016-2022)

School of Pharmacy

Anna Liu

Pharm.D. Student (2017-2023)

Current Position: Pfizer Global Clinical Supply Fellow

Angela Sang

Pharm.D. Student (2017-2023)

Current Position: Pfizer US/Global Medical Affairs Oncology Fellow

Feryal Alhamadani

Pharm.D. Student (2017-2023)

Current Position: UConn Health PGY-1 Residence

Roxanna Monshi

Pharm.D. Student (2017-2023)

Mi Phan

Pharm.D. Student (2017-2023)

Current Position: a Residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

Muzi Hua

Pharm.D. Student (2017-2023)

Selena Zhuo

Pharm.D. Student (2017-2023)

Tymoteusz Siwy

Undergraduate Student (2012-2016)

Current position: DPM at Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine, Enfield, CT

Jia Li

Undergraduate Student (2013-2017)

Departments of Physiology & Neurobiology and Molecular & Cell Biology

Acelya Babali

Undergraduate Student (2014-2018)

Department of Molecular & Cell Biology

Shashank Mishra

Undergraduate Student (2015-2019)

Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Avish Patel

Undergraduate Student (2015-2019)

Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Pramika Stephen

Undergraduate Student (2015-2019)

Current position: MSc student in Human Nutrition at Columbia University

Anthony Orwa

Undergraduate Student (2016-2020)

Department of Molecular & Cell Biology

Naha Chowdhury

Undergraduate Student (2016-2020)

Pre-Dental

Jay Dalal

Undergraduate Student (2016-2020)

Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Matthew Wan

Undergraduate Student (2017-2021)

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Rajvi Parikh

Undergraduate Student (2018-2022)

Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Samantha Girasulo

Undergraduate Student (2018-2022)

Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Sreenidhi Nair

Undergraduate Student (2018-2022)

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Shiv Patel

Undergraduate Student (2018-2022)

Biological Sciences & Psychological Sciences

Ross Bernstein

Undergraduate Student (2019-2023)

Department of Physiology & Neurobiology

Ashley Garen

Undergraduate Student (2019-2023)

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Evan Chen

Undergraduate Student (2020-2024)

Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

Kaori Nakamoto

Research Assistant (2005-2011)

Current position: MD Student at Hiroshima University, Japan

Hans Tregear

Research Assistant (2009-2010)

Current position: Residency of Anesthesiology at University of Kansas Medical Center

Christopher Wesselman

Research Assistant (2006-2007)

Current position: Physician in the Department of Emergency at Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA

Visiting Scholars

Lirong Zhang, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar (2009-2010)

Current position: Professor and Dean of School of Basic Medical Sciences, Zhengzhou University, China

Qing He, MD.

Visiting Scholar (2014-2015)

Current position: Attending Physician in West China Hospital, Chengdu, China

Lei Tian, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar (2015)

Current position: Clinical Associate Professor in Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China

Ying Lou, MD.

Visiting Scholar (2015)

Current position: Attending Physician of Cardiology in Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China

Liwei Liu, MD.

Visiting Scholar (2015)

Current position: Attending Physician of Pediatrics in Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China

Lulu Han

Visiting Scholar (2015)

Current position: Clinical Laboratory Technician in Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China

Suzhen Jiang, Ph.D.

Visiting Scholar (2019-2020)

Current position: Associate Professor in Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China