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LAB TEAM<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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DR. JOE (HUANYU) QIAO<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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PRINCIPAL\u00a0INVESTIGATOR<\/span><\/h5>\n

Associate Professor<\/p>\n

Department of Comparative Biosciences
\nDepartment of Bioengineering
\nDepartment of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
\nCenter for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology
\nThe Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB)
\nCancer Center at Illinois (CCIL)<\/p>\n

Email: hqiao@illinois.edu
\n<\/a>Phone: (217) 300-5397<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wenjie Yang<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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GRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Shuangqi Wang<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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GRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Victoria He<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Phuong Mai Hoang Phi<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Jertin Mao<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Tvisha Gandhi<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Atma Patel<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Shriyadita Bhilkar<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Armin Shirani<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Eshaan Jayaswamy<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Evan Zakharchenko<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Vidhi Patel<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Anika Roy<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

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LAB ALUMNI<\/h2>\n<\/div>
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Juan Dong<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VISITING SCHOLAR<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Jiaru Wu<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VISITING STUDENT<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Hasanur<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VISITING SCHOLAR<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Angela Ho<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with highest disctinction!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Sasha Maria Kakkassery<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with highest disctinction!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Jiaming Qiu<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VISITING SCHOLAR<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Xing (Frank) Tian<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VISITING SCHOLAR<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Rujuta <\/span>Chikodikar<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with highest disctinction!<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Wajeeha Tariq<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VISITING STUDENT<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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Reza Rajabi<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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POSTDOC RESEARCH ASSOCIATE<\/span><\/h5>\n

Dr. Reza Rajabi-Toustani has joined the IGB Core Facilities of UIUC.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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JACOB MAY<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER
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Graduated with high disctinction!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Yiheng (SCOTT) Peng
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GRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with PhD in Summer 2023!
\nCurrently worked as a postdoc in the University of Chicago.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Ning Liu
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GRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with PhD in Spring 2023!
\nCurrently worked as a postdoc in Northwestern University.<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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ROYAL SHRESTHA<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with high disctinction!
\n<\/strong>Currently attended Carle Illinois School of Medicine at UIUC for M.D. degree.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Zhengde Liu
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with high disctinction!
\nCurrently enrolled in University of Michigan-Ann Arbor as a PhD.
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ERICA HANA JOO<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with high disctinction!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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FAAIZA NUSAYBA SAIF<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with high disctinction!
\nAccepted the offer from Massachusetts General Hospital of Harvard Medical School!
\nAccepted an offer from Ohio State\u2019s Immunology and Immunotherapeutic program with a first-year fellowship from the College of Medicine!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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AASHNA PRAKASH<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with high distinction!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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Yiding Xu<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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GRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with MS in Fall 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

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LOIS SUH<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n

Graduated with high honors!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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ALLYSA COLE<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VET MED RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>
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TIANMING YOU<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>

Tianming You has been awarded highest distinction for his thesis research in 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

MD\/PhD program at Northwestern University.
\nCongratulations! Tianming finished his PhD phase of PhD-MD program at Northwestern University in 2025!
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KELLY FAHEY<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>

Kelly has been admitted to DPM program at Rosalind Franklin University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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XIAOFEI JIAO<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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VISITING SCHOLAR<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>

Currently worked as a postdoc and assistant researcher in Zhejiang University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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CHINTAN PATEL<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>

Chin has been admitted to Doctoral Diversity Program in Medical school at Johns Hopkins University.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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SUPIPI MIRIHAGALLE<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>
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GRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>

PhD program in Animal Sciences at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

Graduated with Master of Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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JANETTE LAN<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>

Graduated with High Honors<\/strong>
\ncurrently enrolled as a graduate students at the University of British Columbia<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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PRANATHI KARUMANCHI<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHER<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>

Graduated with High Honors and High Distinction for thesis research.<\/strong>
\ncurrently enrolled in Loyola University Medical Center as a medical student<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

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JOIN OUR LAB<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/div>
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