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Xiaoyu Shi

Xiaoyu Shi

Principal Investigator

Associate Professor

Department of Developmental and Cell Biology

Department of Chemistry

Department of Biomedical Engineering

University of California, Irvine

PhD, University of California, Davis

Postdoc, University of California, San Francisco

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Lab: 2403 Natural Sciences I

Tel: (949) 824-7638

Email: xiaoyu.shi@uci.edu

X/Twitter: @XiaoyuShi2

ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-2659

Assistant program leader, BIDD program, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC)

 

Faculty member of :

Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (MIND)

Center for Complex Biological Systems (CCBS)

NSF-Simons Center for Multiscale Cell Fate Research (CMCF) 

The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping (CNCM)

Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CAR-DS)

Yinyin Zhuang

Yinyin Zhuang

PhD Candidate, Jul 2021  

CMB Program, CMCF fellow

yinyiz1@uci.edu

MS: Nanyang Technological University

Qingyuan Xia, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Qingyuan Xia

PhD student, July 2024 

MCSB Program

qingyux3@uci.edu

BS, Zhejiang University

Ronya Strom, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Ronya Strom

PhD student, Mar 2026 

BME

ronyas@uci.edu

BS, Cornell University

Sihe Tan, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Sihe Tan

PhD Candidate, July 2022 

CMB Program

sihet1@uci.edu

BS, UCSB

Shalini Pradhan, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Shalini Pradhan

Postdoc, Mar 2025 

shalip2@uci.edu

PhD, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

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Yajin(Ian) Mo

PhD student, July 2023 

MCSB Program

yajinm@uci.edu

BS, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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Sara Earney

PhD student, Mar 2026

BME

searney@uci.edu

BS, UCSD

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To apply, please email your CV to xiaoyu.shi@uci.edu

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Jessica Villa, Xiaoyu Shi Lab
Lucy Park, Xiaoyu Shi Lab
Kim Pham, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Undergraduate Student Researchers

Lucy Yiseon Park

Undergrad Researcher

Feb 2025 

Biological Sciences

Jessica-Ann Villa

Undergrad Researcher

Mar 2026 

Biomedical Engineering

Anh Kim Pham

Undergrad Researcher

Feb 2025 

Biomedical Engineering

Francis Wang, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Yunong (Francis) Wang

Undergrad Researcher

Apr 2026 

Chemistry

Alumni

Name
Position
Period
Current
Jiaxi Zhang
Junior Specialist
Feb 2020 - Jul 2021
USC
Andrew McColloch
Postdoc
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
Scientist, AbbVie
Natalie Williams
Visiting student
Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
UC Berkeley
Khoi Nguyen
Undergrad researcher
Jul 2020 - Sep 2021
Specialist, LensCrafters
Kyubeom Choi
Undergrad researcher
Sep 2021 - Feb 2022
Yonsei University
Nan Shi
Postdoc
Jun 2021 - Apr 2022
Assitant Professor, Shanghai University
Katie Fong
Undergrad researcher
Sep 2020 - Jun 2022
Cal State LA
Yiqing Zhang
Undergrad researcher
Sep 2021 - Oct 2022
UCI
Adrian Chao
Lab manager & Junior Specialist
Oct 2021 - Mar 2023
Notre Dame
Steven Lam
Undergrad researcher
Mar 2021 - Jul 2023
UCI
Shehreen Hassan
Undergrad researcher
Mar 2021 - Jul 2023
Johns Hopkins University
Navya Sri Sangam
Undergrad researcher
Sep 2021 - Jul 2023
Ziyi Ying
Undergrad researcher
Feb 2022 - Jul 2023
Tiana Guo
High school researcher
Jul 2021 - Jul 2022
UC Berkeley
Jie Chen (CJ)
Assistant Project Scientist
May 2023 - Oct 2023
UCI
Sohyeon Park
PhD Student
July 2020 - Dec 2023
UCLA
Disha Patel
Undergrad researcher
Dec 2021 - Dec 2023
UCI
Nathan Huey
Undergrad researcher
May 2023 - Dec 2023
UCI
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