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Xiaoyu Shi

Xiaoyu Shi

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Principal Investigator

Associate Professor

Department of Developmental and Cell Biology

Department of Chemistry

Department of Biomedical Engineering

University of California, Irvine

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PhD, University of California, Davis

Postdoc, University of California, San Francisco​

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Lab: 2403 Natural Sciences I

Tel: (949) 824-7638

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Email: xiaoyu.shi@uci.edu

X/Twitter: @XiaoyuShi2

ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-2659

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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)

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Graduate Students & Postdoc Scholars
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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

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Shalini Pradhan, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Shalini Pradhan

Postdoc, Mar 2025 

shalip2@uci.edu

PhD, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences

Ryosuke, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Ryosuke Yokosawa

Postdoc, Sep 2026 

ryokosaw@uci.edu

PhD, Virginia Tech

BME

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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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Undergraduate Student Researchers
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Lucy Park, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Lucy Yiseon Park

Undergrad Researcher, Bio199

Feb 2025 

Biological Sciences

Kim Pham, Xiaoyu Shi Lab
Francis Wang, Xiaoyu Shi Lab

Anh Kim Pham

Undergrad Researcher, UROP

Feb 2025 

Biomedical Engineering

Yunong Francis Wang

Undergrad Researcher, Bio199

Apr 2026 

Chemistry

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Alumni

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Name
Position
Period
Current
Hazel Yu
Undergrad researcher
May 2023 - Dec 2023
UCI
Zhuoran Liu
Undergrad researcher
May 2023 - Dec 2023
UCI
Yuanyuan Wang
Postdoc
Jun 2023 - Apr 2024
UCLA
Sanath Nair
Undergrad researcher
May 2023 - May 2024
UIUC
Justin Vien
Undergrad researcher, UROP Awardee
Nov 2021- Aug 2024
May(Yifan) Mei
Undergrad researcher, UROP Awardee
May 2023 - Sep 2024
Yale University
Brian Tran
Undergrad researcher, UROP Awardee
May 2023 - Sep 2024
Carol(Zhao) Zhang
Postdoc Scholar
Jan 2024 - June 2025
Scientist, Element Biosciences
Sicheng(Melissa) Zhang
Postdoc Scholar
Apr2024-Apr2026
Ashley Song
USR
Feb 2025-Apr 2026
UCI
Jessica-Ann Villa
Undergrad researcher
Mar 2026 - Sep 2026
UCI
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