Group members

principal investigator

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Yong Zeng, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Email: zengy@ufl.edu
Phone: (352) 392-0492

Department of Chemistry
J. Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida
UF Health Cancer Center

Postdoctoral Scholars

ChengSB
Shibo Cheng Ph.D., Chemistry
Wuhan University

Research Area
EV analysis, nanobiosensing, cancer Dx and Rx
Email
shibocheng@chem.ufl.edu
He Yan
He Yan Ph.D., Biomed. Engineering
Tsinghua University

Research Area
Nucleic acid biosensing, EV analysis, biomaterials, POC Dx
Email
heyan@chem.ufl.edu

Graduate Students

Yunjie Wen
Yunjie Wen B.S., Chemistry
Nanjing University

Research Area
EV profiling, cancer Dx
Email
yunjie.wen@ufl.edu
Jingzhu Shi
Jingzhu Shi B.S., Chemistry
Beijing Normal University

Research Area
Nanobiosensing, cancer Dx
Email
jingzhu.shi@ufl.edu
Zimu Tian
Zimu Tian B.S., Chemistry
Wuhan University

Research Area
Bioassays, POC Dx
Email
tianzimu@ufl.edu
liuzheng
Liuzheng Zheng M.E., Biomed. Engineering
Southeast University

Research Area
Soft robotics, bioassays
Email
zhengliuzheng@ufl.edu
yuxin
Yuxin Deng B.S., Pharmacy
Huaqiao University

Research Area
Microfluidics, Chemical Biology
Email
yuxin.deng@ufl.edu
nathan
Nathan Hart B.S., Chemistry
Valdosta State University

Research Area
Soft robotics, POC Dx
Email
nathanhart@ufl.edu
Victoria Drake
Victoria Drake B.S., Chemistry
University of West Florida

Research Area
miRNA assays, POC Dx
Email
victoria.drake@ufl.edu

Undergraduate Students

lee
Lee Friedman Biology
University of Florida

Research Interest
Nanobiosensing
Email
leefriedman@ufl.edu
Emma
Emma Ziegenbein Biomedical Engineering
University of Florida

Research Interest
Nucleic acid biosensing, biomaterials
Email
emmaziegenbein@ufl.edu

Past Members

Postdoctoral Associates

Xin Zhou, PhD, University of Kansas, 2021-2022
Sharat Barman, PhD, KwangWoon University, 2021-2022
Yutao Li, PhD, Wuhan University, 2019-2021
Peng Zhang, PhD, Fudan University, 2014-2019
Hongmei Cao, PhD, Fudan University, 2016-2018

Xiaoni Fang, PhD, Fudan University, 2017-2018
Yuqin Shang, PhD, Oakland University, 2013-2017
Xingfu Zhao, PhD. HUST, 2013-2014
Tanyu Wang, PhD. Auburn University, 2012-2013

Graduate Students

Xin Zhou, B.S., Nankai University, 2020
Yang Yang, B.S., Wuhan University, 2020
Gopi Chandran Ravichandran, B.E., Anna University, 2020

Yaohua Zhang, B.E., Beihang University, 2020
Boonta Chutvirasakul, Visiting PhD student, Mahidol University, Thailand, 2019
Divya Lella, M.S., Western Kentucky University, 2017

Undergraduate Students

Jingzhou Yang, UF Biochemistry, 2021
Rachel Uhlir, REU student, University of Mary, ND, 2017
Sumar Quint, REU student, Winona State, MN, 2015
Yiqiu Yin, REU student, KU Chemistry, 2013
Yoon Jeong, KU Chemistry, 2019-2020
Eric Gustafson, KU Chemistry, 2019
Donald Wayne Corcoran II, KU Chemistry, 2018-2019
Nick Schroeder, Chemistry, KU Honors Program, 2017-2018
Alexander Kolomaya, Physics, KU Honors Program, 2016-2017
Mei Zhang, KU Chemistry, 2016
Chris Martin, KU Chemistry, 2016
Morgan Ashley Linder, KU Biochemistry, 2015
Nasir Merchant, summer visiting students, University of California, Berkeley, 2015
David Bird, KU Chemistry, 2014

Zheng Zhao, Kansas State, 2014-2015
Carrie Deitz, KU Chemistry, 2014
Casey Freeman, KU Biology, 2013
Dakota Dreher, KU Biology, 2013
Yiqiu Yin, KU Chemistry, 2012-2013
Nadia Hamid, KU Chemistry, 2013
Jasmin Sangha, KU Biology, 2013
Kristopher Southard, KU Chemistry, 2013
Molly Zhang, KU Chemistry, 2012-2013
Mohammad Al-Sadeq, KU Chemistry, 2012
Rachel Lietz, KU Biochemistry, 2012