TEAM

The ZZ Lab is primarily defined by our people, and secondly by our science.

Melissa ALDANA 🇺🇸🇨🇴
Graduate Student (2025-present, UPGG program) melissa.aldana[at]duke.edu
Yao (Lindsay) CHEN, Ph.D. 🇨🇳
Postdoctoral Associate (2025-present)
yao.chen[at]duke.edu
Peikun SHI 🇺🇸
Undergraduate Student (2024-present)
peikun.shi[at]duke.edu
Lauren SCHIER 🇺🇸
Undergraduate Student (2024-present)
lauren.schier[at]duke.edu
Lauren TRACY 🇺🇸
Graduate Student (2020-present, UPGG program, NIH F31 awardee)
lauren.tracy[at]duke.edu
Andrew WANG 🇨🇳
Graduate Student (2025-present, CMB program) andrew.y.wang[at]duke.edu
Ling WANG, Ph.D. 🇨🇳
Postdoctoral Associate (2023-present)
ling.wang[at]duke.edu
Guang YANG, Ph.D. 🇨🇳
Postdoctoral Associate (2024-present)
guang.yang[at]duke.edu
Xu (Vincent) YANG, Ph.D. 🇨🇳
Postdoctoral Associate (2023-present)
xu.yang[at]duke.edu
Shun YAO, Ph.D. 🇨🇳
Postdoctoral Associate (2022-present)
shun.yao[at]duke.edu
Zhao ZHANG (ZZ), Ph.D. 🇨🇳🇺🇸
Principal Investigator (2014-present)
Co-Founder, Muye Therapeutics, Inc.

z.z[at]duke.edu
twitter: @zz_zhaozhang

Past Contributors:

ContributorPosition at ZZ LabJourneyAfter ZZ-Lab
Oliver ChungGraduate Student2020-2025Consultant, Syneos Health, USA
Fu YangPostDoc2019-2024Assistant Professor,
Wuhan University, China
Weijia SuPostDoc2020-2023Principal scientist,
Complete Genomics, USA
Lu WangPostDoc2016-2021Principal Investigator,
Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Brandy KegerisTechnician2019-2020Scientist,
Lentigen Technology, USA
Sungjin MoonPostDoc2016-2019Assistant Professor,
Kangwon National University, Korea
Kun DouPostDoc2015-2019Assistant Professor,
ShanghaiTech University, China
Leon LinTechnician2016-2018Medical School Student,
William Carey University in Mississippi, USA
Madeline CassaniTechnician2014-2016Graduate Student,
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA
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April 2021: Oliver Chung, Allie, Zhao Zhang, Fu Yang, Christina Pipkin, Lu Wang, Weijia Su, Lauren Tracy, Scott Kum, Kara Stark
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Sep. 2020: Brandy Kegeris, Lauren Tracy, Christina Pipkin, Weijia Su, Zhao Zhang, Oliver Chung, Fu Yang, Jude Raj, Scott Kum, Lu Wang
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July 2019: Kun Dou, Darren Paris, Fu Yang, John Selser, Lu Wang, Sungjin Moon, Zhao Zhang
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July 2018: Leon Lin, Lu Wang, Victoria Bonefont, Kun Dou, Sungjin Moon, Zhao Zhang
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Oct. 2016: Kun Dou, Lu Wang, Sungjin Moon, Leon Lin, Zhao Zhang
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Aug. 2015: Zhao Zhang, Minhi Kang, Madeline Cassani, Kelsey Pitts, Kun Dou
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Nov. 2014: Zhao Zhang, Madeline Cassani