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


Lab manager (2024-present)
kelsey.pierce[at]duke.edu

Graduate Student (2020-present, CMB program)
oliver.chung[at]duke.edu

Undergraduate Student (2022-present)
makayla.gorski[at]duke.edu

Undergraduate Student (2024-present)
peikun.shi[at]duke.edu

Undergraduate Student (2024-present)
lauren.schier[at]duke.edu

Graduate Student (2020-present, UPGG program, NIH F31 awardee)
lauren.tracy[at]duke.edu

Postdoctoral Associate (2023-present)
ling.wang[at]duke.edu

Postdoctoral Associate (2023-present)
xu.yang[at]duke.edu

Postdoctoral Associate (2022-present)
shun.yao[at]duke.edu

Principal Investigator (2014-present)
Co-Founder, Muye Therapeutics, Inc.
z.z[at]duke.edu
twitter: @zz_zhaozhang
Past Contributors:
Contributor | Position at ZZ Lab | Journey | Current position |
Fu Yang | PostDoc | 2019-2024 | Assistant Professor, Wuhan University, China |
Weijia Su | PostDoc | 2020-2023 | Principal scientist, Complete Genomics, USA |
Lu Wang | PostDoc | 2016-2021 | Principal Investigator Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
Brandy Kegeris | Technician | 2019-2020 | Scientist, Lentigen Technology, USA |
Sungjin Moon | PostDoc | 2016-2019 | Assistant Professor, Kangwon National University, Korea |
Kun Dou | PostDoc | 2015-2019 | Assistant Professor, ShanghaiTech University, China |
Leon Lin | Technician | 2016-2018 | Medical School Student, William Carey University in Mississippi, USA |
Madeline Cassani | Technician | 2014-2016 | Graduate Student, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA |






