OUR TEAM

Meet Our People

Dr. Hao Yan

Position: Principal Investigator
Email: hao.yan@asu.edu

Biomolecular Designer and Programmer

Dr. Hao Yan

Principal Investigator

Biomolecular Designer and Programmer

Chad R Simmons

Position: Academic Professional
Email: chad.simmons@asu.edu

Biomacromolecular Crystallographer

Chad R Simmons

Academic Professional

Biomacromolecular Crystallographer

Dr. Yang Xu

Position: Assistant Research Professor
Email: yangxu3@asu.edu

Biomolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Dr. Yang Xu

Assistant Research Professor

Biomolecular Therapeutics and Diagnostics

Dr Kun Dai

Position: Assistant Research Scientist
Email: kundai@asu.edu

Nucleic Acid Biologics

Dr Kun Dai

Assistant Research Scientist

Nucleic Acid Biologics

Abhay Prasad

Position: 5th Year PhD Candidate
Email: aprasa36@asu.edu

Postdoc Associate

Abhay Prasad

5th Year PhD Candidate

Postdoc Associate

Rong Zheng

Position: 4th Year PhD Candidate
Email: rzheng22@asu.edu

Postdoc Associate

Rong Zheng

4th Year PhD Candidate

Postdoc Associate

Lanshen Zhao

Position: 5th Year Graduate Student
Email: lzhao89@asu.edu

Diaganostics and Cancer Therapy

Lanshen Zhao

5th Year Graduate Student

Diaganostics and Cancer Therapy

Xinyi Tu

Position: 5th Year Graduate Student
Email: xinyitu@asu.edu

RNA/DNA nanotechnology for Cancer Therapy

Xinyi Tu

5th Year Graduate Student

RNA/DNA nanotechnology for Cancer Therapy

Thong Diep

Position: 4th Year PhD Candidate
Email: tdiep2@asu.edu

Finite size DNA lattice

Thong Diep

4th Year PhD Candidate

Finite size DNA lattice

Aleksandra Petrova

Position: 3rd Year PhD Candidate
Email: aleksandra@asu.edu

RNA Nanomedicine

Aleksandra Petrova

3rd Year PhD Candidate

RNA Nanomedicine

Gengshi Wu

Position: 3rd Year PhD Candidate
Email: gengshi@asu.edu

RNA Nanotechnology Design and Assembly

Gengshi Wu

3rd Year PhD Candidate

RNA Nanotechnology Design and Assembly

Yichen Yan

Position: 2nd Year PhD Candidate
Email: yichen@asu.edu

Nucleic Acid Biology

Yichen Yan

2nd Year PhD Candidate

Nucleic Acid Biology

Lihui Wang

Position: 1st Year PhD Candidate
Email: lwang411@asu.edu

DNA Nanotechnology

Lihui Wang

1st Year PhD Candidate

DNA Nanotechnology

Shreya Raha

Position: 1st Year PhD Candidate
Email: sraha1@asu.edu

DNA Nanotechnology

Shreya Raha

1st Year PhD Candidate

DNA Nanotechnology

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