Faculty
Fangyuan Ding
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Joint-appointment with Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
Joint-appointment with Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
BS: Nanjing University, Physics
Licence 3, PhD: École Normale Supérieure de Paris, Biophysics
Postdoc: Caltech, Biology and Bioengineering
NIH Director's New Innovator Award (2022-2027)
Shu Chien Early Career Award (2025)
Hypothesis Fund Grantee (2026)
Email: f.ding at uci dot edu
PhD Students
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Guohao Liang
BME (from 2021 Mar)
Email: guohaol1
BS: UC Irvine
Hong Yin
BME (from 2022 Apr)
Email: yinh15
BS: UC Irvine & SUSTech
Thao Nguyen
MCSB (from 2022 June)
Email: thaotn18
BS & MS: UCLA
Kenneth (Kenny) Joseph
BME (from 2024 Jan)
Email: knjoseph
BS & MS: SCU
Yicheng (Linda) Zhao
BME (from 2024 Jan)
Email: yichez48
BS: RHIT MS: WUSTL
An Doan (T32 awardee)
BME (from 2025 Apr)
Email: anvd
BS: SCU
Christina Jiang
BME (from 2026 Apr)
Email: chrisj3
BS: UC Irvine
YoungWoo Oh
BME (from 2026 Jun)
Email: ywoh
BS & MS: Yonsei University
MS Students
Kayleigh Sim
BME (from 2026 Sep)
Email:kayleigs
BS: UC Irvine
Undergraduates
Alex Chu
BME (from 2025 Jun)
Email: chuad1
Alyssa Vasquez
BME (from 2025 Jun)
Email: advasqu2
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Shizuka Takao
CompSci (from 2025 Jun)
Email: shizukat
Margaret Galvez
CompSci (from 2025 Jun)
Email: msgalvez
Jrmy Trillanes
HB (from 2025 Sep)
Email: jtrillan
Ryan Jay Chen
CompSci (from 2026 Feb)
Email: ryanjc4
Elkan Long Nguyen
BME (from 2026 Feb)
Email: elkann
Xuedi (Daisy) Deng
BME (from 2026 Feb)
Email: xuedid
Adam Lam
BMEP (from 2026 Feb)
Email: adaml17
Ayush Shah
PubHlth (from 2026 Feb)
Email: ayushms
Weijia Lin
UCInspire (2026 Summer)
Email: weijl17