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Jiekun (Jackie) Yang, PhD

Principal Investigator

Academic Appointments

Rutgers University, Department of Genetics and Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey · Piscataway, NJ

2024.1 - Present

CV JY 20230704
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Mukta Asnani, PhD

Lab Manager & Research Scientist

  • Meticulous and highly skilled molecular biologist with an expertise in Oncology, Immunology and Neurological disorders.
  • Adept at conducting bench experiments, bioassays, drafting scientific papers and mentoring junior colleagues.

2024.1 - Present

Xinyu Hu

Ph.D. student in Molecular Biosciences (2023-)

  • Experience in computational bioinformatics: RNA-seq, Chip-seq etc.
  • Interested in single cell bioinformatics analysis and machine learning

2024.2 - Present

Chuhanwen (Silas) Sun

Ph.D. student in Molecular Biosciences (2025-)

  • I’m a first-year PhD student in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics (MMG) working on computational biology and bioinformatics
  • I’m passionate about applying quantitative and multi-omics approaches to understand complex human diseases
  • Outside the lab, I enjoy hiking, weightlifting, and film photography

2025.5 - Present

Jose Gonzalez

Computational Research Technician

2024.6 - Present

Jolene Fu

George H. Cook Scholar (B.S. in Biochemistry, expected Dec 2025)

2024.3 - Present

Dalia Gad

Honor's Thesis Student (B.A. in Genetics, expected May 2026)

2024.9 - Present

Mikaela Lijo

Honor's Thesis Student (B.A. in Genetics, expected May 2026)

2025.2 - Present

Pranav Arra

Undergrad Researcher (B.S. in CS and Genetics, expected May 2027)

2025.2 - Present

Mentees From Other Institutions

Rahul Tacke, CS & Biology, Northeastern University (2024.6 - Present)

Fengwei Zhan, Ph.D. student in Quantitative Biomedicine (2024.7 - Present)

Lixia Chen Wu, CS Master's Student, Columbia University (2024.10 - Present)