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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

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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

Jose Gonzalez

Computational Research Technician

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2024.6 - Present

Jolene Fu

George H. Cook Scholar

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2024.3 - Present

Other Undergraduate Researchers

Sanika Deshmukh, CS sophomore, Honor's College, Rutgers University (2024.2 - Present)

Rishab Jituri, CS & Math senior, Rutgers University (2024.3 - Present)

Rahul Tacke, CS & Biology freshman, UMass-Amherst (2024.6 - Present)

Fengwei Zhan, CS senior, Barnard College, Columbia University (2024.7 - Present)

Dalia Gad, Genetics junior, Rutgers University (2024.9 - Present)

Lixia Chen Wu, CS senior, Barnard College, Columbia University (2024.10 - Present)

Mikaela Lijo, Genetics junior, Rutgers University (2025.2 - Present)

Pranav Arra, Genetics & CS sophomore, Rutgers University (2025.2 - Present)