People

Song Li, Ph.D
Principal Investigator
Chancellor’s Professor and Department Chair
Department of Bioengineering
Department of Medicine
5121C Engineering V
310-794-6140
310-794-5956 fax
songli@ucla.edu

Jennifer Soto
Research Scientist, Lab Manager, 2016
Direct cell reprogramming
jennifer.soto@ucla.edu

Mahdi Hasani
Research Scientist, 2018
Biomaterials, drug delivery, microfluidics, immunoengineering
Mmhs@ucla.edu

Jana Zarubova
Research Scientist, 2018
Vascular tissue engineering, extracellular vesicles
janazarubova@ucla.edu

Yang Song
Postdoctoral Researcher, 2018
Biomechanics in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, cell reprogramming
yangsong88@ucla.edu

Zeyang Liu
Research Scientist, 2022
liuzey1989@gmail.com

Binru Chen (Andy)
Ph.D Student, 2017
Mechanobiology, microfluidics
brchen@ucla.edu

Xuexiang (Cher) Zhang
Ph.D Student, 2018
Immunoengineering, drug delivery, microfluidics
cherxzhang@g.ucla.edu

Tyler Hoffman
Ph.D Student, 2020
Synthetic cell engineering, biomaterials, bioprinting
tylerhoffman@g.ucla.edu

Yifan Wu
Ph.D Student, 2021
Biomaterials, mechanobiology
yifan671@ucla.edu

Joyce Huang
Ph.D Student, 2022
huangj06@ucla.edu

Ramzi Massad
Ph.D Student, 2022
Biomaterials
ramzimassad@g.ucla.edu

Jing Tian
Ph.D Student, 2022
jinti0303@g.ucla.edu

Tzuchun (Allen) Chung (M.D.)
Chief Surgeon, 2023
allenchung@g.ucla.edu

Yu Zhu
Masters Student, 2021
Immunomodulation, mesenchymal stem cells
zy199711@g.ucla.edu

Diana Ly
Masters Student, 2022
lydiana@g.ucla.edu

Raymond (Youcheng) Yang
Masters Student, 2022
youcheng@g.ucla.edu

Phat Vu
Masters Student, 2022
vupt@ucla.edu

Donna Rahgoshay
Masters Student, 2023
donnarahgoshay@g.ucla.edu

Juhi Mehta
Undergraduate Student
Tissue engineering, cell reprogramming, and drug delivery
juhimehta@g.ucla.edu

Erin Hu
Undergraduate Student
erinhu@ucla.edu

Xinyang Grace Ge
Undergraduate Student
gracexyg18@g.ucla.edu

Ysabel del Fierro
Undergraduate Student
ysabeldelfierro@g.ucla.edu

Silvi Lybbert
Undergraduate Student
silvi.lybbert@gmail.com

Isabelle Hong
Undergraduate Student
ihong77@g.ucla.edu

Louise Lin
Undergraduate Student
louiselin@g.ucla.edu

Aaron Zhexuan Zhang
Undergraduate Student
Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Major
azahraonng@g.ucla.edu

Kun-Wei (James) Yeh
Undergraduate Student
jamesyeh23@g.ucla.edu

Anirudh ("Rudy") Narayan
Undergraduate Student
anirudhn6@gmail.com

Emma Buxton
Undergraduate Student
ebux6@ucla.edu

Tiya Shah
Undergraduate Student
tiyashah223@g.ucla.edu

Johnathan Horn
Undergraduate Student
johnarh14@gmail.com

Katerina Katsouleas
Undergraduate Student
katekats@ucla.edu

Sam Denton
Undergraduate Student
samdenton@g.ucla.edu