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

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
Neuromuscular regeneration
jinti0303@g.ucla.edu

Haochen Nan
Ph.D Student, 2023
haochennan@g.ucla.edu

Hye Sook (Danielle) Shin
Ph.D Student, 2023
hyshin@g.ucla.edu

Raymond (Youcheng) Yang
Ph.D Student, 2023
youcheng@g.ucla.edu

Donna Rahgoshay
Ph.D Student, 2023
donnarahgoshay@g.ucla.edu

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

Phat Vu
Master Student, 2022
vupt@ucla.edu

Karina Mitchell
Master Student, 2023
karinam25@g.ucla.edu

Mylan (Mimi) Mayer
Master Student, 2023
mylanmayer@g.ucla.edu

Ruthie Carmeli
Master Student, 2023
rcarmeli@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

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

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

Sahana Rao
Undergraduate Student
sahanarao@g.ucla.edu

Rianna Sebastian
Undergraduate Student
riannas17@yahoo.com

Claire Shi
Undergraduate Student
claireshi@ucla.edu

Zhizhong Li
Undergraduate Student
zacli12138@gmail.com

Bena Patel
Undergraduate Student
benahpatel@g.ucla.edu
Anirudh (Rudy) Narayan, Isabelle Hong, Erin Hu, Juhi Mehta, Jiho Jeong-Kim, Cameron Uy, Josephine Neyyan, Nico Pedroncelli, Raul Davila, Ricardo Espinosa (Isaac), Gichan Lee, Izabella Samuel, Natalie Maxwell, Katie Lee, Meagan Yuen, Nitika Chellappa.