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Postdoctoral Associates

Name

Previous Experience

Current Position

Yan Shi

B.S. Henan Normal University, 2008
Ph.D. Nanjing University, 2013
Postdoc. University of South Florida, 2014-2022
yanshi@mail.usf.edu

Professor, College of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University

Peng Sang

B.S. Ludong University, 2005
Ph.D. Zhejiang University, 2013
Postdoc. University of South Florida, 2015-2022
pengsang@usf.edu

Professor, College of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University

Lulu Wei

B.S. Anhui Normal University, 2014
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2020
Postdoc. University of South Florida, 2020-2021
Luluwei@mail.usf.edu

Scientist III, Curia

Yiming Li

B.S. Henan University of Technology, 2012
MS, Central South University, 2016
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2020
Postdoc. University of South Florida, 2020-2020
yimingli@mail.usf.edu

Assistant Professor, Central South University

Mi Zhou

B.S. Changzhou University, 2010
Ph.D. Nanjing University, 2016
Postdoc., University of South Florida, 2016-2019 mizhou@mail.usf.edu

Postdoc., Boston College

Mengmeng Zheng

B.S. Shandong Normal University, 2011
Ph.D. Nanjing University, 2016
Postdoc., University of South Florida, 2016-2019 mzheng@mail.usf.edu

Postdoc., Boston College

Peng Teng

B.S. Lanzhou University, 2006
Ph.D. Nanjing University, 2011
Senior Organic Chemist, WuXi AppTec, 2011-2013
Postdoc., University of South Florida, 2013-2019 pengteng@usf.edu

Professor, School of Pharmacy, Zhejiang University

Youhong Niu

B.S. Wuhan Institute of Chemical Technology, 2001
MS, Lanzhou University, 2004
Ph.D. Lanzhou University, 2008
Team Leader, Bioduro Corp. Ltd., 2008-2010
Postdoc. University of South Florida, 2010-2013

Associate Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Peking University

Visiting Scholars

Xiang Wang

B.S. Central South University, 2019
Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2019-2021
xiangwang@mail.usf.edu


Junqiu Xie

B.S. Lanzhou Medical College, 2005
Ph.D. Lanzhou University, 2013
Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2019-2020
junqiu@mail.usf.edu

Senior Research Scientist, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Lanzhou University

Wei Jiang

B.S. Nanjing Forestry University, 2013
Ph.D. Nanjing University, 2021
Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2019-2020
jiangw@mail.usf.edu

Graduate Student, Nanjing University

Dan Liu

Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2019-2020
liud@mail.usf.edu

Professor
College of Pharmaceutical and Biological Engineering, Shenyang University of Chemical Technology, Shenyang, China

En Zhang

Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2019-2020
liud@mail.usf.edu

Associate Professor
College of Pharmacy, Zhengzhou University

Chunpu Li

MS, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2019
Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2018-2019
chunpuli@mail.usf.edu

Graduate Student, Zhejiang University

Chao Lu

Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2016-2017
chaolu1@mail.usf.edu

Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University

Wenbo Xiao

Visiting Scholar, University of South Florida, 2016-2017
wenboxiao@mail.usf.edu

Professor, Current Position: Nanchang Hangkong University

Graduate Students

Songyi Xue

B.E. Northeast Dianli University, 2016
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2017-2023
songyixue@mail.usf.edu

Postdoc., UIUC

Lei Wang

B.E. Northeast Dianli University, 2016
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2019-2023
leiwang2@mail.usf.edu

Postdoc., Purdue University

Menglin Xue

B.S. University of Pittsburgh, 2016
M.S. University of South Florida, 2018
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2019-2023
menglin@usf.edu

Director Assistant and Research Scientist, Kelun-Biotech

Meng Gu

B.S. China Pharmaceutical University, 2018
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2023
menggu@usf.edu

Scientist III, Curia

Yu Yan

B.S. Southwest University, 2016
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2022
yuyan1@usf.edu

Investigator, Institute of Coal Chemistry, Shanxi

Ruixuan Gao

B.S. China Pharmaceutical University, 2017
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2018-2022
ruixuan@mail.usf.edu

Scientist I, Hopewell Therapeutics

Minghui Wang

B.S. Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 2014
M.S. China Pharmaceutical University, 2017
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2021
minghuiwang@mail.usf.edu

Scientist, GeneScript, Nanjing

Timothy Odom

B.S. University of South Florida, 2015
M.S. University of South Florida, expected 2021
todom1@mail.usf.edu

Field Service Specialist, Waters

Lulu Wei

B.S. Anhui Normal University, 2014
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2020
Luluwei@mail.usf.edu

Scientist III, Curia

Sami Abdulkadir

B.S. in Pharmacy, University of Asmara, Eritrea, 2008
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2021
sami3@mail.usf.edu

Scientist I, Avidity Biosciences

Sylvia Singh

B.S. University of Central Florida, 2013
M.S. University of South Florida, 2015
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2019
sylviasingh@mail.usf.edu

Application Scientist, Metrohm

Fengyu She

B.S. Zhejiang Sci-Tech Univeristy, 2012
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2018
fengyushe@mail.usf.edu

Application Scientist, GenScript, Nanjing

Ma Su

B.S. Xiamen Univeristy, 2014
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2018
masu@mail.usf.edu

Assistant Investigator, Soochow University

Olapeju Oyesiku

B.S. University of Agriculture ,Abeokuta.Ogun State.Nigeria, 2006
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2013-2018
ooyesiku@mail.usf.edu

Product Development Scientist, Catalent Pharma Solutions

Mussie Gide

B.S., Asmara College of Health Science, Eritrea, 2012
M.S. University of South Florida, 2016-2018
mussie@mail.usf.edu

Research Scientist, X Therma

Alekhya Nimmagadda

B.Pharmacy. JNTU, India, 2011
M.S. Eastern Michigan University, 2013
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2017
animmagadda@mail.usf.edu

Development Scientist, Intel

Yaqiong Li

B.S. Dalian Medical University, China, 2011
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2016
yaqiong@mail.usf.edu

Statistical Programmer Analyst, Genentech

Haifan Wu

B.S. Nanjing University, 2010
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2015
Postdoc. UCSF with Bill DeGrado, 2015-2020
haifanwu@mail.usf.edu

Assistant Professor, Wichita State University

Ge Bai

B.S. China Pharmaceutical University, 2009
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2015


Qiao Qiao

B.S. China Agricultural University, China, 2009
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2015

Software Engineer, University of Chicago

Frankie Costanza

B.S. Wagner College, 2009
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2015

Instructor, University of South Florida

Yaogang Hu

B.S. Hubei Universtiy, China, 2004
M.S. the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2007
Organic Chemist, Chemizon, 2007-2009
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2015

Director, Wuxi Apptec

Shruti Padhee

B.Pharmacy. Sri Venkateshwara College of Pharmacy, India, 2006
M.S. Illinois State University, 2009
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2014

Senior Scientist

Mohamad Nassir Amin

B.S. University of South Florida, 2010
Ph.D. University of South Florida, 2013


Allison Mercer

B.S. University of South Florida, 2010
M.S. University of South Florida, 2018


Undergraduate Students

Anh-My Nguyen
Zoya Khan
Jesse Revenis
Nassier Harfouch
Abdelfattah Nimer
Whitney Hang
Archana Mathew
Barbara Bustamante
Kristine Tobin

Austin Prince
Hao Zhou
Brittney Kahler
Van Nguyen
Jeanne Le
Nga Huynh
Sara Bijan
Dimitrios Antoniadis
Maya Baram
Erin Mulry
Jason Rodencal
Cayang Zhong
Daniel Haddad
Amber Hodge

Emmanuel Cruz
Erald Gjonaj
Daniel Joseph
Xinyu Li
Jun Ou
Abigaelle Bien - Aime
Lam Do
Emma Wu
Jason Labayne

High School Students

Nancy Sun
James Zhang
Annie Cao
Jessica Cao
Tianbo Chen

Andrew Lo
Kathleen Wu