Team

Yaping Liu

Yaping Liu

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Southern California and completed his postdoctoral training with Dr. Manolis Kellis at MIT CSAIL and the Broad Institute.

yaping@northwestern.edu
Li Wang

Li Wang

Research Assistant Professor

Research Assistant Professor at the EpiFluid Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Plant Biology (Epigenomics) from the University of Georgia and completed her postdoctoral training with Dr. Manolis Kellis at MIT CSAIL and the Broad Institute.

li.wang1@northwestern.edu
Hailu Fu

Hailu Fu

Research Associate

Research Associate at the EpiFluid Lab. She received her Ph.D. in Histology and Embryology from Dalian Medical University and her B.S. in Clinical Medicine from Nantong University.

hailu.fu@northwestern.edu
Jiayan (Yoshii) Ma

Jiayan (Yoshii) Ma

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences at Northwestern University. He received his B.S. in Bioinformatics from the University of California, San Diego.

jiayan.ma@northwestern.edu
Jocelyn Liang

Jocelyn Liang

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. student in the Driskill Graduate Program in Life Sciences at Northwestern University. She received her B.S. in Molecular & Cell Biology and Cognitive Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

jocelyn.liang@northwestern.edu
Weimin Wu

Weimin Wu

Ph.D. Student

Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Northwestern University, co-advised by Prof. Han Liu and Prof. Yaping Liu. He received his B.S. in Mathematics from Fudan University.

WeiminWu2023@u.northwestern.edu
James Li

James Li

Data Analyst

Medical student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He received his B.S. from Wake Forest University.

james.li3@northwestern.edu
Ravi Bandaru

Ravi Bandaru

Data Analyst

Medical student at Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University. He received his B.S. from Penn State University.

ravi.bandaru@northwestern.edu
Kundan Baliga

Kundan Baliga

Intern

Undergraduate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, studying Statistics and Computer Science.

kbaliga2@illinois.edu

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers

Haizi Zheng, Ph.D. Research Associate · Principal Scientist, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
2020–2022
Xionghui Zhou, Ph.D. Research Fellow · Faculty, Huazhong Agricultural University
2019–2020
David Katz, Ph.D. Research Fellow · Research Fellow, Mayo Clinic
2023–2024

Technicians

Long Hu Research Assistant
2019–2020

Undergraduate Volunteers

Ken Chen SURF Student · Undergraduate student, UC Berkeley
2021
Kyle Van Blaricom Research Volunteer · Undergraduate student, University of Cincinnati
2021
Dzhamal Sarvalov Research Volunteer · Research Assistant, CCHMC
2019–2020
Rosalyn Liou SURF Student · MD Student, University of Toledo
2019
Michelle Zhu SURF Student · MD Student, UT Southwestern Medical Center
2019

High School Volunteers

Ava Norton Research Volunteer
2019

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We recruit graduate students, postdocs, and undergraduates interested in epigenomics and liquid biopsy.

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