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Zheng SHI

Assistant Professor

Zheng is an assistant professor in Chemistry and Chemical Biology and an associate member in Biomedical Engineering at Rutgers-New Brunswick. He is also a member of the Cancer Pharmacology Program


Huan WANG

PhD student, 2019.10 -

Huan obtained her B. S. in Polymer Science and Technology from Central South University in China in 2018, before she joined Dr. Shi’s group at Rutgers-New Brunswick as a graduate


Shilong YANG

PhD student, 2020.09 -

2015-2019, B.S. in Chemistry, Nanjing University. Shilong joined Dr. Shi lab in 2020. He works on membrane mechanics and optogenetics. He likes tennis and RC.


Boxuan LI

PhD student, 2022.05 -

Boxuan obtained his B.E. degree in material science from Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, and M.S. degree in chemistry from Rutgers. Boxuan joined Dr. Shi’s lab in 2022 and


Yiling WANG

PhD student, 2022.12 -

Yiling obtained her B.S. degree in chemistry from Nankai University in China. She joined Dr. Shi’s group in 2022. Her research involve membrane mechanics and mechanosensitive membrane proteins. In her


Jinying WANG

PhD student, 2024.01 -

Jinying obtained her B.S. in chemistry from Penn State University in 2023. She joined Dr. Shi’s group in 2024. Her research involves using micropipette aspiration to study protein condensates and


Divya Kumari

PhD student, 2024.09 -

Divya got her BSc in Chemistry from  Delhi University (2018-2021) and MSc in Chemistry from IIT Bombay (2021-2023). In her spare time she likes to watch Netflix or listen to



Elton MALOKU

Undergraduate student, 2024.06 -

Elton majors in Biological Sciences at Rutgers University in the School of Arts and Sciences. He is exploring the regulation of stress granule in human cells. Elton also works as


Edona NEZAJ

Undergraduate student, 2025.05 -

Edona majors biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology at Connecticut college. She is exploring membrane proteins in the Shi lab, supported by the RISE program. In her free time, she likes