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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

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Vinit Kumar MALIK

Postdoc, 2025.09 -

Vinit is a Postdoctoral Associate in Dr. Shi’s group at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2025.

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

Navya KORALA

Undergraduate student, 2023.01 -

Navya is currently a freshman majoring in Cell Biology and Neuroscience at Rutgers University in the School of Arts and Sciences. She has published two cDNA clones on the National