Zheng is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Rutgers-New Brunswick. He is also a member of the Biomedical Engineering Department, the Cancer Pharmacology Program at the Cancer Institute
Vinit is a Postdoctoral Associate in Dr. Shi’s group at Rutgers University-New Brunswick. He obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2025.
Boxuan obtained his B.E. degree in Materials 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 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 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 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
Sophia received her B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Maryland in 2025. She joined Dr. Shi’s group in 2026 as a joint student with Jason Zhang’s group. Her research
Xinke obtained her B.S. in Chemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Technology and the Auckland University of Technology (2021), and M.S. in Chemistry from the University of Shanghai for Science
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
