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Zheng SHI

Associate Professor

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 Kumar MALIK

Postdoc, 2025.09 -

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 LI

PhD student, 2022.05 -

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


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 (Lab Safety Officer)

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


Sophia FANZINI

PhD student, 2025.09 -

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 (Justina) HUANG

PhD student, 2026.01 -

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


Dev PATEL

Undergraduate student, 2025.09 -

Dev is a sophomore majoring in Genetics in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University. In his free time he volunteer, watch basketball and anime, and is a


Rhezen Miralles Decastro

Undergraduate student, 2026.09 -

Rhezen is majoring in the Chemistry-Physics option at Rutgers University’s School of Arts and Sciences. He is exploring how membrane properties affect NINJ1 mobility and organization. His broader interests are