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Shuo Xiao, MBBS, PhD

Principal Investigator, Associate Professor

Dr. Shuo Xiao is a tenured Associate Professor from the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy. He earned his MBBS in Preventive Medicine and MS


Jiyang Zhang

Research Assistant Professor

Dr. Jiyang Zhang received her BS in Biology from Nankai University and MS in Biotechnology and PhD in Reproductive Biology from Northwestern University. She joined Dr. Xiao’s lab as a


Tingjie Zhan

Postdoctoral Researcher

Tingjie Zhan is from Guangzhou, China. She gained her bachelor’s degree in China pharmaceutical university,  and her PhD degree in Zhejiang University. Her major is environmental science and toxicology. Her



Thant Soe

Postdoctoral Researcher

Thant joined the Xiao Lab in 2024 to apply her expertise in microfabrication and biomedical engineering to develop an in vitro microfluidic model of the female reproductive system to conduct


Wenlong Zhao

Postdoctoral Researcher

Dr. Wenlong Zhao completed his undergraduate training at Normal University and obtained his Ph.D. from the Institute of Neuroscience at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is currently serving as


Smithika Karru

Undergraduate Student

Smithika Karru is an undergraduate student at Rutgers University. She is a third year premedical student majoring in Cell Biology & Neuroscience and minoring in Psychology. As a research assistant,


Eliza Mani

Undergraduate Student

Eliza Mani is an undergraduate student at Rutgers University. She is in the 6 year pharmacy program, entering her P1 (third) year. She started doing research with Dr. Xiao in


Alexander Lu

Undergraduate Student, SURF program

Alexander is an undergraduate student from Cornell University majoring in Nutritional Sciences. He is working on the microfluidics project in the Xiao Lab at Rutgers University with the Summer Undergraduate


Hongyi Xu

Hongyi Xu received his BS in Clinical Medicine from Hubei University of Medicine and MS in Obstetrics and Gynecology from Hubei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. He is currently a