Yin Shen
Yin Shen, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator



 

Jing Wang
Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Specialist



 

Han Yang
Han Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow

Larry L. Hillblom
Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellowship

Zhen Ye
Zhen Ye
Lab Manager
 

 

Yuxi Liu
Yuxi Liu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow




 
Ruirui Huang
Ruirui Huang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow




 

Wenyan Wu
Wenyan Wu, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Fellow




 

Thu Pham
Thu Pham
PSPG Graduate Student

ARCS Fellowship 2024-25

UCSF-Stanford CERSI
Scholar 2025-27

Zoe Chen
Zoe Chen
BMI Graduate Student
 


 

Lingyi Xu
Lingyi Xu
DDS Student

2025-26 Dental Student
Research Fellow
 

Andrew Pham
Andrew Pham
Neuroscience Graduate
Student (MSTP)


 
Jin Zhu
Jin Zhu
Junior Specialist



 
Jess Gerwein
Jess Gerwein
Visiting Undergraduate



 

Carlos Arevalo
High School Intern
  


 

Former Lab Members

Year LeftNamePosition at Shen LabCurrent Position
2015Yien-Ming Kuo, Ph.D.SpecialistMorphology Core Director,
Ophthalmology Department,
UCSF
2016Jean BadroosWork Study Undergraduate
(UC Berkeley)
Undergraduate,
UC Berkeley
 
2016Seokho Kim, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral ScholarScientist,
National Institute of Animal Science,
Republic of Korea
2016Gabrielle KleynerSummer InternUndergraduate,
Rutgers University
 
2016Vasco MoraisCIRM InternUndergraduate,
UC Davis
 
2016Yuan Wang (Simon), Ph.D.Post-Doctoral ScholarPostdoc,
Harvard University
 
2017Lydia LiuLowell High School Summer InternUndergraduate,
John Hopkins University
 
2017Jonghoon (John) ChangJunior SpecialistGraduate student,
Georgetown University
 
2019Tsz Wai (David) TamJunior SpecialistGraduate student,
University of Hong Kong
 
2019Seth BergenholtzJunior SpecialistMedical School Student,
Boston University
 
2019Ian JonesJunior SpecialistGraduate Student,
UCSF
 
2019Brianna LiLowell High School Summer Intern 
(2018-19)
Undergraduate,
UC Berkeley
 
2019Brian TongWoodbridge High School
Summer Intern
High School Student,
Woodbridge High School
 
2019Lenka MaliskovaResearch AssociateAssociate Specialist,
Functional Genomics Lab,
UCSF
2020Jerry LeeJunior SpecialistGraduate Student,
University of Chicago
 
2020Asami TakagiJunior SpecialistMedical School Student,
Central Michigan
 
2020Michael SongPSPG Graduate StudentScientist, 
Monte Rosa Therapeutics
 
2020Niko EngMaster StudentScientist, 
TRex Bio
 
2021Kirsty JamiesonPost-Doctoral ScholarResearch Scientist, 
Invitae
 
2021Bingkun (Alex) LiJunior SpecialistMaster student, 
The Erasmus+ International Master
 in Innovative Medicine (IMIM)
2021Michael YuLincoln High School Intern

 
2022Lazaros LataniotisPost-Doctoral ScholarSr. Scientist,
Sana Biotechnology, 
South San Francisco.
2022Hongjiang LiuVisiting Undergraduate StudentPh.D. graduate student,
Cornell University
 
2022Charles CaiJunior Specialist

 
2022Hao LiuVisiting Undergraduate StudentJunior Specialist, 
UCSF
 
2022Cady ChenHigh School VolunteerUndergraduate,
Columbia University
 
2022Zachary AmadorUCSF Summer Research
Training Program (SRTP)
Undergraduate,
UC Riverside
 
2023Cooper BeamanJunior SpecialistGraduate student,
UCLA
 
2023JJ VivekJunior SpecialistMedical student,
University of Illinois, Chicago
 
2023Briana LiURA from Berkeley 
2024Xiaoyu Yang, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral ScholarDirector,
Genomics Core at Cleveland Clinic 
Lerner Research Institute
2024Michaiah PettwaySummer InternGateway High School
 
2024Jesse GerweinSummer InternUndergraduate,
Wesleyan University
 
2025Xingjie Ren, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral ScholarAssistant professor,
Nanjing University, 
Institute of Modern Biology
2025Ian Jones, Ph.D.PSPG student

 
2025Xiekui Cui, Ph.D.Post-Doctoral ScholarAssistant Professor,
Emory University, 
Department of Human Genetics
2025Yifan SunJunior SpecialistPh.D. graduate student,
University of Winscon-Madision