People

Current

(In order of joining the lab)

Xiaojing Gao, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
Terman Faculty Fellow
Faculty Fellow, Stanford ChEM-H
B.S. Biology, Peking University
Ph.D. Biology, Stanford University
Postdoc Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology
Fun fact: Xiaojing admires Kubrick.

Jeewoo (Jenny) Kang, Graduate Student in Neurosciences
Stanford Graduate Fellow
B.S. Chemical Biological Engineering & Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fun fact: Jenny enjoys hiking in Korea and swimming at Florida beaches.

Noa Katz, Postdoc
Fulbright/EMBO/Stanford Science Fellow
B.S. Biotechnology & Food Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Ph.D. Biotechnology & Food Engineering, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
Fun fact: Noa believes Heroes 4 is better than Heroes 3.

Connor Call, Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering
NSF Graduate Research Fellow/Stanford EDGE Fellow/Cellular and Molecular Biology (CMB) Training Program
B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
Fun fact: Connor has 6 different way to make coffee in their apartment.

Xiaowei Zhang, Graduate Student in Bioengineering
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow
B.S. Biological Science, Peking University
Fun fact: Xiaowei loves creating meaningless fanart illustrations.

Santiago Mille, Graduate Student in Bioengineering
Stanford Graduate Fellow/Chemistry-Biology Interface (CBI) Training Program/Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow
B.S. Digital Systems and Robotics Engineering, Monterrey Institute of Technology
Fun fact: Santiago likes growing his own vegetables and eating tamales.

Connie An, Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering
Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow
B.S.E. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University
Fun fact: Connie goes to the farmer’s market every weekend.

Yixin Hu, Graduate Student in Biology, co-mentored by the Hernández-López lab
Stanford Graduate Fellow
B.S. Biological Science, Peking University
Fun fact: Yixin has watched over 400 movies.

Meng Zhang, Postdoc
American Cancer Society Fellow
B.E. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University
Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Fun fact: In an alternative universe Meng is a movie director who writes his own screenplay.

Hank Jones, Graduate Student in Genetics, co-mentored by the Endy lab
B.S. Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology; Minor in Chemistry, University of Washington
Fun fact: Hank makes a mean apple pie.

Haoyu Dai, Graduate Student in Chemical Engineering
B.S. Theoretical and Applied Mechanics; Minor in Biomedical Engineering, Peking University
Fun fact: Haoyu is a foodie but she cares about her figure.

Alumni

(Kristjan) Eerik Kaseniit, Graduate Student (2020 – 2023) -> co-founder and CSO @ Radar Therapeutics
Alexander Vlahos, Postdoc (2020 – 2025) -> Assistant Professor @ Georgia Institute of Technology Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering
Carlos Aldrete, Graduate Student (2020 – 2025) -> Scientist I @ GeneFab
Arden Lee, Postbac (2023 – 2025) -> Graduate student @ Boston University Bioinformatics program
Eric Wolfsberg, Graduate Student (2021 – 2025) -> Scientist @ Stealth Startup
Natalie Kolber, Graduate Student (2021 – 2025) -> Fellow @ Forbion
Undergrad researchers: Genzhe Lu (2021) -> grad student @ Rockefeller, Weihao Yan (2021) –> grad student @ Princeton, Yunxin Xie (2022) –> grad student @ Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Alexis Pacheco Benitez (2022) –> grad student @ UT Southwestern, Joseph Monarres (2022 – 2023), Yazan Abdella (2023), Haoyu Dai (2023) -> grad student @ Stanford, Siqi Guo (2023) –> grad student @ Yale, Jean Sebastien Paul (2024) –> grad student @ Stanford, Angelica Alvarado (2024); Kairui Bi (2025); Wesley Luk (2025); Dengke Hu (2025)