Alumni

Alumni from UW-Madison

Ph.D Students, Postdocs, and Visiting Scientists

• Ilona Christy Unarta: Ph.D in Bioengineering, HKUST (2020), Postdoc, UW-Madison (Oct 2021 – Aug 2024), Current Position: Postdoc with Sandrasegaram Gnanakaran (Gnana), Los Alamos National Lab (LANL), New Mexico, U.S.A.
• Kirill Konovalov: Ph.D in Chemistry, HKUST (2021), Postdoc, UW-Madison (Nov 2021 – Sept 2023), Current Position: Postdoc with Marta Filizola, Department of Pharmacological Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS), New York, NY, U.S.A.
• Yunrui Qiu, Ph.D in Chemistry, UW-Madison (2024), Current Position: Postdoc with Pratyush Tiwary, Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, U.S.A.
• Mingyi Xue, Ph.D in Chemistry, UW-Madison (2025), Current Position: Deep Learning Scientist, Aikium Inc., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Alumni from UW-Madison

Master Students, Undergraduate Students, Visiting Students, and Research Assistants

• Kazuya Okita: Visiting Ph.D Student from Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Japan (Nov 2023 – Jan 2024).
• Andres Lira, Research Assistant, Summer 2024-Spring 2025, Biophysics Program, UW-Madison
• Jordan Boysen, Undergraduate Researcher, Spring 2023-Spring 2025, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison
• Bo Zhu, Undergraduate Researcher, Summer 2024-Fall 2024, Department of Computer Science and Data Science, UW-Madison
• Sirui Li, Undergraduate Researcher, Fall 2022-Summer 2023, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, UW-Madison
• Bruce Huang: 2022-2023, Undergraduate Researcher,  Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison, Current Position: Ph.D Student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Norte Dame
• Andrew Yik: M.Sc in 2022, Department of Chemistry, UW-Madison, Current Position: School of Medicine, HKU

Alumni from HKUST

Ph.D Students, Postdocs, and Visiting Scientists

• Zhuo Liu: Postdoc (Nov 2019 – Aug 2021), Tin Ka Ping Fellow, Institute of Advanced Study, HKUST. Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU)
• Chu Li: Postdoc (Feb 2019 – Aug 2021), Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Postdoc, Department of Chemistry and Physics, HKUST
• Xiaowei Wang: Ph.D (2020) and Postdoc (Aug 2020 – Aug 2021), Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Postdoc, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST
• Sam Chong: Ph.D (2020) & Postdoc (Aug 2020-Aug 2021), Bioengineering Program, HKUST. Current Position: Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong
• Rick Xinzhou Xu: Ph.D in 2021, Bioengineering Program, HKUST. Current Position: Postdoc, Department of Chemical Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Yuqing Wang: Ph.D in 2021, Bioengineering Program, HKUST. Current Position:
  Postdoc, Department of Chemical Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Michael Suarez: PhD in 2021, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Financial industry
• Peter Cheung: Postdoc and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Pathology, Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Yeqing Yu: Ph.D, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Software Designer, Netease Computer System Co. Ltd
• Cong Pan: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Research Scientist, Shandong University, China
• Wei Wang: Ph.D & Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Senior Software Engineer, Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
• Jinping Lei: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
• Junhui Peng: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Postdoc, Rockefeller University, U.S.A.
• Liangxu Xie: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Associate Professor, Jiangsu University of Technology, China
• Lizhe Zhu: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
• Xiangze Zeng: Ph.D, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Assistant Professor, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.
• Carmen Tse: Ph.D (Joint with Y.J. YAN) & Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Current Position: Engineer, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Ltd (NAMI), Hong Kong
• Xiaoyan Zheng: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST, Current Position: Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
• Lin Wang: Hong Kong Scholar, Chemistry Department, HKUST, Current Position: Associate Professor, South China University of Technology, China
• Lu Zhang: Ph.D (Joint with YJ YAN) & Postdoc. Current Position: Professor, Fujian Institute of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Liguo Jiang: IAS Postdoctoral Fellow, Joint with Prof. Shuhuai Yao, Current Position: R&D Specialist, Aucheer Biotechnology Co.
• Qin Qiao: Ph.D in Bioengineering, HKUST, Postdoc in Chemistry, HKUST. Current Position: Research Associate Professor, Digital Medical Research Center, School of Basic Medical Sciences. Fudan University
• Fatima Pardo: Ph.D, Hong Kong Ph.D Fellowship, Chemistry Department, Current Position: Postdoc with Prof. Michael Levitt, Nobel Laureate, Stanford University, U.S.A.
• Shuo Gu: Ph.D, Chemistry Department, HKUST. Postdoc with Prof. Nancy Ip, HKUST, Hong Kong. Current Position: Postdoc with Prof. Brian Shoichet, UCSF, U.S.A.
• Yitao Feng: Postdoc, Current Position: Senior Scientist, Adagene (Suzhou) Limited
• Luming Meng: Ph.D, Chemistry Department, HKUST, Postdoc with Prof. Yiqin Gao, Peking University, China, Current Position: Associate Professor, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal
• CUI Zhaoning, Raymond: Ph.D, Chemistry Department, HKUST, Current Position: Assistant General Manager, COFCO Biochemical COFCO Corporation, Beijing CBD, China
• Lintai Da: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST, Current Position: Professor, Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
• Daniel Adriano Silva: Postdoc, Chemistry Department, HKUST, Pew Latin American Fellow with Prof. David Baker, University of Washington, U.S.A. Current Position:

Alumni from HKUST

Master Students

• Stephen Song Liu: M.Phil. in Chemistry, HKUST. Current Position: Research Scientist, Silicon Therapeutics. Co.
• Jordy Lam: M.Phil. in Chemistry, HKUST. Current Position: Ph.D Student, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
• Tong Wu: M.Phil. in Bioengineering, HKUST, Current Position: Ph.D student, Graduate program in Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, U.S.A.
• Xu Wang: M.Phil in Bioengineering, HKUST, Joint with Prof. Ben Zhong Tang
• Guo Wang: M.Phil in Chemistry, HKUST
• Hanlun Jiang: M.Phil. in Bioengineering, HKUST, Current Position: Ph.D student, Graduate program in Biological Physics, Structure and Design, University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
• Lingming Kong: M.Phil in Chemistry, Joint with Prof. Mingjie Zhang, Current Position:
  Novartis (Shanghai)
• Xiaoxiao He: M.Phil, Chemistry Department, HKUST
• Yutong Zhao, M. Phil, Current Position: Software Engineer, Schrodinger Inc, New York, U.S.A.

Alumni from HKUST

Undergraduate Students and Research Assistants