Jiang Zhu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Linling He, Ph.D.

Senior Staff Scientist

Senior Staff Scientist, 2013-present
Research Specialist, HHMI, 2009-2013
Postdoc Fellow, Columbia U. 2008-2009
Ph.D., Columbia University, 2005-2008
Expertise: NGS, Antibody, Vaccine, Neuroscience

Yi-Nan Zhang, Ph.D.

Staff Scientist

Postdoctoral Associate and NSERC (Canada) Fellow, 2020-present
Ph.D., University of Toronto, 2014-2020
Expertise: Nanomedicine, drug delivery,
lymph node, immunology, vaccine

Keegan Braz Gomes, Ph.D.

Scientific Collaborator (Uvax Bio, LLC)

Senior Scientist Non-Clinical Projects, 2023-present
Postdoc, Scripps Research, 2021-2023
Ph.D., Mercer University, 2016-2021
Expertise: vaccines, drug delivery, pharmaceutics

Yi-Zong Lee, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Associate, 2021-present
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021
Alternative and military service, National Tsing Hua University, 2017-2020
Ph.D., National Tsing Hua University, 2012-2016
Expertise: Protein structure biology

Sarah Auclair, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Associate,  2022-present
Postdoc, University of  Montana Center for Translational Medicine, 2019-2022
Ph.D., University of  Texas Medical Branch,  2019
Expertise: Immunology, Infectious Disease, Vaccine Development, Translational Research

Abigail Howell, Ph.D

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Associate, 2024-present
Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2017-2023
Expertise: Bioinformatics, Viruses, Evolutionary Biology

Venus Tong, Pharm.D.

Scientific Collaborator (Uvax Bio, LLC)

R&D Project Manager,  2023- present
Technical Writer, 2022-2023
Pharm.D, UCSF, 2019-2022
Expertise: Pharmacy, Chemistry, Medical Device Development

Michael Arends

Scientific Editor

Expertise: Neuropsychopharmacology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Molecular and Cellular Biology

Garrett Ward, B.S.

Research Assistant

Research Assistant, 2022-present
B.S., UCSD, 2018-2022
Expertise: Biochemistry, Biochemical Techniques, Genetics

Genevieve Cover

Lab Admin Coordinator

Lab Admin Coordinator, 2023-present

Expertise: Grant Coordination and Applications, Operational and Administrative Support