Xiaojun Tian, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator and Associate Professor
Rong Zhang, Ph.D, Assistant Research Professor
Yuhei Yamauchi, PhD, Research Scientist (incoming)
Sadikshya Rijal, Biological Design Ph.D. Program
Abdelrahaman Youssef, M.S., Biological Design Ph.D. Program
Rixin Zhang, M.S., Biological Design Ph.D. Program
Gavin Buckler, Undergrad Student.

(2023. Suchana Chakravarty, Rixin Zhang, Sadikshya Rijal, Rong Zhang, Xiaojun Tian, Abdelrahaman Youssef

(2018. Front: Xiaojun Tian, Rong Zhang, Renaad Alawi, Jason Zhang)
(Back: Juan Melendez-Alvarez, Hanah Goetz,Erin Sussex)

Oct 2025, Lab lunch at Engrained with Xiao Lab.

March 2025, Ski Trip with Xiao Lab.

Dec, 2023. Lab lunch at Delhi Palace Cuisine of India with Xiao Lab.

(June. 13, 2023. Lab lunch at Mill’s Modern Social to bid farewell to Juan and Xingwen (Wang Lab).

(Dec. 12, 2022. Lab lunch at TopGolf to celebrate the end of the Fall semester.

(Dec. 5, 2022. Lab lunch to celebrate Juna’s graduation, and Austin for passing his comprehensive exam. )


(May. 24, 2019. Farewell party for Patrick and Tristan. )

(Dec. 20, 2018. Lab lunch together to celebrate the end of the 2018 Fall semester. )
Former Lab Members
Rishabh Guttal, Undergraduate Student.
Tahmid Anwar, Undergraduate Student.
Suchana Chakravarty, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher
Ashley Lopezlira, BME 4+1 Master Program
Priyati Sharma, Undergraduate Student.
Aarya Patel, High School Student
Austin Stone, Ph.D., Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering Ph.D. Program
Juan Melendez-Alvarez, Ph.D., Ph.D. student, and Postdoctoral Associate.
Nadia Wright, Undergraduate Student. (Now PhD student in the molecular bio program at CU Anschutz)
Holland Gailey, Undergraduate Student.
Madeline Damasco, Undergraduate Student.
Kerubin Aiko Muraishi, Undergraduate Student.
Hanah Goetz, Ph.D., Biological Design Ph.D. Program
Diego Barra, Master Student, Biomedical Engineering Program (Now PhD student in the BME program at Washington University in St. Louis)
Jiao Li, Visiting Graduate Student, Zhejiang University, China, 2018-2019 (Now Associate Professor @ Ocean University of China)
Andrea Borsenik Undergraduate Student, Biological Sciences, The College of Lib Arts & Sci
Chase Frailey, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Ira A Fulton Engineering
Vishvak Rangarajan, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Ira A Fulton Engineering
Renaad Alawi, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering M.S. Program, 2018-2019
Shaheeda Adusei, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering M.S. Program, 2018-2019
Jonathan Moroneso, Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering M.S. Program, 2018-2019. (Admitted into ASU’s law school program)
Erin Sussex, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Barrett, the Honors College, Ira A Fulton Engineering, 2018-2019
Jason Zhang, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Ira A Fulton Engineering, 2017-2019
Wesley Groves, Undergraduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, Ira A Fulton Engineering, 2018-2019
Manuela Vanegas Ferro, Graduate rotation Student, Biological Design Program, 2017-2018
Fei Ye, Ph.D., Visiting Scholar from Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, China, 2018
Rishabh Guttal, High School Student, Hamilton High School, Chandler, Arizona
