Front Row: Abra Guo, Asiyah Yu Lin, Erica Marcos, Rebecca (Becca) Racz, Shelley Zhang, Sirarat Sarntivijai (now at FDA)
Back Row: Omar Tibi, Oliver He, Joseph (Joe) Ostrow, Gerry Hish, and Desikan Jagannathan (DJ).
Note: Picture taken inside Gilbert S. Omenn Atrium in the BSRB Buidling of UM Medical School at Ann Arbor on April 12, 2013.

More Hegroup Photos: 2013; before 2012.

CURRENT HE GROUP MEMBERS:

• Yu Lin, Research Fellow
• Rebecca Leigh Racz, Research assistant (starting summer 2012; Becca also volunteered as an undergraduate student in the lab from Feb 2011-May 2012; Becca is also a Pharmacy student since Fall 2012 in UM)
• Abra Guo, Undergraduate Student (starting Sept 2011)
• Omar Tibi, Undergraduate Student from East Michigan Universty (starting April 2011)
• Erica Marcos, Undergraduate Student (starting January 2013)
• Shelley Zhang, Undergraduate Student (starting Sept 2012)
• Joseph (Joe) Ostrow, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2012 - May 2013)
• Desikan Jagannathan (DJ), UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2012 - May 2013)
• Monica Ja Young Chung, Undergraduate Student (starting summer 2011)
• Denise Bronner, PhD student in Microbiology and Immunology (Research rotation: Fall 2010; Officially joining lab for PhD in summer 2011)
• Gerald Hish, DVM resident (starting Jan 2012)
• Zuoshuang "Allen" Xiang, Bioinformatician (2005-2013)
• George W. Jourdian, Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine and Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry, Medical School
• Yongqun "Oliver" He (PI), Associate Professor of Laboratory Animal Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology, and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan Medical School

PREVIOUS HE GROUP MEMBERS:

• Graduate Students:
• Wenxiao Liu, visiting PhD Candidate in Microbiology and Immunology from China Agricultural University (9/2011 – 8/2012)
• Sirarat Sarntivijai, PhD student in Bioinformatics (10/2009 – 5/2012) (Note: after graduation, joined FDA as a postdoc fellow)
• Andrew P. Hodges, PhD student in Bioinformatics (2005-2011) (Note: after graduation, became a postdoc fellow in UCSD)
• Daniel Zinder, PhD student in Bioinformatics (Research rotation: fall 2010)
• Keerthi Sindhura Sannareddy, M.S. in Bioinformatics, University of Michigan (Research rotation: 1/2010 – 5/2010)
• Raheela Akhtart, visiting PhD student (Aug 2009 - Feb 2010) (Now: Assistant Professor in Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore-54000, Pakistan)
• Postdoctoral Research Follows:
• Xinna Li, Research Fellow (10/2010 – 10/2012)
• Fang Chen, Research Fellow (Feb 2007 - Aug 2010) (Note: as of April 2011, a MD resident in Orlando, Florida)
• Thomas Todd, DVM, Veterinary Resident and Postdoctoral Research Fellow; PhD student in Microbiology & Immunology (Note: as of April 2011, Assistant Director in the Division of Comparative Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33612)
• Visiting Scholars:
• Hao-Teng Chang, Assistant Professor, China Medical University, Taizhong, Taiwan; Visitor Scholar (5/2012-8/2012)
• Amal Awad (visiting scholar from Veterinary Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt) (Feb to August 2012 )
• Jianguo Zhu, Associate Professor (Shanghai Jiaotao University, China), Visitor Scholar (Nov 2007 - April 2008) (Note: as of April 2011,a Full Professor, in Shanghi Jiaotao University, China)
• Research Assistants:
• Charles B. Larson, Research assistant (May 2010-April 2012), Undergraduate Student (Sept 2006 - May 2010, first year as UROP undergraduate student)
• Samantha Sayers, Research Assistant (May 2010-Aug 2011), UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2009 - May 2010)
• Angelica Lin, Research Assistant (2010)
• Sankari Arumugarajah, Lab Technician (Jan 2006 - Dec 2006)
• DVM Students who Worked in He Lab in Summers:
• Megan Ramaker, DVM student (School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison), Research intern (May 2010 - Aug 2010)
• Kimberly Quandt, DVM student (College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University), Research intern (May 2009 - Aug 2009)
• Jered Wendte, DVM student (Oklahoma State University), Research Intern (May 2008 - Aug 2008)
• Alicia Diane Cawlfield, DVM student (North Carolina State University), Research Intern (May 2006 - Aug 2006)
• Undergraduate Students (note: please let me know your updates if not listed here):
• Rebecca Racz, Undergraduate, University of Michigan (Feb 2011 - 2012; Becca graduated in May 2012 and joined the Pharmacy in UM. Since then, Becca has continued to work on VIOLIN until now (May 2013).)
• Joseph Ostrow, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2012 - May 2013)
• Desikan Jagannathan (DJ), UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2012 - May 2013)
• Monica Chung, Undergraduate, University of Michigan (Jan 2012 - November 2012)
• Andrew Sylora, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2011 - May 2012)
• Ryan Yucha, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2011 - May 2012)
• Sabian Hasani, Undergraduate Student (9/2011 – 5/2012 )
• Andrew Sylora, UROP undergraduate student (9/2011 – 5/2012)
• Ryan Evan Yucha, UROP undergraduate student (9/2011 – 5/2012 )
• Mark Fan Yang, Undergraduate Student (1/2012 – 5/2012 ) (Update: to join Pharmacy school in UM in fall 2013.)
• Mital Patel, UROP and then part time research undergraduate student (9/2008 –  5/2011) (Update: to join medical school after graduation.)
• Guerlain Ulysse, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2010 - May 2011)
• Priya Dungarani, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2010 - May 2011) (Update: to join Pharmacy school in UM in fall 2013.)
• Brian Yang, Harvard University (May 2010 - August 2010)
• Boyang Zhao, Undergraduate Student (Fall 2008 - May 2010) (update: joined MIT for PhD research)
• Kanika Kochhar, UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2009 - May 2010)
• Samantha Sayers, UROP undergraduate student (Sept 2009 - May 2010) (updated: joined UM School of Public Health for graduate study after staying in working as a research assistant for a year May 2010-Aug 2011)
• Kelsey Strait, UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2008 - May 2009)
• Tianyu Tang (Helen), UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2008 - May 2009) (Update: to join Harvard School of Public Health for graduate study in fall 2013.)
• Boris Vidri, UROP Undergraduate Student (Jan 2009 - May 2009)
• Bryant Yee, School of Art & Design, BFA Class of 2011, University of Michigan (Summer 2008)
• Jennifer L. Smith, UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2007 - May 2008) (Update: joined Pharmacy school in UM after graduation)
• Grace G. Zhu, UROP Undergraduate Student (9/2007 – 12/2007) (Update: joined Waybes State School of Medicine after graduation)
• Elizabeth A. Olenzek, UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2007 - May 2008)
• Kimberly Ku, UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2006 - May 2008) (Update: joined medical school after graduation)
• Bethany L. Kovacic, UROP Undergraduate Student (Sept 2006 - May 2007)
• Mijung Park, Universit of Michigan School of Art and Design (Summer 2006)
• Highshool Students:
• Shelley Zhang, Pioneer High School senior, research volunteer (2010-2011) (now: an undergraduate student in UM)

OLIVER HE's MENTORS:

• Gerhardt G. Schurig (PhD Advisor, 1996-2000), Immunology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
• Pedro Mendes (M.S. research advisor, 2001-2002), Computational Biology, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, VA, USA
• Zhongzhi Zhang & Hanchun Yang (M.S. co-advisors, 1993-1996), Infectious Diseases & Veterinary Preventive Medicine, China Agricultural Univeristy, Beijing, China
• Bruno Sobral (Postdoc Advisor, 2002-2005), Bioinformatics and Genetics, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg, VA, USA

COLLABORATORS:

• We have been collaborating with many researchers and scientists on campus, in the USA, in China, and around the world.