Principal Investigator

Yafei Mao

Professor, Bio-X Institutes, Shanghai Jiao Tong University • Principal Investigator

Appointments

Professor, Bio-X Instituties, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. July 2025 - Present
Associate Professor, Bio-X Instituties, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. May 2022 - June 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Washington, USA. Jun 2019 - May 2022

Education

Ph.D., Evolutionary Genomics, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan. Sep 2014 - Apr 2019
B.Sc, Life Sciences, Nanjing University, China. Sep 2010 - Jun 2014

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Lab Members

Xiangyu Yang

Assistant Researcher

Education

Ph.D., Neurobiology, Southeast University, China. 2012-2017
B.S., Biotechnology, Tarim University, China. 2008-2012

Hobbies

Reading and listening to audiobooks

Jieyi Chen

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

Ph.D., Genetics, Fudan University, China. 2017-2022

B.S., Life Sciences, Fudan University, China. 2013-2017

Hobbies

A FOODIE. A long-time amateur basketball player who wants to play until her 80. A former nature-watching enthusiast.

Zhendong Zhang

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, Harbin Institute of Technology, China. 2015-2024
B.S., Math, Harbin Institute of Technology, China. 2011-2015

Hobbies

Geek things, Snowboarding, Video games, Singing

Qiujin Xie

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

Ph.D., Genetics, Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
2015-2021

B.S., Plant Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2011-2015

Hobbies

KPOP

Pengming Zeng

Postdoctoral Fellow

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Shanghaitech University, China. 2019-2026

B.S., Bioinformatics, Fujian Medical University, China. 2015-2019

Hobbies

Board games, Photography, Tennis

Shilong Zhang

Ph.D. Student

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2023-present
B.S., Bioinformatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. 2019-2023

Hobbies

Music, Computer games

Lianting Fu

Ph.D. Student

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2023-present

B.S., Biology Sciences, Zhejiang University, China. 2019-2023

Hobbies

Calligraphy, Movies

Junmin Han

Ph.D. Student

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2026-present
M.S., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2024-2026

B.S., Bioinformatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. 2020-2024

Hobbies

Cycling, Music

Da Lian

Ph.D. Student

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2025-present

B.S., Biological Sciences, Wuhan University, China. 2021-2025

Hobbies

Archery, Reading, Singing

Zhengtong Li

Ph.D. Student

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2026-present
B.S., Life Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2022-2026

Hobbies

Singing, Painting, Reading detective fiction

Zikun Yang

Ph.D. Student

Education

Ph.D., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2026-present
B.S., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2022-2026

Hobbies

Enthusiast of nature and keeping pets such as ants

Feifei Zhou

Master Student

Education

M.S., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2025-present

B.S., Bioinformatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. 2021-2025

Hobbies

Playing Ping-pong, Music, City walk

Chenhao Yang

Master Student

Education

M.S., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2026-present
B.S., Animal Science, Zhejiang University, China. 2022-2026

Hobbies

Basketball, Music and cartoon

Jingyi Guo

Master Student

Education

M.S., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2026-present
B.S., Bioinformatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. 2022-2026

Hobbies

Photography, Listening to music

Zirui Zeng

Undergraduate

Education

B.S., Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2022-present

Hobbies

Go(Weiqi), Badminton

Zilan Luo

Undergraduate

Education

B.S., Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2023-present

Hobbies

Calligraphy, Walking and sleeping

Haoyi Fang

Undergraduate

Education

B.S., Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2023-present

Hobbies

Cyalume dance, Novels, Music

Xinran Han

Undergraduate

Education

B.S., Animal Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2025-present

Hobbies

Painting, Guzheng, ACG music

Yukai Gong

Visiting Student

Education

B.S., Biotechnology, Tongji University, China. 2023-present

Hobbies

Soccer, Cartoon

Junchen Xin

Visiting Student

Education

B.S., Bioinformatics, Huazhong Agricultural University, China. 2023-present

Hobbies

F1, Karting, Music

Kaiyue Ma

Postdoctoral Fellow

January 2024 – August 2026

Education

Ph.D., Genetics, Yale University. 2020-2023

M.Phil., Genetics, Yale University. 2018-2020

B.S., Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China. 2014-2018

Hobbies

I am a grandson of peasants and a son of workers. I am a modern successor of the Mohist school. I believe in "love for all" and "objection to unjust warfares". The only weapon I wield is called humor. I'm a cartophile, a cinephile, an ornithophile, a thanatophobe, a railfan and an advocate of GMO food.

Fenghua Li

Visiting Student

August 2025 – September 2025

Education

B.A., Life Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2024-

Hobbies

reading,sports,and……raising ants?

Xinyao Yin

Visiting Student

June 2025 – July 2025

Education

B.A., Economics, New York University Shanghai, China. 2022-2026

Hobbies

music, gaming, gyming

Zeyu Song

Visiting Student

June 2025 – July 2025

Education

B.A., Mathematics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
2024-

Hobbies

To be supplemented.

Guanting Li

Visiting Student

June 2025 – July 2025

Education

B.A., Life Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2024-

Hobbies

Music, Car Racing

Canruo Huang

Undergraduate

September 2024 – June 2025

Education

B.S., Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2021-2025

Hobbies

Birdwatching, drawing, swing dance

Xinrui Jiang

Graduate Student

July 2024 – June 2025

Education

B.S., Biological Sciences, Southwest University, China. 2020-2024

Hobbies

writing, photography

Zhirou Lu

Visiting Student

December 2024 – March 2025

Education

B.A., Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK. 2022-2025

Hobbies

musical theatre, cuddling my dog, creative arts

Xuankai Wang

Graduate Student

September 2022 – February 2025

Education

M.S., Biological medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2022-2025

B.S., Biotechnology, East China University of Science and Technology, China.
2017-2021

Hobbies

badminton, pingpong, basketball, Chinese chess

Dan Meng

Assistant Researcher

July 2022 – October 2024

Education

B.E., Computer Science and Technology,
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China.
2014-2018

Hobbies

yoga, photography, close to nature ：）

Yang Yang

Visiting Student

June 2023 – June 2024

Education

B,S., Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, China. 2024

Hobbies

drawing, sports, bird watching, reptiles and insects lover

Tianxin Ren

Visiting Student

August 2022 – September 2023

Education

Ph.D candidate, Marine Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2024-

B.E., Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2020-2024

Hobbies

Singing, music, bicycle

Yawen Zou

Assistant Researcher

July 2022 – November 2022

Education

M.S., Bioengineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China 2021
B,S., Food Science and Engineering, Nanchang University, China 2015

Hobbies

badminton, pingpong, billiard, movies

Hongyi Ma

Undergraduate

? – Present

Education

B.S., Biomedical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2024-present

Hobbies

guitar, badminton

Ziyi Wang

Undergraduate

? – Present

Education

B.S., Biomedicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2022-present

Hobbies

To be supplemented.

Haoyu Lin

Undergraduate

? – Present

Education

B.S., Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2022-present

Hobbies

video, games

Yan He

Undergraduate

? – Present

Education

B.S., Clinical Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. 2024-present

Hobbies

Chess