Members

Maksim Plikus, PhD
P.I., Professor
Developmental and Cell Biology
Faculty profile
Section Editor, Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Ruiqi Liu, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., China Agriculture University, China
B.S., Nanjing Agriculture University, China
Xiaojie Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral fellow
Ph.D., University of British Columbia
2012-2015 Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) postdoctoral fellow
Raul Ramos, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Developmental and Cell Biology, UC Irvine
B.S., Cell and Molecular Biology, San Diego State University
2012-2013 MBRS-IMSD fellow
2013-2015 CIRM Pre-doctoral fellow
Yingzi Liu, MD/PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Central South University, China
M.D., Central South University, China
Ji Hae Lee, MD/PhD
2024-2025, Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology,
Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Jung Min Park, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Kyungpook National University, Korea
M.S., Kyungpook National University, Korea
Renzhi Hou, MS
Ph.D. student, UC Irvine
B.S., UC Irvine
Nitish Udupi Shettigar, MS
Visiting Scholar
M.S., UC Irvine
B.E., Biotechnology, PES University, India

 

Alumni

Jung Won Shin, MD/PhD
2022-2024, Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology,
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seoul, Korea
Jung Eun Kim, MD/PhD
2021-2023, Visiting Scholar
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Dermatology,
Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Christian Fernando Guerrero-Juarez, PhD
2017-2022, Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Irvine
2012-2017, Ph.D., UC Irvine
Current position: Medical Student, University of Illinois
Sean Chen-Hsiang Kuan, MD/PhD
2019-2021, Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Assistant Professor
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Ji Won Oh, MD/PhD
2013-2016, Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Assistant Professor Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
Lab website
Xiaoling Cao, PhD
2016-2018, Visiting Scholar
First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, China
Kosuke Yamaga, MD/PhD
2017-2020, Postdoctoral Fellow
Current position: Dermatologist
Kikukawa Dermatology Clinic, Tokyo, Japan

Hyelim Lee, Postdoctoral fellow (2016-2018). Current position: Assistant Specialist at UC Irvine

Halida (Lily) Widyastuti, MS student (2015-2016). Current position: Ph.D. student at UC Irvine

Antoni Rossi, MS student (2014-2015).

Anukriti Dhar, MS student (2013-2014). Current position: Scientist at Notable Labs

Hoang Ha, MS student (2013-2014). Current position: Customer Success Associate at Benchling

Nellie Kwang, Junior specialist (2020-2022). Current position: M.D./Ph.D. student, UC Irvine

Yifan Zhai, MS student (2020-2021). Current position: Ph.D. student, Case Western Reserve University

Nikko Ai-Ni Tsao, MS student (2021-2022). Current position: Ph.D. student, Baylor University