People

Principal Investigator

Yang Chai, DDS, PhD

University Professor
George and MaryLou Boone Chair in Craniofacial Biology
Director, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Associate Dean of Research
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

University Professor of Biomedical Sciences,
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery,
and Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC

ychai@usc.edu

Current Lab Members

Jesse Anderson-Ramirez, BS
Laboratory Technician II
jesseand@usc.edu

Sa Cha, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
chasa@usc.edu

Peng Chen, DDS
Postdoctoral Scholar
pc_856@usc.edu

Jifan Feng, DDS, PhD
Research Scientist, Team Lead
jifanfen@usc.edu

Lu Gao, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
lgao0526@usc.edu

Tingwei Guo, PhD
Research Scientist, Team Lead
tg_283@usc.edu

Linda Hattemer, BA
Executive Assistant to Dr. Chai
lhatteme@usc.edu

Thach-Vu Ho, MS, EdS
Instructional Laboratory Manager
thachvuh@usc.edu

Ishmael Howard, BS
Research Lab Technician II
ishmaelh@usc.edu

Lin Lan, MD
Visiting Scholar
ll_702@usc.edu

Lin Meng, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
lmeng500@usc.edu

Janet Sanchez, BA
Research Lab Technician III/Supervisor
janetsan@usc.edu

Guanchen Ye, PhD
Visiting Scholar
gy_573@usc.edu

Mingyi Zhang, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
mzhang58@usc.edu

Heliya Ziaei, DDS

Research Assistant
hziaei@usc.edu

Affiliates
Students

Angelita Araujo-Villalba

Volunteer
angelitaa@cpp.edu

Jessica Geng
Student
jjgeng@usc.edu

Aaron Harouni
DDS Student
aeharoun@usc.edu

Ara Hartounian
DDS Student
araharto@usc.edu

Calista Ly
Volunteer
ckly@usc.edu

Eric Madsen

Student
emadsen@ostrow.usc.edu