Principal Investigator
Yang Chai, DDS, PhD
University Professor
George and MaryLou Boone Chair in Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Director, Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Associate Dean of Research
Ostrow School of Dentistry
University of Southern California
ychai@usc.edu
Current Lab Members
Jesse Anderson-Ramirez, BS
Laboratory Technician II
jesseand@usc.edu
Jifan Feng, DDS, PhD
Research Associate
jifanfen@usc.edu
Tingwei Guo, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar -
Research Associate
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, B.S.
Research Lab Technician II
ishmaelh@usc.edu
Eva Janečková, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar -
Research Associate
janeckov@usc.edu
Junjun Jing, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar -
Research Associate
junjunj@usc.edu
Mengmeng Liu, DDS, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
ml_807@usc.edu
Siddhika Pareek, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
spareek@usc.edu
Fei Pei, DDS, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
fp_191@usc.edu
Bridget Samuels, PhD
Project Director
bdsamuel@usc.edu
Jotham Sadan, BS
Research Lab Technician II
jothamsa@usc.edu
Janet Sanchez, BA
Research Lab Technician II
janetsan@usc.edu
Takahiko Yamada, DDS, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
takahiko@usc.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
mzhang58@usc.edu
Affiliates
Pedro A. Sanchez-Lara, MD
Cedars Sinai
pedro.sanchez.md@gmail.com
Alex K. Wong, MD
City of Hope
alexwong@coh.org
Students
Natalie Black
DDS Student
natalinb@usc.edu
Connor Buchanan
Undergraduate Student
cmbuchan@usc.edu
Aileen Ghobadi
DDS Student
ghobadi@usc.edu
Samuel Sheridan
DDS Student
samuelcs@usc.edu
Eloise Stanton
MD Student
eloisest@usc.edu