Principal Investigator
Dean
G. Donald and Marian James Montgomery Professor of Dentistry
University Professor of Dentistry
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC
University Professor of Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine and
Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Keck School of Medicine of USC
Current Lab Members
Brian Alvarado, BS
Laboratory Technician II
briana89@usc.edu
Jesse Anderson-Ramirez, BS
Laboratory Technician III/Supervisor
jesseand@usc.edu
Sa Cha, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar -
Research Associate
chasa@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
Thach-Vu Ho, MS, EdS
Instructional Laboratory Manager
thachvuh@usc.edu
Ishmael Howard, BS
Research Lab Technician II
ishmaelh@usc.edu
Stephanie Jones, BA
Executive Assistant
sjones99@usc.edu
Lin Lan, MD
Visiting Scholar
ll_702@usc.edu
VyVy Nguyen, MPH
Project Manager
vyvyn@usc.edu
Bridget Samuels, PhD
Project Director
bdsamuel@usc.edu
Janet Sanchez, BA
Research Lab Technician III/Supervisor
janetsan@usc.edu
Guanchen Ye, PhD
Visiting Scholar
gy_573@usc.edu
Postdoctoral Scholar -
Research Associate
mzhang58@usc.edu
Research Assistant
hziaei@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
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