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
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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