Principal Investigator
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
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 Associate
jifanfen@usc.edu
Lu Gao, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
lgao0526@usc.edu
Tingwei Guo, PhD
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, 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
VyVy Nguyen, MPH
Project Administrator
vyvyn@usc.edu
Bridget Samuels, PhD
Project Director
bdsamuel@usc.edu
Janet Sanchez, BA
Research Lab Technician III/Supervisor
janetsan@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
Connor Buchanan
Undergraduate Student
cmbuchan@usc.edu
Jessica Geng
Student
jjgeng@usc.edu
Aaron Harouni
DDS Student
aeharoun@usc.edu
Ara Hartounian
DDS Student
araharto@usc.edu
Eric Madsen
Student
emadsen@ostrow.usc.edu