People

Principal Investigator

Yang Chai, DDS, PhD

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

ychai@usc.edu

Current Lab Members
Picture of Brian Alvarado, Lab Technician II

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

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Yuri Kamijo
Visiting Scholar
yk_419@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

Lin Xu, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar - Research Associate
lxu62290@usc.edu

Yingjie Yan, MSc
Visiting Scholar
yy_621@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