Dr. Xue (Sherry) Gao
Presidential Penn Compact Associate Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Bioengineering
Penn Center for Precision Engineering for Health
Bioengineering Graduate Group
Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Chemical Biology Graduate Group
xuegao@seas.upenn.edu |
Adam Zafrani
Computational Biology
Class of 2027
Sep 2024 – Now
Aman Gupta
Undergraduate
Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Class of 2027
June 2024 – Now
Arnav Khanna
Undergraduate (PURM supported)
Bioengineering
University of Pennsylvania
Class of 2028
April 2025 – Now
Becca Serodio
Brian Balisi
Graduate Student
Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biology-Chemistry, Point Loma Nazarene University
2025 – Now
Brigid Millette
Graduate Student
Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Tech University
2025 – Now
Bryant You
Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University
B.S., University of Houston
2020 – Now
Chris Keum
Undergraduate (PURM supported)
Biochemistry and Neuroscience
University of Pennsylvania
Class of 2028
April 2025 – Now
Chunxiao Sun
Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Pharmacy, Ocean University of China
2021 – Now
Devin Golla
Graduate Student
NSF GRFP Fellow
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Columbia University
2023 – Now
Franklin Banaj
Undergraduate
Biology
University of Pennsylvania
Class of 2028
Dec. 2024 – Now
Fred Lim
Life Science Management
University of Pennsylvania
May. 2025 – Now
Jackson Gold
Accelerated Master of Science and Engineering in Data Science
University of Pennsylvania
Dec. 2024 – Now
Li Jiang
Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Applied chemistry, Tianjin University
2024 – Now
Linghan Mei
Graduate Student
Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biological Sciences & Mathematics, Georgia State University
2024 – Now
Logan Cloutier
Undergraduate
Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
2025 – Now
Logan Haugh
Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Penn State University
2025 – Now
Maria Zotova
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Class of 2027
June 2024 – Now
Naomi Straub
Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania
B.S. Pharmaceutical sciences, ETH Zürich
Sep 2025 – Now
Pranay Vure
Graduate Student
NSF GRFP Fellow
Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
2025 – Now
Qiuyue Nie
Shijie Wan
Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2023 – Now
Shuai Liu
Postdoc, University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Kunming Institute of Botany
Chinese Academy of Sciences
2022 – Now
Soham Kavathekar
Graduate Student
Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India
2025 – Now
Tianrong Chen
Graduate Student
Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biological Sciences, UC Davis
2024 – Now
Trisha Biswas
Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, India
2025 – Now
Tyler Daniel
Graduate Student,
NIH T32 Fellow in Neuroengineering and Medicine
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
2022 – Now
Valerie Krasnopolsky
Undergraduate (PURM supported)
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
University of Pennsylvania
April 2025 – Now
Vir Acharya
Graduate Student
Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biotechnology, Ramnarain Ruia Autonomous College, Mumbai, India
2025 – Now
Zhenyu Lu
Graduate Student
Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University
2024 – Now
Zichen Hu
Graduate Student
Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
B.S., Biological Science, Zhejiang University
2024 – Now
Alumni
Abood Shurbjy, Undergraduate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, 2024-2025
Risa Garg, Undergraduate, Computational Biology, University of Pennsylvania, 2024-2025
Yixin Hu, Master of Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania, 2024-2025
Kumba Tarawally, Penn AEOP High School Internship Program, June – August, 2025
Riley Kendle, Master of Biotechnology, University of Pennsylvania, 2024-2025
Emily Josephine Boder, Rotation student, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Spring 2025
Casey Mogilevsky, Rotation MD/Ph.D student, Medical Scientist Training Program, Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Fall 2024
Ya Fang Qian, Research Assistant, Academy at Palumbo, Penn AEOP High School Internship Program, June – August, 2024