Lab Members
Gatien Moriceau, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. in Biology and Medical Sciences, INSERM U957, University of Nantes, France, 2010.
Grants: Dermatology Foundation (2017-2020), NCI P01 Core Director (2020-2025), Melanoma Research Alliance Young Investigator Award (2021-2024)
Willy Hugo, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Ph.D. in Computer Science, National University of Singapore, 2011.
Grants: American Skin Association, American Association for Cancer Research, Melanoma Research Alliance
Shirley Lomeli, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
B.S. in Biochemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 2001; M.S. in Chemistry, California State University, Los Angeles, 2003; Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UCLA, 2011.
Aayoung Hong, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Ph.D. graduate student in the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, UCLA; B.S. in Molecular Biology, UCSD
Grants: Department of Defense, Dermatology T32, Tumor Immunology T32 2021
Zhentao Yang, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
B.S. in Biology, Xiamen University (China), 2010; Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xiamen University (China), 2017.
UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center Postdoctoral Fellowship Award
Grants: National Cancer Center, JCCC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2020, Melanoma Research Alliance 2021 Dermatology Fellow Award
Yan Wang
Staff Research Associate
B.S. in Life Science and Technology, Northwest University (China), 2014; M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xiamen University (China), 2017.
Sixue Liu, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Scholar
B.S. in Biotechnology, Hunan Normal University (China), 2010; Ph.D. in Genomics Beijing Institute of Genomics, Chinese Academy of Science (China), 2018.
Grants: 2019 MRA Dermatology Fellow Award, JCCC Postdoctoral Fellowship 2020
Yujue Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Ph.D. in Dermatology and Venereology, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University (China), 2014.
Grants: National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2020 MRA Dermatology Fellow Award
Prashanthi Dharanipragada, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Fellow
B.S. and M.S. in Systems Biology, University of Hyderabad, 2011; Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, 2020.
Grants: JCCC Postdoctoral Fellowship Award 2021
Yiqun Han, M.D.
Visiting Graduate Researcher
M.S. and M.D. in Oncology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, 2023.
Xiao Zhang, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Scholar
B.S. in Agronomy, Henan Normal University (China), 2011; Ph.D. in Cell Biology, University of Science and Technology of China, 2018.