principal investigator
Mingyi Xie, Associate Professor
Henry E. Innes Endowed Professor in Cancer Research
University of Florida Research Foundation Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UF Health Cancer Center
University of Florida
Office phone: 352-273-8171
Lab phone: 352-273-8198
Email: mingyi.xie@ufl.edu
C.V.
Experience: Postdoc training. Yale University with Joan Steitz
Education: Ph.D. Arizona State University with Julian Chen
B.Sci. Xiamen University, China
Research scientists
Peike Sheng
(started in Jan. 2017)
Email: peike.sheng@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
Ph.D. Hunan University/ Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
B.Sci. Hunan University, China
Lu Li
(started in Jul. 2018)
Email: luli1@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
Ph.D. Nanjing Agricultural University, China
B.Sci. Nanjing Agricultural University
Yuzhi Wang
(started in Jul. 2021)
Email: wangyuzhi@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
Ph.D. Southeast University, China
B.Sci. Huaibei Normal University, China
postdoctoral associates
Vikas Dongardive
(started in Jun. 2024)
Email: vikas.dongardive@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
Ph.D. National Centre for Cell Science, India
M. Tech. National Institute of Technology, India
B.E. MGM’s Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, India
Zehui Zhang
(started in Sep. 2024)
Email: zehuizhang@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
Ph.D. University of South Carolina
B.E. Soochow University, China
graduate students (ph.d.)
Tianqi Li
(started in Aug. 2018; joined the lab in Dec. 2018)
Email: tianqi.li@ufl.edu,
Lab Phone: 352-273-8173,
Education:
M.Sci. Georgetown University
B.Sci. Nanjing University, China
Nicholas Hiers
(started in Aug. 2020; joined the lab in Jan. 2021)
Email: nhiers@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
B.Sci. Florida Gulf Coast University
Conner Traugot
(started in Aug. 2021; joined the lab in Apr. 2022)
Email: connertraugot@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
B.Sci. Duke University
Alex Carbonell
(started in Aug. 2023; joined the lab in Feb. 2024)
Email: acarbonell@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Education:
B.Sci. University of Florida
Undergraduate students
Hazel Parent
(started in Sep. 2023)
as lab technician (Started in Apr. 2024)
Email: hazelparent@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Biochemistry
Nalani Quintana
(started in Sep. 2023)
Email: n.quintana@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Biology
Helena Almeida
(started in Jan. 2024)
as lab technician (Started in Apr. 2024)
Email: helena.almeida@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Biochemistry
Kerolus Anis
(started in May 2024)
Email: kanis@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Biology
Lavi Madjar
(started in Aug. 2024)
Email: l.madjar@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Biochemistry
Cori Holtzman
(started in Sept. 2024)
Email: cori.holtzman@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Biochemistry