Lab Members

Current Lab Members

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Qingfei Jiang, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Qingfei (Fay) Jiang is currently an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Regenerative Medicine at the University of California, San Diego. She received her Ph.D. in chemistry at the University of Southern California, where she worked on DNA damage repair and translation synthesis. She later joined University of California, San Diego in 2010 as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Catriona Jamieson’s lab. She conducted research on the role of inflammation-driven A-to-I RNA editing in leukemia stem cell generation using chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) as a model. She has also received multiple prestigious awards, the most recent are NCI K22 Career Development Award, and the 2020 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award.

Maria Rivera, MSc

Lab Manager

Maria Rivera (MSc) is a Cancer Research Associate and the lab manager in Dr. Jiang’s lab. Maria grew up in Ensenada, Mexico, she attended the Autonomous University of Baja California for a bachelor degree in Bioengineering, and the Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada for a Master of Science degree in Life Sciences with focus in Biomedicine and Bionanotechnology. Here, she worked with Karla Juarez and investigated the Synergistic antitumor effect of silver nanoparticles and antineoplastic drugs in breast cancer cell lines. A couple years later, Maria trained her cell culture and bioassay techniques at BioLegend, San Diego. In 2021, Maria joined Dr. Jiang’s lab to investigate cancer stem biology.

Jenny Zhou

BISP196 Student

Jenny Zhou is a 3rd year undergraduate student at UCSD majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. She is currently a volunteer student researcher at Dr. Qingfei Jiang’s lab, and hopes this experience can help her pursue Ph.D. degree in the field of biology in the future. In her free time, she enjoys drawing, photographing, and watching movies.

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Kristine Lim

BS/MS Student

Kristine Lim is a contiguous BS/MS student under the School of Biological Sciences at UCSD. She currently does research in Dr. Qingfei Jiang's lab and hopes to pursue a career in the field of biopharmaceutical research. In her free time, she likes to play tennis and spend time with her parrot.

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Lucy Liu

BISP199 Student

Lucy Liu is a 3rd year undergraduate student majoring in general biology. She is hoping to graduate with her bachelors this year and is a BISP 199 student on the BS/MS track. She might pursue a PhD in biology in the future. In her free time she enjoys reading, ice skating, and going out to eat.

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Zhijun (Mia) Qian

BISP199 Student

Zhijun (Mia) Qian is a third year undergraduate student at UCSD majoring in Biology-Bioinformatics and minoring in Computer Science. She is currently a BISP199 student in Dr. Jiang’s lab. She is pursuing an M.D in the field of Computational biology in the future. In her free time, she likes to cook Chinese food, go ice skating, and enjoy movies with friends.

Alumni

	Lauryn Ruegg Undergraduate Researcher Lauryn Ruegg is a 4th year Human Biology major & History minor at UCSD from Portland, Oregon. She is currently a Student Researcher in Dr. Qingfei Jiang’s lab where she will later be pursing her Masters Degree. In her free time, Lauryn enjoys going to the beach, hiking, and running.
	Robert Phavong CIRM Intern Robert is a senior at UCSD majoring in Molecular and Cell Biology. He is a current CIRM Intern, interning in Dr. Qingfei Jiang's Lab at the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. He currently has an associates degree in Biology and Chemistry from San Diego Miramar College.
	David Lei BISP199 Student David is a fourth year undergraduate student at UCSD majoring in Public Health and currently on the pre-med track. He began volunteering for the Jiang lab during his sophomore year and is planning on enrolling in BISP199 under Dr. Jiang. In addition to his research, he also works as an EMT in San Diego county. In his free time, he likes to spend time outdoors hiking and camping, as well as hanging out with family and friends.
	Haoran Zhang Undergraduate Volunteer Haoran Zhang is a 4th year undergraduate student at UCSD and double majors in biochemistry and bioinformatics. He is currently a volunteer student researcher at Dr. Qingfei Jiang’s Lab. He is pursuing M.D. as well as Ph.D. in the field of biology and bioinformatics in the future.