Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Center for Complex Biological Systems (CCBS)
Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC)
BS: Nanjing University, Physics
Licence 3: École Normale Supérieure de Paris, Physics
PhD: École Normale Supérieure de Paris, Biophysics
Postdoc: Caltech, Biology and Bioengineering
Research
Quantitative single molecule biology and engineering, emerging from basic single-cell research to tool developments for nucleic-acid based therapies Cellular behavior depends on the activities of countless individual biomolecules. Compared to population-based methods, the ability to simultaneously perturb and analyze individual molecules provides a more direct and quantitative understanding, and unprecedented insights, of how these molecules function. Our interdisciplinary lab integrates diverse approaches (from molecular biology to deep learning, from time-lapse movies to magnetic tweezers, from high-resolution imaging to mammalian cell engineering, from photonics to integrated electronic circuits) and to develop more sensitive and powerful single molecule tools, for probing fundamental biological questions and for biomedical applications.