Laboratory of Optical Bioimaging and Spectroscopy
Principle Investigator
Lingyan Shi
Assistant Professor
Department of Bioengineering, UCSD
Email: Lingyanshi@ucsd.edu
Faculty Profile: http://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/faculty/faculty_bios/index.sfe?fmp_recid=487
Postdoc
Yajuan Li
Department of Bioengieering, UCSD
Email: yal026@eng.ucsd.edu
Yajuan Li received her PhD in Cell Biology and Genetics from Beijing University. She is passionate about in situ metabolic imaging with novel optical imaging techniques.
Students
Anthony Fung
PhD Student
Department of Bioengieering, UC San Diego
Email: aafung@eng.ucsd.edu
Anthony is a second year PhD student from Wisconsin who is passionate about the Biomechanical applications of advanced imaging techniques. He earned his B.S. from UC San Diego, where he studied Bioengineering. During his time at UC San Diego, he has led projects in Dr. Dennis A Carson laboratory at Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, Dr. Schmid-Schoenbein laboratory in the Bioengineering department, and Global TIES. Outside of the lab, he enjoys creating new recipes in the kitchen for his family, friends, and pet parrotlets.
Weichen Wei
PhD Student
Zhi Li
Masters Student
Department of Nanoengineering, UC San Diego
Email: zhl026@eng.ucsd.edu
Zhi is a graduate student studying Nanoengineering at UC San Diego with a focus in biophotonics study for imaging. Outside of of the lab, he enjoys playing soccer, basketball and learning programming.
Mira Swartzlander
Undergraduate Student
Department of Biology, UC San Diego
Email: mswartzl@ucsd.edu
Mira is a third year undergraduate studying Physiology & Neuroscience at UC San Diego. She has worked previously with Dr. Wulfila Gronenberg at the Department of Neuroscience at the University of Arizona, and in Dr. Xin Jin's Molecular Neurobiology Lab at the Salk Institute. When not studying or in the lab, she enjoys dancing, playing music, and participating in the marching arts.
Jie Hao
Undergraduate Student
Khang Hoang
Undergraduate Student
Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Email: k6hoang@ucsd.edu
Khang is a second year undergraduate student studying Bioengineering: Biotechnology. He previously worked in the Chemistry/Biochemistry department stockroom under Dr. Mary Sever. In his free time, he enjoys cooking, gaming, and trying new boba drinks.
Darragh Buckley
Undergraduate Student
Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Email: djbuckle@ucsd.edu
Darragh is entering his fourth year as an undergraduate studying Bioengineering with an emphasis on biotechnology. He is interested in novel imaging techniques for understanding biology and metabolism. In his free time, Darragh enjoys playing soccer, basketball, and going to the beach.
Summer Joyce Batasin
Senior Design Student
Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Email: summer@tesc.ucsd.edu
Summer is an incoming fourth year undergraduate studying Bioengineering with a focus in Biotechnology at UC San Diego. She has previously worked under Dr. Matthew Shtrahman in the Gage Laboratory at the Salk Institute, and at the UCSD Autism Center of Excellence under Dr. Karen Pierce. In her free time, Summer enjoys going to the beach and trying new restaurants.
Derek Chen
Senior Design Student
Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Email: dec042@ucsd.edu
Derek is a fourth year undergraduate studying Bioengineering at UC San Diego. He has worked with Dr. Christian Metallo in the Bioengineering department at UC San Diego and Dr. Albert Leung at the Center of Pain and Headache Research for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Outside of the lab, he enjoys fitness training, cooking, and chess.
Chloe Nguyen
Senior Design Student
Department of Bioengineering, UC San Diego
Email: cbn004@ucsd.edu
Chloe is a fourth year undergraduate studying Bioengineering: Biotechnology. In addition to being a senior design student in the Shi Lab, she is also a research assistant in the UCSD Biodynamics Lab, where she utilizes synthetic biology techniques to enable the engineering of bacterial communities. In her free time, Chloe enjoys creating balloon decorations and traveling.