principal investigator
Mingyi Xie, Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
UF Health Cancer Center
University of Florida
Office phone: 352-273-8171
Lab phone: 352-273-8173
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: 352-273-8173
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: 352-273-8173
Education:
Ph.D. Nanjing Agricultural University, China
B.Sci. Nanjing Agricultural University
postdoctoral associates
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
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
Jessica Effinger-Morris
(started in Sep. 2021)
as lab technician (Started in Jan. 2023)
Email: effingermorris.j@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Biology
Bianca Lederfeind
(started in Aug. 2022)
as lab technician (Started in Feb. 2023)
Email: blederfeind@ufl.edu
Lab Phone: 352-273-8198
Major: Microbiology & Cell Science
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
