Our Team

Zhihua Hua, PhD

Principal Investigator

I am thinking whenever possible. I love working with and care about motivated people. I like breaking and fixing things, including computer programming.

Emmanuel Olaoluwa

PhD Graduate student (MCB), Fall 2024

Through my Ph.D. studies, I aim to develop a scientific career that contributes to discoveries for improving humanity. I believe the Hua lab's collaborative environment and commitment to ethical research practices make it the ideal place for my professional development.

Cecilia Sebring

Undergraduate student, Fall 2022

Avery Meinke

Undergraduate student, Fall 2023

Previous Members

Undergraduate Research Experience (Supported by PACE and NSF)

Anna Smith (PBIO, Spring 2024)
Maddie Shelt (PBIO, Fall 2021 to Fall 2023, Recipient of Ivan K. Smith 2022 Summer Research Fellowship)
Alyssa Favro (Biological Sciences, Summer 2023 to Fall 2023)
Hannon Ben (Electrical Engineering), Summer 2022 to Summer 2023
Julian Renton (Computer Science), Fall 2021 to Spring 2023
Noah Barber (PBIO, Fall 2019 to Spring 2022, Recipient of Norman S. Cohn 2021 Summer Research Fellowship)
Sophia Kasprzycki (Psychology, Summer 2021)
Miranda Silcott (Meteorology, Fall 2019 to Spring 2021)
Garrett Dildine (Engineering, Summer 2020 to Fall 2021)
Abigail G. Moore (PBIO, Fall 2018 to Spring 2019)
Mateo Anaya (PBIO, Fall 2018)
Charles G. Ndiaye (PBIO, Fall 2016 to Spring 2017)
Caroline Siegert (PBIO, Fall 2016 to Spring 2017, Recipient of 2016 PURF Award)
Adam Stumbo (PBIO Minor, Spring 2016)
Andrew Rose (PBIO, Spring 2015)
Elisabeth A. Wilds (Biological Sciences, Spring 2018)
Maria Gomez (Biological Sciences,Fall 2016 to Spring 2017)
Kayley Jaeger (Forensic Chemistry, Fall 2017 to Spring 2018)
Sean Smith (Chemical Engineering, Fall 2018 to Spring 2019)
Isaac Stern (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Summer 2018)
Mario A. Hernandez (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Spring 2018)
Jacob Sieg (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Summer 2016 to Spring 2017, Recipient of 2016 PURF Award)
William Vu (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fall 2015 to Spring 2017, Recipient of 2016 PURF and 2017 EXPO Awards)
Alex Bochenek (Computer Science, Fall 2018 to Spring 2019)
Matthew Early (Computer Science, Summer 2018 to Fall 2018)
Matthew Emerson (Computer Science, Fall 2017 to Spring 2018)
Shuai Ji (Computer Science, Spring 2015 to Spring 2016)
Logan Leland (Computer Science, Spring 2015)

Graduate Studies

Paymon Doroodian, MSc (MCB, Summer 2020), Research Assistant, Georgetown University in Washington DC
Peifeng Yu, PhD (MCB, Spring 2024), Assistant Professor, Xinjiang University, China
Madhura Yapa, PhD (PBIO, Summer 2024), Postdoctoral Scholar, The Ohio State University
Yang Li, PhD (PBIO, Spring 2024), China

Visiting Research

Zhenyu Gao, PhD (China National Rice Institute)
Fanglei Liao, PhD (Zhejiang Normal University)