Meet the Principal Investigator
![Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/chen-elizabeth-august17_0.jpeg?h=c7e88122&itok=O5xIUGkL)
Elizabeth Chen, Ph.D.
Professor
Molecular Biology | Cell Biology
Cell and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Development, and Disease
Current Lab Members
Yue Lu
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Yue Lu](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-07/yue-lu.jpeg?h=d6d12a85&itok=upRrFbvs)
Zhou Luo
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Zhou Luo](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-07/zhou-luo.jpeg?h=06fe7d26&itok=sfVJ1wHQ)
Morgan McLaughlin
Research Assistant
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Pratima Pandey
Senior Research Associate
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Benjamin Ravaux
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Benjamin Ravaux](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-07/ben-lab-photo.jpeg?h=c5f22e42&itok=MFh10NII)
Zhi-Rong Ruan
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Zhi-Rong Ruan](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-07/ruan-zhi-rong.jpeg?h=c7e88122&itok=p2pegIPn)
Shiv Sharma
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Shiv Sharma](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-07/shiv-sharma.jpeg?h=c7e88122&itok=86pev-kP)
Danqing Tong
Graduate Student
![Danqing Tong](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2022-07/danqing-tong.jpeg?h=c7e88122&itok=cImLODOn)
Sudha Varadaraj
Postdoctoral Fellow
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Xueya Cao
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yingying Hu
Postdoctoral Fellow
![Yingying Hu](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_square/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%202.23.47%20PM.png?h=55b5ed84&itok=v2SG2g96)
Our team is a fun and collaborative group
Positions are available for highly motivated and creative postdoctoral fellows and graduate students who are interested in cell-cell fusion, muscle development, actin cytoskeleton, mechanobiology, and membrane biology.
We're always looking to recruit dynamic researchers. Explore our positions!