People

Jianfu Chen, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Jian-Fu (Jeff) Chen is an Associate Professor in the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology (CCMB) at the Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC. He received his PhD under Dr. Da-Zhi Wang in Cell & Developmental Biology Department 2008 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH). He graduated with the Linda Dysktra Distinguished Dissertation Award.  As a Damon Runyon Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Chen had his postdoctoral training with Dr. Lee Niswander at University of Colorado Denver, working on brain development and microcephaly. In 2012, he received K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from NIH. In 2014, Dr. Chen became an independent investigator at the University of Georgia Athens (UGA), and moved his laboratory to USC in 2017.

Jianfu@usc.edu

(323) 442-2062

Jingyi Joyce Chen

Research Assistant

PhD: University of Southern California (2023-Present)

MS: National University of Singapore (2023)

Research Interests:

jchen593@usc.edu

Supawadee Jariyasakulroj

PhD student in CBY

PhD: University of Southern California (2019-)

Research Interests: Immune regulation of suture stem cells in craniofacial tissue development and craniosynostosis

jariyasa@usc.edu

(213) 595-5126

Li Ma

Postdoctoral fellow

PhD: China Agriculture University (2011-2016)

Research Interests: Neural circuit and neuronal regulation of peripheral tissue development and regeneration

lma740@usc.edu

(917) 547-3968

Yang Shu

Research Assistant

PhD: University of Southern California (2023-Present)

MD: Chongqing Medical University (2020-2023)

Research Interests:

yshu5314@usc.edu

Wei Zhang

Research associate

PhD: China Agriculture University (2011-2016)

Research Interests: Stem cell biology, Human pluripotent stem cell-derived cells/organoids to model and treat craniofacial & neurological disorders

zhan763@usc.edu

(762) 728-1308

Alumni

Dr. Mei Yang

Postdoctoral fellow (2014-2019)

Current position: Principal Investigator, Yunan University, P.R. China

Dr. Silu Yang

Postdoctoral fellow (2014-2017)

Current position: Principal Investigator, BeiGene (Beijing, China), Inc

Dr. Qiang (Eric) Shao

Postdoctoral fellow (2014-2019)

Current position: Research Scientist, Gladstone Institute for Neurological Disease, UCSF, USA

Dr. Stephanie Herrlinger

Graduate student (2014-2019)

Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Columbia University, USA

Dr. Chen Liang

Graduate student (2015-2020)

Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, Northwestern University, USA

Binbin Li

Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)

Jotham Sadan

Research Technician II (2022)

Can Wang

Postdoctoral Fellow (2022)

Dinqi Xu

Master Student in Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine