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:
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:
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