Meet the Team
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KC Mei
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
ISTP-A
PhD Pharm. Sci.
MRes (dist.)
BS Pharmacy -
Zitao Ma
PHD STUDENT
INTJ-T
MS Pharmacology & Toxicology
BS Pharmacy -
Levi Johnson
PHD STUDENT - ROTATION
Biological Chemistry Track
BS Biochem (ACS)
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TBN
Incoming PhD Student Starting Fall 2026
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Max Sumicad
BS BiomedEng 28
INFP-T -
Emma Merrill
BS BiomedEng 27
(minor in Chemistry)
ENFJ-T -
Ladd Hutchinson
BS BiomedEng 27
May 2025 - our newly minted ACS-certified chemist from the lab, "Moe", and of course, Dr. Mei had his eyes closed as always.
May 2025 - Goodbye Binghamton friends!
Jan 2025 - just a busy day isolating splenocytes for immunology studies
Dec 2024 End of year lab dinner
July 2024 - Celebrating our 1st NIH grant!
June 2024 - Attending Cell & Gene Therapy conference in Philadelphia
May 2024 - first lab photo (it's hard to get everyone around at the same time)
June 2023 - summer pharm. sci. squad
Alumni
MEI LAB 2.0 @ University of Utah (July 2025 - present)
MEI LAB 1.0 @ SUNY Binghamton (Sep 2022 - Jun 2025: Alumni# 33)
Postdocs
Reena Jatyan, PhD | INFJ-T | (2024-2025)⇨ Postdoc, Conroy Sun/Gaurav Sahay Lab, Oregon State University, College of Pharmacy, July 25 -
Pu-Sheng (Vincent) Wei, PhD | ENTJ-A | (2023-2025) ⇨ Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Aug 25 -
Research Specialist
Arielle YH Tsai, MS (2022 - 2025)
MSc Student
Nagasri (Sri) Thota | MS Pharm. Sci. 24 ⇨ Scientist II, Parexel/Merck, Philadelphia ⇨ Scientist, Alta Sciences, Seattle
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Class of 2027
Shivani Manimaran | ENFJ-T | BS Biochem 27
Amira Castillo | BS Biology 27
Mia Chen | BS Biochem 27
Class of 2026
Maeko Plotena | INFJ-T | BS Biochem 26
Sophia Kladias | INFJ-T | BS Biol. Chem. 26
Damian Zhao | INTJ-T | BS Biochem 26
Joseph Galperin | ENTJ-T | BS Biochem 26
Sherman Yen | INFP-A | BS Biochem 26
Arian Rahman | BS Integrative Neuroscience 26
Class of 2025
Evelyn Chang | INTJ-T | BS Integrative Neuroscience 25 ⇨ PhD Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, U Florida 2030 (F. Zhang Lab)
Tyler Friedlander | INTJ-A | BS Biochem 25 ⇨ PhD Med Chem & Mol. Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue, 2030 (Val J. Watts Lab)
Moe Fakhri | INTJ-A | BS Chemistry 25 (Hons, ACS certified) ⇨ Lab Tech., Syracuse NY
Shannon Wodicka | ISTJ-T | BA Biology 25 ⇨ PharmD, SUNY Buffalo, 2029
Shotaro Odaka | ENTJ-T | BS Biochem 25 ⇨ RA, SUNY Binghamton (J. Fetse Lab)
Yuanjun Wang | ENTJ-A | BS Biochem 25
Willis Ng | ISTP-T | BS Biochem 25 ⇨ MD, Albany Medical College 2029
Aarnav Gharse | BS Integrative Neuroscience 25 ⇨ MD, Rutgers NJMS 2029
Class of 2024
Arianna Anderson | BS Biology 24 ⇨ RA, Cold Spring Harbor Lab (C. Amor Lab)
Katelyn Woo | BA Biochem 25 ⇨ PharmD, SUNY Binghamton 2028
Sunjae (Sunny) Lee | BS Biochem 24 ⇨ RA, Pharmacology, Weill Cornell Medicine (W. Béguelin/Melnick Lab)
Greshma John | BS Integrative Neuroscience 24 ⇨ Mount Sinai, NYC
Jeffery Purnomo | Fall 22, Spring 23, Fall 23 | ⇨ Production Associate · Enzo Biochem Inc, NY
Allen Ni | BA Biological Science 24 | Spring 23, Fall 23 | ⇨ Dental Assistant, NYC
PharmD
Kahaan Shah, PharmD 28
Mariya Khan, PharmD 26
Cierra Girardi, PharmD 26
Nikki Crowley, PharmD 26
Akeile Smith, PharmD 26
Summer Research Intern
James Johnson | ANTH595 | MS Biomed Anthropology 24 (via the Fleishman Center Internship Fund)
UCLA
Undergraduate Research Assistants
Mercedeh Khazaieli | BS Biophys 21 ⇨ MS, Duke Med Physics 23 ⇨ MD, CUSM
Michelle Chiang | BS MCDB 21 ⇨ DDS, School of Dentistry, UCLA 2025
Branda Melano | BS MCDB 19 ⇨ Ph.D. Pharm. Sci. & Pharmacogenomics, School of Pharmacy, UCSF (Sweed-Cordero Lab), 2025