Guochun Jiang, Ph.D. – Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
UNC HIV Cure Center, Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases (IGHID), and Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
guochun_jiang@med.unc.edu
People
CURRENT LAB MEMBERS
Faculty
Yuyang Tang, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
UNC HIV Cure Center and IGHID
tangy@email.unc.edu
Graduate students and postdocs
Xiaoyi Li, M.D./Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
Hongjie Chen, M.D./Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
Waqas Ahmed, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
Ciniso Sylvester Shabangu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral scholar
Anusha Joshi
Ph.D. student in Pharmacology
Isaac L. Hughes
Ph.D. student in Microbiology and Immunology
Abigail Meader
Master’s student in the Cell Biology and Physiology Program
Research Technicians
Nikesh Katuwal, M.S.
Undergraduates
Zhaojiayi Zhang
Madhura Manjunath
Caleb Hamacher
Jeshwin Antony
ALUMNI
Ms.Brielle M. Thrasybule, Undergraduate Research Assistant
Ms. Mia Hoxha, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Ms. Siyao Li, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Ms. Aria Xu, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Ms. Gabriella Ahn, Undergraduate Research Assistant. Current position: Nuclear Medicine Science Officer, Army Medical Service Corps.
Mr. Charnold Xie, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Mr. Jay D. Raval, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Mr. Ilana Wang, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Ms. Rui Zhao, Visiting master student. Current position: Returned to China.
Dr. Gabriela Prates, Ph.D. student and FAPESP fellow. Current position: Returned to Brazil.
Mr. Yogesh Koppu, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Mr. Brendon L. Brown, Undergraduate Research Assistant/Chem395 class. Current position: PhD student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Mr. Eduardo de la Parra Polina, Undergraduate Research Assistant. The SMART Awardee and RISE Germany Awardee/Bio395 class/summer internship at BASF SE, Germany. Current position: MD student, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA.
Ms. Emily Sang, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Dr. Dajiang Li, Postdoc Research Associate. Current position: Scientist in RTP, NC.
Mr. Smaran Sivashankar, Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Mr. Daniel Zhong, Undergraduate Research Assistant (2022 Summer Research Awardee and Eve Carson Scholar).
Ms. Jiayi Du (Bio395 class), current position: MPH student in the School of Public Health at Yale University.
Dr. Theresa L. Simermeyer, current position: Scientist, KBI Biopharma, NC.
Ms. Eduarda Blaschke, undergraduate Research Volunteer.
Ms. Lilly M. Wong, current position: Research Associate at Tavros Therapeutics, NC.
Mr. Baird Cotsakis (Bio395 class), current position: MD student, VCU School of Medicine, Richmond, VA.
Ms. Skyler Noble, undergraduate Research Volunteer.
Ms. Surabhi A. Maske (Bio395 class), undergraduate Research Volunteer.
Ms. Jialynn Huang, undergraduate Research Volunteer.
Ms. Claire Chang (Bio395 class), 2020 SURF Awardee, current position: MD student, University of Connecticut Medical School, CT.
Ms. Michera I. Gentry, undergraduate Research Volunteer.
Ms. Nancie Hergert, current position: Clinical Research Coordinator, UT.
Dr. Mariana G. Weber, current position: Scientist, the Instil Bio, CA.
Ms. Courtney Saeteum, current position: Clinical Staff Pharmacist at USC School of Pharmacy.
Dr.. Biftu Mume, current position: Anesthesiology Resident in Stanford University, CA.
Dr. Maher M. Elsheikh, current position: Microbiology Laboratory Manager, Prime Analytical Laboratories, LLC, CA.
Ms. Abigail Mende, current position: PhD student, University of California, Berkley, CA.
Dr. Beau H. Parry, current position: Scientist, Jackson Laboratory, CA.
Dr. Donald Doanman (Don Nguyen), current position: M.D./Ph.D. student, the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY.
Dr. Parmveer (Shan) Hansra, current position: Radiology Resident, Department of Radiology at UC-Davis, CA.
Dr. Erica A. Mendes, current position: Scientist, ViiV Healthcare, NC.
COLLABORATORS
- Drs. Sara Gianella, Antoine Chaillon, Sarah Lamere, Jerel Adam Fields at UC-San Diego
- Dr. Anne Chaudhari at Emory University and Yerks National Primate Research Center
- Dr. Katherine Bar at the University of Pennsylvania
- Drs. Woong-Ki Kim, Prasun Datta, and Huanbin Xu at the Tulane National Primate Research Center
- Drs. David M. Margolis, Nancie Archin, Ed Browne, and Sarah Joseph at UNC-Chapel Hill
- Dr. Satya Dandekar at California National Primate Research Center
- Dr. Wenhui Hu at Virginia Commonwealth University
- Dr. Velpandi Ayyavoo at the University of Pittsburg
- Dr. Mary Kearney at NIH/NCI
- Dr. Alan Engleman at Harvard University
- Dr. Carine VAN LINT at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium
- Dr. Jorge Casseb at the University of São Paulo, Brazil