Paola Rivera is a sophomore studying biochemistry with a minor in statistics at the University of Minnesota. She joined the Dong lab in January 2024 with hopes to combine her skills in the biological and statistical fields.
Jacob Bridge is a first year MCDB&G PhD and BICB MS student rotating in the Dong Lab. He pursued joint undergraduate degrees in genetics and biochemistry at the University of Minnesota, graduating in May 2023. Jacob has led several immune cell engineering projects, and is eager to apply his skills to aging research.
Chen is a graduate student at the Center for Single Cell Omics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She joined Dong Laboratory as a visiting student in 2024.
Yiwei Zhao joined the Dong Laboratory in November 2021. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Minnesota in December 2022 and continued her research in the laboratory as a graduate student in August 2023.
Xiao Ma obtained her Master's degree in Biostatistics from the University of Minnesota in June 2022 and started to work as a bioinformatics researcher at UMN after graduation. She joined the Dong Laboratory in April 2023.
Elijah is a junior at the University of Minnesota studying Biochemistry with a minor in Statistics. He joined the Dong Lab in January of 2022 training as a bioinformatician.
Anthony Shea is a junior studying biology at the University of Minnesota, with a minor in computer science. Anthony joined the lab in the January of 2022 and hopes to improve his skills in bioinformatics and genetics.
Dr. Mahmud obtained his Master’s in Computer Science from Florida International University (FIU), Miami, FL, USA in 2016. He then obtained his master’s (2019) and Ph.D. (2022) in Biostatistics and Data Science from University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Jackson, MS, USA. After that, he joined in the Xiao Dong Laboratory as Post-Doctoral Associate-Bioinformatics Scientist.
