People

Aidan Atwood-Blaine

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2022-2025

Liz Barroso

PhD candidate

elizabeth-barroso@uiowa.edu

Xavier DeMarco

Undergraduate Research Assistant

xavier-demarco@uiowa.edu

Wei Feng, M.D

Research Medical Student (2017-2019)

Emma Graham, M.S

Summer Research Student (2020-2021)

Fang Guo

Research Assistant

fang-guo@uiowa.edu

Justin Hicks, M.D

Research Medical Student (2015-2016)

Amelia Hurley-Novatny

MD/PhD candidate

amelia-hurley-novatny@uiowa.edu

Dukens LaBaze, M.D

Research Medical Student (2016-2017)

Hongshuai Li, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Principle Investigator

Lab director

hongshuai-li@uiowa.edu

3193357549

Min Li, B.S

Lab Technician (2019-2021)

Neda Mokhberian, PhD

Postdoc Research Fellow (2022)

neda-mokhberian@uiowa.edu

Katsuhiro Murakami

Postdoc (2022-2024)

Baoli Qian, M.S

Lab Technician (2015-2018)

Current: PhD candidate in Environmental and Occupational Health at University of Pittsburgh

Abigail Ralston, BS

Research Assistant

abigail-ralston@uiowa.edu

Evan Sante, B.S

Summer Research Student (2021)

Matthew Sherrier, M.D

Research Resident (2018-2021)

Current Position: Assistant Professor Department of Orthopedics Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Erik Sillate, BS

Post-Baccalaureate Research Intern

2025-2026

Current: University of Florida MSTP program

Hui Sun, M.D & Ph. D

International Research Fellow (2018-2020)

Current: Attending Surgeon in Department of Orthopaedics Surgery Shanghai NO.6 People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Nathan Thomas, M.D

Summer Research Student (2015)

Silvana Velasquez, BS

Research Assistant (2023-2024)

silvana-velasquez@uiowa.edu

Ling Wang, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

Lab co-director

ling-wang@uiowa.edu

3193357549

Yabing Wang, MS

Research Assistant

yabing-wang@uiowa.edu

Jun Xu, M.D & Ph. D

International Research Fellow (2017-2018)

Alexis Yoder

Undergraduate Research Assistant

alexis-samaniego@uiowa.edu

Tyler York

Undergraduate Research Assistant (2024-2025)

tyler-york@uiowa.edu

Shumin Zhou, Ph. D

International Research Fellow (2016-2017)

Houruiyang Zong, B.S

Summer Research Student (2020-2021)