Team members
Principal Investigator
 | Li Tang, Ph.D. (CV) Associate Professor Institute of Bioengineering (IBI) / Institute of Materials Science & Engineering (IMX) School of Engineering (STI) École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Postdoctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013-2016 Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2007-2012 B.S., Peking University, 2003-2007 |
Staff
 | Monica Navarro Suarez Administrative Assistant Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 0756 Office: MED 1 2726 |
 | Mei-Wen Peng Lab Manager/Technician Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2825 |
Current group members
 | Zheng Yu Postdoctoral Fellow Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2926 Ph.D., Natural Sciences, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research M.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences B.S., Biotechnology, Jiangnan University |
 | Erik Rihtar Postdoctoral Fellow Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2926 Ph.D., Biomedicine, National institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Slovenia M.S., Microbiology, Biotechnical faculty, Slovenia |
 | Yu Hu Postdoctoral Fellow Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2926 Ph.D., Immunology, Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences B.S., Biology, East China Normal University |
 | Lucia Bonati Doctoral student in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (EDBB). 2019- Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2924 M.S., Biotechnology, ETH Zurich B.S., Nanoscience, University of Basel |
 | Rongrong Li Doctoral student in Molecular Life Science (EDMS). 2020- Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2920 M.S., Medical Immunology, Zhejiang University B.S., Medical Laboratory Science, Zhengzhou University |
 | Nadia Ben Sayed (co-advised with Prof. Xile Hu) Doctoral student in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (EDCH). 2021- Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2920 M.S., Chemistry, University of Basel B.S., Chemistry, University of Basel |
 | Tom Enbar Doctoral student in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (EDBB). 2021- EPFLglobaLeaders fellowship co-funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2922 M.S., Medical Science, University of Toronto B.S., Honours Biochemistry, McMaster University |
 | Weilin Li Doctoral student in Molecular Life Science (EDMS). 2022- Email: [email protected] Phone: +41 21 693 4398 Office: MED 1 2921 B.S., Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University |
Alumni
| Alumni | Position in Tang lab | Current position |
| Yuqing Xie | Ph.D., 2016-2022 National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Chinese Embassy in Switzerland Jeffrey Hubbell and Melody Swartz Young Bioengineer Award 2021-2022 Finalist | Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| Yugang Guo | Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2021 | Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, China |
| Kewen Lei | Ph.D., 2017-2022 Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction National Scholarship for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, Chinese Embassy in Switzerland Jeffrey Hubbell and Melody Swartz Young Bioengineer Award 2021-2022 Finalist | Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, USA |
| Yu Zhao | Postdoctoral Fellow, 2017-2021 | Research Associate, West Lake University, China |
| Lixia Wei | Ph.D., 2017-2021 | |
| Simon Van Herck | Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2021 | Group Leader, MERLN institute at Maastricht University, Netherlands |
| Yang Zhao | Ph.D., 2018-2023 Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction Jeffrey Hubbell and Melody Swartz Young Bioengineer Award 2023 Finalist | CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, USA |
| Céline J. Prange | Ph.D., 2018-2023 | Swiss NSF Postdoc Mobility Fellowship Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, USA |
| Min Gao | Ph.D., 2018-2023 | Research Associate, Zhejiang University, China |
| Xiaomeng Hu | Ph.D., 2018-2023 | |
| Armand Kurum | Ph.D., 2019-2024 | Associate, Flagship Pioneering, USA |
| Yang Liu | Visiting Ph.D., 2022-2024 | |
| Xiaolei Zhou | Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-2024 | Professor, College of Biological Science and Engineering, Fuzhou University, China |
| Bing Feng | Postdoctoral Fellow, 2019-2024 Jeffrey Hubbell and Melody Swartz Young Bioengineer Award 2024 Winner | Professor, Hangzhou Institute of Medicine (HIM) Chinese Academy of Science, China |
| Yi Wang | Postdoctoral Fellow, 2020-2024 |