Collaborative Learning
Hua Lab strives to create a collaborative learning and research environment. We commit to
- strengthening problem solving skills,
- inspiring critical thinking,
- improving interpersonal skills and supporting diversity,
- promoting efficient time-management,
- practicing clear and transparent communications,
- fostering mutual respect and acknowledgment.
Our Team
Zhihua Hua, PhD
Principal Investigator
I am thinking whenever possible. I love working with and care about motivated people. I like breaking and fixing things, including computer programming.
Emmanuel Olaoluwa
PhD Graduate student (MCB), Fall 2024
Through my Ph.D. studies, I aim to develop a scientific career that contributes to discoveries for improving humanity. I believe the Hua lab's collaborative environment and commitment to ethical research practices make it the ideal place for my professional development.
Samantha Fedoush
PhD Graduate student (MCB, Guest), Summer 2023
I want to become a professor. I prepare myself through both classroom and laboratory training. I like to study how ubiquitin E3 ligases impact plant growth.
Motivated Graduate Student 1
Actively recruiting
Motivated Graduate Student 2
Actively recruiting
Cecilia Sebring
Undergraduate student, Fall 2022
Avery Meinke
Undergraduate student, Fall 2023
Previous Members
Undergraduate Research Experience (Supported by PACE and NSF)
- Anna Smith (PBIO, Spring 2024)
- Maddie Shelt (PBIO, Fall 2021 to Fall 2023, Recipient of Ivan K. Smith 2022 Summer Research Fellowship)
- Alyssa Favro (Biological Sciences, Summer 2023 to Fall 2023)
- Hannon Ben (Electrical Engineering), Summer 2022 to Summer 2023
- Julian Renton (Computer Science), Fall 2021 to Spring 2023
- Noah Barber (PBIO, Fall 2019 to Spring 2022, Recipient of Norman S. Cohn 2021 Summer Research Fellowship)
- Sophia Kasprzycki (Psychology, Summer 2021)
- Miranda Silcott (Meteorology, Fall 2019 to Spring 2021)
- Garrett Dildine (Engineering, Summer 2020 to Fall 2021)
- Abigail G. Moore (PBIO, Fall 2018 to Spring 2019)
- Mateo Anaya (PBIO, Fall 2018)
- Charles G. Ndiaye (PBIO, Fall 2016 to Spring 2017)
- Caroline Siegert (PBIO, Fall 2016 to Spring 2017, Recipient of 2016 PURF Award)
- Adam Stumbo (PBIO Minor, Spring 2016)
- Andrew Rose (PBIO, Spring 2015)
- Elisabeth A. Wilds (Biological Sciences, Spring 2018)
- Maria Gomez (Biological Sciences,Fall 2016 to Spring 2017)
- Kayley Jaeger (Forensic Chemistry, Fall 2017 to Spring 2018)
- Sean Smith (Chemical Engineering, Fall 2018 to Spring 2019)
- Isaac Stern (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Summer 2018)
- Mario A. Hernandez (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Spring 2018)
- Jacob Sieg (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Summer 2016 to Spring 2017, Recipient of 2016 PURF Award)
- William Vu (Chemistry and Biochemistry, Fall 2015 to Spring 2017, Recipient of 2016 PURF and 2017 EXPO Awards)
- Alex Bochenek (Computer Science, Fall 2018 to Spring 2019)
- Matthew Early (Computer Science, Summer 2018 to Fall 2018)
- Matthew Emerson (Computer Science, Fall 2017 to Spring 2018)
- Shuai Ji (Computer Science, Spring 2015 to Spring 2016)
- Logan Leland (Computer Science, Spring 2015)
Graduate Studies
- Paymon Doroodian, MSc (MCB, Summer 2020), Research Assistant, Georgetown University in Washington DC
- Peifeng Yu, PhD (MCB, Spring 2024), Assistant Professor, Xinjiang University, China
- Yang Li, PhD (PBIO, Spring 2024), China
- Madhura Yapa, PhD (PBIO, Summer 2024), USA
Visiting Research
- Zhenyu Gao, PhD (China National Rice Institute)
- Fanglei Liao, PhD (Zhejiang Normal University)
