Current Members
Principal Investigator
XIN MAIZIE ZHOU
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Primary) and Computer Science
Steering committee, Vanderbilt Lab for Immersive AI Translation (VALIANT)
Core faculty member, Data Science Institute
Member, Vanderbilt Genetics Institute
Member, Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Member, The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation
Affiliate Scientist, Washington National Primate Research Center (WaNPRC, Neuroscience Unit)
Stevenson Complex 5919; maizie.zhou@vanderbilt.edu
Maizie completed her undergraduate study at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in China and holds a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Wake Forest School of Medicine, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University, where she was supported by a fellowship by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Enlight Foundation. Maizie joined Vandy as an Assistant Professor in August 2020. She is the recipient of an outstanding investigator award (R35) from the National Institutes of Health.
Ph.D. Students
Yichen (Henry) Liu
B.S, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Computer Science (2021 Spring – present)
yichen.liu.1@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5917
Can Luo
(Vanderbilt Graduate Fellowship)
B.S, Fudan University, M.S, Vanderbilt University
Biomedical Engineering (2021 Fall – present)
can.luo@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5917
Yunfei (Oliver) Hu
B.S, M.S, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Computer Science (2021 Fall – present)
yunfei.hu@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5917
Weiman Yuan
(Russell G. Hamilton Scholar, Vanderbilt Dean’s Graduate Fellowship)
B.S, Nankai University, M.A, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Biomedical Engineering (2022 Fall – present)
weiman.yuan@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5917
Han Liu
B.S, M.S, Virginia Tech
Computer Science (2023 Fall – present)
han.liu.1@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5917
Manfei (Bella) Xie
B.S, Shantou University, M.S, The University of Alabama
Biomedical Engineering (2024 Spring – present)
manfei.xie@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5907
Yuqi Lei
B.S, Jilin University, M.S, Brown University
Computer Science (incoming 2024 Fall )
yuqi.lei@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5907
Zhenhan Lin
B.S, Hangzhou Dianzi University, M.S, University of Florida
Computer Science (incoming 2024 Fall )
zhenhan.lin@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5907
Undergrad Students
Sona Javadi
Computer Science ’25
(2023 Spring – present)
Haoran (Hunter) Qin
Computer Science & Economics ’26
(2023 Summer – present)
Jimmy Baek
Computer Science & Medicine, Health, and Society ’27
(2023 Summer – present)
Yujie Wang
Mathematics & Computer Science ’25
(2024 Summer – present)
High School Student Intern
Lily Bowen
The Harpeth Hall School (Honors STEM Research Course for girls)
(2023/08 – present)
Lily Wang
The Harpeth Hall School
(2024/01 – present)
Remote Student Intern
Yiru Chen
Biomedical Informatics, Zhejiang University ’26
(2024 Spring – present)