Lab Members
Principal Investigator
MAIZIE (XIN) ZHOU
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering (Primary) and Computer Science
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
Yikang Li
B.S, Michigan State University, M.S, Imperial College London
Biomedical Engineering (2023 Spring – present)
yikang.li@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5907
Han Liu
B.S, M.S, Virginia Tech
Computer Science (2023 Fall – present)
han.liu.1@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5917
Research Assistant
Manfei (Bella) Xie
B.S, Shantou University, M.S, The University of Alabama
Biomedical Engineering (2023 Fall – present)
manfei.xie@vanderbilt.edu, Stevenson Complex 5907
Lab Assistant
Sihan Ye
Computer Science
Undergrad Students
Zimeng (Jamie) Zhou
Computer Science, Cognitive Studies, & Mathematics ’24
(2022 Fall – present)
Matthew Zhou
Computer Science ’25
(2023 Spring – present)
Sona Javadi
Computer Science ’25
(2023 Spring – present)
High School Student Intern
Lily Bowen
The Harpeth Hall School (Honors STEM Research Course for girls)
(2023/08 – present)
Summer Research
Supriyo Rana BME, BS, 2023 Summer
Neal Bagai CS, BS, 2023 Summer
Haoran (Hunter) Qin CS & Economics, BS, 2023 Summer
Jihoon Jimmy Baek CS & Medicine, Health, and Society, BS, 2023 Summer
Xinyu Gao Data Science, MS, 2022 Summer
Muwen Zhan Data Science, MS, 2022 Summer
Cameron Pirozzi BME & CS & Mathematics, BS, 2022 Summer
Georgia Reed Cooper BME, BS, 2021 Summer (Clark Scholars Program)
Alumni (>=2 semesters)
Adam Hollander CS & Mathematics, BS, 2022 Summer – 2023 Spring
Yingxiang (Andy) Ma Data Science, MS, 2021 Fall – 2023 Spring, first job: Ph.D. student in Molecular Physiology and Biophysics @ Vanderbilt University
Jacob Ioffe CS & Public Policy, BS, 2020 Fall – 2022 Fall, first job: Master’s student in Health Tech @ Cornell Tech
Zheng (Wayne) Wu CS & Mathematics, BS, 2022 Summer – 2023 Spring, first job: Master’s student in CS @ Rice University
Rohit Khurana CS & Molecular & Cellular Biology & Mathematics, BS, 2022 Fall – 2023 Spring, first job: Master’s student in CS @ Stanford University
Jia Yao (remote) CS, 2022 Summer – 2022 Fall, first job: Ph.D. student in BME Program @ UT Southwestern Medical Center
Curtis Schunk (with Prof Cynthia Reinhart-King) BME, MS, 2022 Summer – 2022 Fall, first job: Analyst, Clinical & Strategic Analytics @ OneOncology
Zi-Hang Wen (remote + in-person) BS in Engineering, 2020 Summer – 2022 Summer, first job: Ph.D. student in Computational Biology (CPCB) through Computer Science @ CMU
Amy Sihn EE & Mathematics, BS, 2021 Fall – 2022 Spring, first job: Master’s student in EE @ UCLA
Staunton “Hank” Golding BME, BS, 2021 Spring – 2022 Spring
Sanidhya Mangal CS, MS, 2021 Summer – 2022 Spring
Parth A. Datar CS, BS+MS, 2021 Summer – 2022 Spring, first job: CAD SWE @ Qualcomm
Yuanqi Xie CS, MS, 2020 Fall – 2021 Fall
Yasi Wang Data Science, MS, 2021 Spring (Capstone project), first job: Amazon
Jeremy L. Langsam BME, BS, 2020 Fall – 2021 Spring
Griffin L. Grubbs BME, BS, 2020 Fall – 2021 Spring
Ziqi Guo (remote) EPE, BS, 2020 Fall – 2021 Summer, first job: Ph.D. student in ME @ Purdue University
Sijie Li (remote) Informatics, MS, 2020 Fall – 2021 Summer, first job: Ph.D. student in CS @ University of Sheffield