Lab Members
Principal Investigator
Qiangjun Zhou, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
Training Faculty, Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Member, Center for Structural Biology
Member, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Postdoctoral Fellow
Liang Chen, Ph.D.
NIH T32 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, NIMH T32 Postdoctoral Program in Functional Neurogenomics
CDB Destination Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Feng Luo, Ph.D.
CDB Destination Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Zhuqing Mao, Ph.D.
CDB Destination Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Rong Sun, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Graduate Student
James P Allen
Ph.D. Candidate, Neuroscience Graduate Program (joint with Sando Lab)
Vanderbilt Brain Institute Scholar, Vanderbilt Brain Institute
Sergio Gonzalez, Jr.
Graduate Student, Department of Pharmacology
Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Fellow
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2024-2029)
Russel G. Hamilton Honors Fellow for 2024-2029
Undergraduate Student
Aryan Pandey
Cornelius Vanderbilt Scholar ‘28, Neuroscience and Communication of Science and Technology, College of Arts and Sciences
Alumni
Angel Chang
Aspirnaut High School Research Intern, Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy - Aspirnaut™ Program, Hmong College Prep Academy
Mariam Haider, MSc
Research Assistant (6/2020-10/2021)
Current Position: Cryo-EM facility staff in the Center for Structural Biology Cryo-Electron Microscopy Facility at Vanderbilt University
Shawn Jamison
Aspirnaut College Research Intern, Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy - Aspirnaut™ Program, Berea College
Robert McFadden
Undergraduate Student, College of Arts and Sciences
Rob will be attending the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Wishing him all the best in his future endeavors!
Julia Nguyen
Aspirnaut High School Research Intern, Vanderbilt Summer Science Academy - Aspirnaut™ Program, Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
Vihashini Selvakumar
Research Intern (8/2021-5/2022)
Vihashini is currently a graduate student at Texas A&M University.
Xinyi CiCi Wang
Undergraduate Student (2/2020-5/2022)
Xinyi graduated from Vanderbilt! Congratulations!
Liana Wilson
Research Intern (8/2021-7/2022)
Liana is currently a medical student at UTHSC College of Medicine. Wishing her the best in all her future endeavors!
Zimeng (Jamie) Zhou
Undergraduate Student (1/2022-12/2023)
Congratulations to Jamie on graduating from Vanderbilt!
If you are interested in joining the lab, please get in touch with Dr. Zhou.


























