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

Bing Feng
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 4398
Office: MED 1 2926
Ph.D., Pharmaceutics,
Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S., Pharmacy, Fudan University
Yi Wang
Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 4398
Office: MED 1 2926
Ph.D., Nanoscience and Technology
National Center for Nanoscience and Technology
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
B.S., Biology, Capital Normal University
Xiaolei Zhou
Postdoctoral Fellow
EPFLeaders4impact fellowship co-funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 4398
Office: MED 1 2926
Ph.D., p53 cancer Immunology
Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
M.S., University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
B.S., Bioengineering 
Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Armand Kurum
Doctoral student in Materials Science and Engineering (EDMX). 2019-
EPFL innovator co-funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 4398
Office: MED 1 2921
M.S., Mechanical engineering, ETH Zurich/Wyss Institute, Harvard University
B.S., Mechanical engineering, EPFL
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
Yang Liu
Visiting doctoral student 2022-
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +41 21 693 4398
Office: MED 1 2925
Ph.D. candidate, Polymer Chemistry and Physics,
Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry;
B.S., Chemistry, Nanjing Normal University

 

Alumni

Alumni Position in Tang labCurrent position
Yuqing XiePh.D, 2016-2022Postdoctoral Fellow, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Yugang GuoPostdoctoral Fellow,
2017-2021
Professor, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang University, China
Kewen LeiPh.D, 2017-2022
Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction
Postdoctoral Fellow, MIT, USA
Yu ZhaoPostdoctoral Fellow,
2017-2021 
Research Associate, West Lake University, China
Lixia WeiPh.D,
2017-2021
Simon Van HerckPostdoctoral Fellow,
2020-2021
Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University, USA
Yang ZhaoPh.D,
2018-2023
Doctoral Program Thesis Distinction
CRI Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, USA
Céline J. PrangePh.D,
2018-2023
Swiss NSF Postdoc Mobility Fellowship
Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, USA
Min GaoPh.D,
2018-2023
Research Associate, Zhejiang University, China
Xiaomeng HuPh.D,
2018-2023