Current Members
Dr. Liangqi (Frank) Xie, Principal Investigator
Email: xiel2@ccf.org
I was mentored by Dr.Robert Tjian (UC Berkeley/HHMI) as a postdoc.
I also visited Janelia Research Campus collaborating with Dr.James Zhe Liu.
Tran (Angie) Mai Ngoc, MS in Bioinformatics
Email: Tranm10@ccf.org
Research Technician
Dr. Le Xiong, Postdoctoral Fellow, Computational scientist, American Cancer Society Postdoc Fellowship (2025-2028)
Email: xiongl2@ccf.org
Le obtained his Ph.D. in Max Planck Institute supervised by Dr. Patrick Cramer
Meghana Budankayala, Graduate Student
Email: mxb1300@case.edu
System Biology and Bioinformatics Program.
Dr. Jianyuan (David) Zhou, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Email: zhouj8@ccf.org
David obtained his Ph.D. from Shandong University with rich experience in oncology and computation.
Dr. Aniket Jana, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, VeloSano Postdoc Fellowship
Email: janaa@ccf.org
With a strong bioengineering background from Indian Institute of Technology (B.S.) and Virginia Tech University, USA (Ph.D.), Aniket is a quantitative imaging specialist in the lab.
Dr. Liwen Yao, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, VeloSano Postdoc Fellowship
Email: yaol@ccf.org
Liwen graduated from Wuhan University (Ph.D.) with extensive experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning. He is a inventor of a filing patent about deep-learning based enhancer design architecture.
Dr. Huajie Chen, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow,
Email: chenh9@ccf.org
With a strong background in chemistry and material science, Huajie is exploring new frontiers of genomics and imaging.
Sohum Shah
Email: shahs44@ccf.org; sbs164@case.edu
Research Student
Atikur Rahman, Graduate Student, VeloSano Graduate Student Fellowship
Email: rahmana9@ccf.org; axr1119@case.edu
Pharmacology Program
Undergraduate Students
Alumni
- Amine Bendahou (Postdoc Researcher)
- Ellen Hong (MD/Ph.D student, Case MSTP program)
- Anshulika Deshmukh (Master student, Case Western Research University)
- Andrew Tkacenko (Medical Student, Case Western Research University)
- Sequeria Luke (Undergraduate student, Brown University)
- Pamela Kaimo (Undergraduate student, Ohio State University)
- Mitchell Berg (Medical Student, Case Western Research University)
- Neolanix Molina (RISE Summer program student)
- Namheon Lee (Undergraduate student, Northwestern University)
- Aarya Tyagi (Undergraduate student, Case Western Research University)
- Ratchana R Pandi (Undergraduate student, Case Western Research University)
- Verdaant Ravi (Undergraduate student, Case Western Research University)
- Momoko Monzur (Undergraduate student, Case Western Research University)
- Hongyu Zhao (Postdoc Researcher 2023-2026), current position: Johns Hopkins University
- Pranav Kousik (2024-2025, Undergraduate student, Case Western Research University), then admitted to University of Oklahoma College of Medicine in 2026
- Benjamin Hafey (2023-2025, Undergraduate student, Case Western Research University), then admitted to Case Western Research University School of Medicine in 2026.
Frank Xie Laboratory 