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Yu (Tom) Gao, phd

B.S. Peking University HSC, Pharmaceutical Sciences (2004 – 2008)
Ph.D. Scripps Research – Florida (Mentor: Thomas J. Kodadek, 2008 – 2014)
Post-doc Scripps Research – La Jolla (Mentor: John R. Yates III, 2014 – 2018)

Associate Professor (2023 – ), Assistant Professor (2018 – 2023), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago
Associate Member, University of Illinois Cancer Center, 2019 – present
Adjunct appointment, 
Richard and Loan Hill Department of Biomedical Engineering Colleges of Engineering and Medicine, 2022 – present

NIH MIRA Award, 2019
UIC PhLAMES, Faculty of the Year, 2021
UIC Researcher of the year, Rising Star award 2022 – 2023

Complete CV: Click here
Email: yugao@uic.edu
Office phone: 312-996-8087

CURRENT TEAM

Cory Matsumoto

cmatsu5@uic.edu
B.S. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Student 2020.5 -
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Julia Ekiert

jekiert2@uic.edu
B.S. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Graduate Student 2021.5 -
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Chris Grams

cgrams2@uic.edu
B.S. University of Illinois at Chicago, Computer Science
Student researcher 2020.5 -
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Dương Trịnh Ngọc

duongtr@uic.edu
PhD, RCSI, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Post-doc Associate at Gao lab since 2023.5 -
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Sabrina Khuntia

khuntia3@uic.edu
M.S., University of Florida
B.S. University of Illinois Chicago
Graduate student 2023 -
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Chang Liu

cliu239@uic.edu
B.S. University of Texas Austin
M.S. Johns Hopkins University
Graduate Student 2023 -
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Siwar Hamdi

shamd2@uic.edu
B.S. University of Illinois Chicago 2021 -
Undergraduate Researcher 2023 -
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Beatriz "Trizi" Ibarra

bibarra@uic.edu
B.S. Benedictine University
M.S. Northern Illinois University
Ph.D. Case Western Reserve University
Postdoc researcher 2023.10 -
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Sara Elgendy

selgen2@uic.edu
B.S. University of Sharjah
M.S. University of Sharjah
Graduate Student 2023 -
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Marko Bogosavljevic

mbogos2@uic.edu
B.S. University of Illinois Chicago
Graduate Student 2023 -
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Edward Huang

ehuang21@uic.edu

MD/PhD Student 2024 -
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Your position here

Contact yugao@uic.edu if you want to join us as undergraduate researcher, graduate student, or post-doc
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GAO LAB ALUMNI

Ziwei Zhang, PhD

B.S. and M.S. Peking University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ph.D. from Gao lab (#2), 2019 – 2023

Current position: Beigene @ Beijing

Xinhao Shao, PhD

B.S. Heilongjiang University, M.S. Illinois Institute of Technology

Ph.D. from Gao lab (#1), 2018 – 2023

Current position: Abbvie

Angela Mahaffey, PhD

Ph.D. Loyola University

Visiting Scholar at Gao lab from 2022.5 – 2023.5

Current position: Clinical Assistant Professor, Loyola University 

Rahul Narayanan, PhD

Ph.D. from IIT

Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2021.10 – 2023.2

Current position: Faculty member at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India

Liang Chen, PhD

Ph.D. from University of Tasmania

Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2021.6 – 2022.8

Current position: Post-doc Associate at PNNL

Xiuyuan Ma, PhD

Ph.D. from Rutgers University

Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2019.6 – 2021.5

Current position: Research Scientist at Abbvie

Michael Hollas, PhD

Ph.D. from University of Manchester

Post-doc Associate at Gao lab from 2018.10 – 2019.6

Current position: Staff Scientist at Northwestern University

Join The LAB

Gao lab is constantly looking for talented students and research associates, if interested, please send an email with the subject “Application” to yugao@uic.edu with your CV attached.