Associate Professor
BS, 1997, University of Science & Technology of China
Ph.D, 2005, Wayne State University
Postdoc, 2005-2008, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Postdoc, 2008-2012, University of Colorado
Assistant Professor: 2012-2018
Associate Professor: 2018-current
Email: zhibo.yang@ou.edu
Members
Principal Investigator
Dr. Zhibo Yang
Graduate Students
Annelise Huynh
University of Oklahoma, Norman
FYRE (First Year Research Experience) Program, Jan., 2023-Apr., 2023
Undergraduate Research Assistant, May, 2023-current
Email: Annelise.N.Huynh-1@ou.edu
Research interest: MS quantification of drug uptake in single spheroids.
Previous Group Members
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr. Qiang Liu Jan. 2013-May 2013 (current: ARL Bio Pharma, Inc.)
Undergraduate student
Samuel K. Bayliff Jan., 2016-Apr., 2016
Kelsey Brown Jan., 2017-May, 2017
Jeffery Green Jan., 2014-May, 2017
Joanne Lee Jan., 2015-Apr., 2015
Michelle McKinney Jan., 2014-Aug., 2014
Jessica Murphree Jan., 2015-Apr., 2015
Yoonsu Pool Jan., 2017-May, 2017
Maria Thomas Jan., 2014-Apr., 2014
Delano Usiukiewicz Jan., 2014-Apr., 2014
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Sept., 2024-current
Email: maham.a.saya@ou.edu
Research interest: Drug uptake in single spheroids.
Maham Saya
Nathan Colwell
BS (Chemistry, Biology), 2022, Tennessee Technological University
Graduate student, 2022-current
Email: nathan.colwell@ou.edu
Research interest: Mass Spectrometry Imaging, single cell mass spectrometry studies
Renmeng Liu (PhD, 2013-2019, current: Gilead Sciences)
Shawna Standke (PhD, 2014-2019, current: Waters Corp.)
Mei Sun (PhD, 2014-2019, current: Arcus Biosciences)
BS, 2018, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Wuhan, China
Graduate student, 2018-current
Email: Zongkai.Peng-1@ou.edu
Research interest: proteomics, single cell MS, drug resistance, quantification of drug uptake in single spheroids.
Zongkai Peng
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Jan, 2024-current
Email: christina.chau-1@ou.edu
Research interest: Single cell MS, quantification of drug uptake in single spheroids.
Dr. Ning Pan June 2014-Aug 2018 (current: University of Maryland)
Dr. Wei Rao Jan. 2014-July 2016 (current: Waters Corp.)
Xiang Tian (PhD, Aug. 2014-2019, current: AstraZeneca)
Yanlin Zhu (PhD, 2015-2020, current: Arcus Biosciences)
Xingxiu Chen (PhD, 2017-2022, current: Novozymes)
MS Students:
Caleb Cain (Aug. 2012-May 2014) Amy Middaugh (Jan. 2013-May 2014)
Rachel Roccanova (Aug. 2014-Jul. 2016) Jon Pope (Aug. 2017-May 2019)
Undergraduate Students:
Maria Thomas (2014) Jeffery Green (2014-2016)
Jacob Ruzicka (2015) Jessica Murohree (2015) Joanne Lee (2015)
Michelle McKinney (2016) Samuel Bayliff (2016) Sarah Bonitatibus (2016)
Devon Colby (2017-2021) Maria Morales (2017-2019)
Lara Colby (2018-2021) Jenni Chang (2018-2020) Shelby Beasley (2018-2019)
Stevany (Stevie) Saxon (2019)
Linda Lieu (2021)
Melinna Nguyen (2023) Michael Ho (2023) Donlee Lane (2023)
Kamri Williams (2024) Katy Rodgers (2024) Hannah Smith (2024) Shayla Van (2024)
MS, 2015, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
Graduate student, 2019-current
Email: dan.chen@ou.edu
Research interest: Tissue MS imaging, Single cell MS imaging analysis, Native Mass Spectrometry, multivariate analysis, machine learning, image fusion.
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Dan Chen
MS, 2021, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
Graduate student, 2022-current
Email: deepti.bhusal-1@ou.edu
Research interest: Single Cell-MS, Metabolomics, Proteomics, CRISPR/Cas-9 gene editing
Deepti Bhusal
BS, 2020, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka
Graduate student, 2022-current
Email: shakya.sankalpani.gunasena.wije.munige-1@ou.edu
Research interest: Single Cell MS, Metabolomics, Proteomics, CRISPR/Cas-9 gene editing
Shakya Wije Munige
Undergraduate Students
MS, 2020, Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IITP), India
Graduate student, 2020-current
Email: Amit.Singh-1@ou.edu
Research interest: Tissue MS imaging, proteomics, MS quantification of drug uptake in single spheroids.
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Amit Singh
Yunpeng Lan (PhD, 2018-Dec. 2023, current: AstraZeneca)
Zhu Zou (PhD, 2017-2023, current: Northwester University)
Tra Nguyen (PhD, 2018-Dec. 2023, current: Amgen)
Christina Chau
Visiting Scholar
Ozioma Irene Edeh
BS (Chemistry and Education), 2018, Tai Solarin University, Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria
MS (Environmental Chemistry), 2022-current, University of Calabria, Rende Italy
Internship, July, 2024-current
Email: Ozioma.I.Edeh-1@ou.edu
Research interest: MS quantification of drug uptake in single spheroids, MS single cell studies.
Graduate Students
