Principal Investigator
Yanpu He
Assistant Professor in School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC
Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier II in Immuno-Bioengineering, Professional Engineer (P.Eng.)
Postdoc in Biological Engineering, MIT, with Angela Belcher, 2021-2024
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, MIT, with Paula Hammond and Darrell Irvine, 2015-2021
B.S. Chemical Engineering and B.A. Mathematics, University of Minnesota, 2011-2015
Email: yanpu.he@ubc.ca
Hometown: Qingdao, Shandong Province, China
Hobbies: windsurfing, swimming, nerding out about fantasy, sci-fi, animals, and cognitive psychology.
Postdocs
Graduate Students
Maya Nathani-Sim
MASc Student in School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC
BASc. Biomedical Engineering, UBC, 2020-2025
Email: mayans@student.ubc.ca
Hometown: Seattle, Washington, USA
Hobbies: running, swimming, hiking, reading, playing and watching hockey, and knitting
Dawson Jarvis
MASc Student in School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC
BSc. Honours Biochemistry, University of Victoria, 2020-2024
Email: dawsonwjarvis@gmail.com
Hometown: Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Hobbies: hiking, volleyball, running, and photography
Undergraduate Students
Jae-Yoon Kim
BASc Student in School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC
Email: jkim73@student.ubc.ca; kimjaeyoon04@gmail.com
Hometown: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Hobbies: karate, traveling, watching sports, synthetic biology (aka iGEM), and regenerative medicine!
Corliss Chu
BASc Student in School of Biomedical Engineering, UBC
Email: corliss.chu@gmail.com
Hometown: Hong Kong
Hobbies: dancing, piano and harp playing
Caitlyn Cheong
BASc Student in Chemical and Biological Engineering, UBC
Email: ccheon02@student.ubc.ca
Hometown: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Hobbies: Drawing, sewing, photography, dancing, baking, anime and video games.
Carrie Sun
BASc Student in Microbiology and Immunology, UBC
Email: csun29@student.ubc.ca
Hometown: Xi’an, China
Hobbies: Photography, cooking, watching movies, and going out to eat with friends!
Johnson Zhong
BMLSc Student in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Email: jzhong14@student.ubc.ca
Hometown: Sugarland, Texas, USA
Hobbies: R&B and indie music, horror movies, reading, and video games.