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Welcome, Bokai and Yishen!
February 13, 2025
Bokai came to visit us before officially enrolling in the Westlake PhD program, while Yishen joined as our 4th postdoc. Welcome to the lab!
Welcome Yuanqi, Xiaoyu, and Zihang!
December 25, 2024
Yuanqi, Xiaoyu, and Zihang joined as our latest class of PhD students. Welcome!
Congrats Dingchen!
November 15, 2024
Graduate student Dingchen Yu was recently awarded the National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students by the Ministry of Education. Congratulations Dingchen!
Congrats Xin!
November 2, 2024
Xin was married, and their wedding produced so much energy that it redirected a typhoon that had been forecasted to hit the city. Huge congrats and welcome to the club, Xin!
Summer fun
August 22, 2024
We have had lots of fun hosting summer visiting students Zihang, Kaijun, Anlan, Yue, Wuyang, Fangying, Boyu, and Yu. Best of luck to you all in your future endeavors.
Spring retreat
May 24, 2024
Looks like everyone survived the strenuous hike!
Lab photo 2024
April 3, 2024
It is a tradition at Westlake to take a lab photo at the beginning of each year. Here is ours for 2024.
Welcome Xin, Zihang, and Kaijun!
March 1, 2024
Xin Xu joined us from PKU as our second postdoc scholar, while Zihang and Kaijun came to join us to experience Westlake before they officially start their PhD this fall. Meanwhile we bid farewell to Guojing as he joins an exciting PhD program in plant synbio at Shandong University. Best of luck to you all!
Winter retreat
December 3, 2023
Welcome Bingkun and Jiawei!
November 22, 2023
Bingkun joined us as a research technician, and Jiawei joined as our first postdoc scholar. Welcome!
Rotons 2023.3
November 10, 2023
Yi Peng joined the lab for rotation. Welcome!
Rotons 2023.2
October 20, 2023
We welcomed Cindy Ren, visiting from Caltech, as well as the second round of rotation students, Xuechun Bai, Dan Chen, and Chaohao Wu.
Rotons 2023.1
September 1, 2023
Rongao Kou, Zhuojie Su, and Rui Zhi joined the lab as our first batch of rotation students in 2023. Welcome!
Population explosion
July 19, 2023
The lab welcomed several new members which almost doubled our population: research technicians Guojing and Jinglin; summer students Yanzhang, Jingqi, Xiaoyu, Junyao, Aaron, and Jiawei. Should be a fun summer!
Joint hiking trip with the Zhu group
May 25, 2023
We had a fun hiking trip along the Tongjian Lake with Ting Zhu's group.
Lab Retreat
March 25, 2023
Spring is here, so we held our first lab retreat!
Welcome Yi!
February 16, 2023
Yi came to experience Westlake before he officially joins our PhD program this fall. Welcome!
So long, Xiaoyu!
February 14, 2023
The lab bid farewell to Xiaoyu as he returned to his undergrad school for the new semester. It also happened to be Sacha's cousin's birthday, so we threw Sacha a birthday surprise in order to embarrass him in front of everyone.
First Group Photo
February 7, 2023
Brainstorming meeting underway.
Welcome Xiaoyu!
January 2, 2023
Xiaoyu came to visit us from USTC. Welcome!
Welcome Sacha!
December 27, 2022
Sacha came to visit us from University College London. Welcome Sacha!
Welcome Xiuquan and Hongxu!
December 19, 2022
Xiuquan came to visit us and Hongxu joined as our newest research technician. Welcome!
Welcome Xu!
December 13, 2022
Xu came to visit us from CSU. Welcome!
Graduate Students 2022
December 12, 2022
Graduate students Bingze, Dingchen, Xinwen, and Zhuo has officially joined the lab. Welcome!
Welcome Yibing!
December 6, 2022
Yibing joined us from China Pharmaceutical University, welcome!
Welcome Ruiqi and Fen!
December 1, 2022
Ruiqi came to visit us from Nankai and Fen joined as the lab manager. Welcome!
Rotons 2022.3
November 10, 2022
Zhuo Mao, Ting Wang, and Yueying Zhang joined for the 3rd round of rotation. Welcome!
Rotons 2022.2
October 8, 2022
We are thrilled to welcome our second batch of rotation students, Wenhao Chen, Yan Su, Xi Wang, and Dingchen Yu.
Rotons 2022.1
September 1, 2022
Xinwen Fan, Hannan Luo, Bingze Wu, and Qianqing Xu joined the lab as our first batch of rotation students. Welcome!
Welcome Yuanqi!
August 9, 2022
Yuanqi joined us as our first research technician. Welcome, Yuanqi!
Hello!
April 18, 2022
The Chen lab will open its doors in summer 2022, and we are hiring at all levels!