Tsai Lab
Billy Tsai
Corydon Ford Collegiate ProfessorResearch Focus: Host-pathogen interactions, ER protein quality control, viral infection, diabetes
Yu-Jie (Jay) Chen
Research InvestigatorJay completed his Ph.D. program at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He joined the lab as post-doctoral fellow.
Chao-Yin Cheng
Research InvestigatorChao-Yin completed his Ph.D. in the Institute of Molecular Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He joined the lab as a Research Investigator.
Mira Goemaere
Lab ManagerMira received her B.S. degree in Biology at Northern Michigan University.
Luke Gohmann
Graduate StudentLuke received his B.S. degree in Molecular Biology from Indiana University in 2023.
Madeline Lohse
Undergraduate ResearcherAs of spring 2025, Madeline has received her B.S. degree in Public Health Sciences from the University of Michigan.
Emily Parent
Graduate StudentI received my B.S. in General Biology from the University of Maryland in 2022. I am from Boston, MA.
Whitney Reid
Graduate StudentWhitney Reid received her B.S. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan in 2023.
Riya Sarkar
Post-Doctoral FellowRiya completed her PhD from Translational Health Science and Technology Institute, India. She joined the Tsai lab as a post doctoral fellow.
Katy Speckhart
Graduate StudentKaty received her B.A. degree in Biology from Blackburn College.
Renaldo Sutanto
Graduate StudentRenaldo received his B.S. degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from University of Washington.
Emily Wang
Graduate StudentEmily received her B.S. degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology at the University of Michigan in 2021.
Tai-Ting Woo
Post-Doctoral FellowTai-Ting studied chromosome biology and received his Ph.D. in National Yang-Ming University in Taiwan.
Alumni
| TEAM MEMBER | TSAI LAB ROLE | CURRENT POSITION | CURRENT LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| (2024) Ethan Houck | Undergraduate Research Assistant | ||
| (2024) Grace Cha | Laboratory Research Technician | Medical Student | Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, MI |
| (2024) Jeffrey Knupp | Graduate Student | Post-doctoral Fellow | University of Michigan Medical School, lab of Ryan Baldridge |
| (2024) Madison Pletan | Graduate Student | Medical Writer | Precision AQ, MI |
| (2023) Mara Harwood | Graduate Student | Research Fellow | Vertex Pharmaceuticals, San Diego, CA |
| (2022) Chelsey Spriggs | Post-doctoral Fellow | Assistant Professor | University of Michigan Medical School, MI |
| (2021) Parikshit Bagchi | Research Investigator | Scientist | Vir Biotechnology, Inc., St. Louis, MO, USA |
| (2019) Ellen James | Laboratory Research Technician | Graduate Student | Eastern Michigan University |
| (2019) Jeffrey Williams | Laboratory Research Technician | Graduate student | University of Michigan Medical School, MI |
| (2019) Allison Dupzyk | Graduate Student | Post-doctoral Fellow | Stanford University, lab of Jan Carette |
| (2019) Corey Cunningham | Graduate Student | Post-doctoral Fellow | University of Utah/HHMI, lab of Jared Rutter |
| (2019) Aaron Chang | Undergraduate Student | Medical Student | Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, MI |
| (2018) Takamasa Inoue | Assistant Research Scientist | Investigator | Infectious Pathogen Research Section, Kobe, Japan |
| (2017) Madhu Ravindran | Post-doctoral Fellow | Principal Investigator | Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bangalore, India |
| (2016) Kaiyu He | Post-doctoral Fellow | Study Director | Charles River Laboratories, MI |
| (2016) Grace Chen | Undergraduate Student | Medical Student | University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH |
| (2014) Paul Heiselman | Undergraduate Student | Graduate Student | |
| (2014) Anthony Snyder | Post-doctoral Fellow | Post-doctoral Fellow | Indiana University, IN |
| (2014) Chris Walczak | Graduate Student | Post-doctoral Fellow | Stanford University, CA; presently as a Senior Scientist, Pfizer, CA |
| (2013) Paul Moore | Graduate Student | Post-doctoral Fellow | UCSF, CA |
| (2012) Kaleena Bernardi | Graduate Student | Research Project Manager | Moffit Cancer Center, FL |
| (2012) Faye Bradbury | Research Investigator | Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Chamberlain University, MI |
| (2009) Mengding Qian | Graduate Student | Statistician | AKO Capital LLP, UK |
| (2008) Emily Rainey-Barger | Graduate Student | Adjunct Faculty | Lakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH |
| (2008) James Mahn | Undergraduate Student | Radiology Fellow | University of Michigan Medical School, MI |
| (2008) Michele Forster | Graduate Student | Compliance Officer | Food and Drug Administration, MI |
| (2007) Jennifer Mahn | Undergraduate Student | Director | Support Services and Network Coordination, MI |
| (2007) Brian Magnuson | Undergraduate Student | Student | Bioinformatician, University of Michigan, MI |