
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Yang Hai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California, Santa Barbara
B.S. Chemistry, Peking University, 2011
Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, 2016
LSRF Postdoctoral Fellow, UCLA, 2020
Email: haiATchem.ucsb.edu
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
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GRADUATE STUDENTS
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UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Jasper Moh (Class of 2022, Biochemistry Major)
Research Interest: Epigentics and biosynthesis of medicinal compounds
Favourite Enzyme: Amylase
Science Hero: Louis Pasteur
Fun Fact: Jasper sometimes spends hours of his free time looking at desert roads on Google Maps

Zixuan Jiang (Class of 2022, Chemistry Major)
Research Interest: Enzymology and natural product biosynthesis
Favourite Enzyme: Telomerase
Science Hero: Rosalind Elsie Franklin
Fun Fact: Zixuan’s happiness comes from eating durian every day.
Research Assistant

Zhongrui Li (M.S. UC Berkeley, 2020)
Research Interest: Biosynthesis of biopolymers
Favourite Enzyme: Glycosyltransferases
Science Hero: R. B. Woodward
Fun Fact: Zhongrui cycles 100km every week