Cui Lab Team Members

Chang Cui – Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2018-2023 Harvard University and MIT
2012-2018 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2008-2012 Peking University
Email: changcui@illinois.edu
Photo: Della Perrone / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Jiao Wen
Postdoctoral Scholar
2013-2020 East China University of Science and Technology, Ph.D. Molecular Biology
2009-2013 East China University of Science and Technology, B.A. Molecular Biology
Email: jiaowen@illinois.edu
Sining Sun
Postdoctoral Scholar
2016-2022 Brandeis University, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Biophysics
2012-2016 Franklin and Marshall College, B.A. Chemistry
Email: ssun830@illinois.edu
Menghan Huang
Postdoctoral Scholar
2018-2023 Shanghai Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2014-2018 China Agricultural University Beijing, B.S. Biological Sciences
Email: mhhuang@illinois.edu
Xinxin Li
Research Assistant
2017-2020 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences & University of Copenhagen, M.S. Nanoscience and Technology
Email: xinxinli@illinois.edu
Congcong Guo
Research Assistant
2020-2023 Institute of Materia Medica, Peking Union Medical College, M.S. Medicine
Email: ccguo98@illinois.edu
Lindsay Marion
Undergraduate Student
Major: Biochemistry
Minor: Chemistry
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Email: lmarion2@illinois.edu
Peter Kubakh
Undergraduate Student
Major: Biochemistry
Minors: Statistics, Chemistry
Expected Graduation: Dec 2025
Email: pkubakh2@illinois.edu

Cui Lab
Email: changcui@illinois.edu