{"id":65,"date":"2019-05-14T12:40:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T16:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2025-09-17T06:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T10:52:25","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-65\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-65-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h1>Our Team<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-1\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-1-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Faculty<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-2\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-2-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-2-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"2\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-68\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2019\/05\/yan-riquan-20180501-encarnacion-2596.jpg\" alt=\"Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/facultydirectory.uchc.edu\/profile?profileId=Yan-Riqiang\"><strong>Riqiang Yan, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nProfessor and Chair<br \/>\nDepartment of Neuroscience<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:riyan@uchc.edu\">riyan@uchc.edu<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: <a href=\"tel:860-679-3527\">860-679-3527<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-2-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-2-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"3\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2019\/05\/hu-xiangyou-20180501-encarnacion-2656.jpg\" alt=\"Xiangyou Hu, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Xiangyou Hu, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nAssociate Professor<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:xhu@uchc.edu\">xhu@uchc.edu<\/a><br \/>\nPhone: <a href=\"tel:860-679-6249\">860-679-6249<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-2-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-2-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"4\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/12\/Dong-Ju.jpg\" alt=\"Xiangyou Hu, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dong-Ju Shin, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nAssistant Professor<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:doshin@uchc.edu\">doshin@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-3\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-3-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-3-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"5\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Instructors<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-4\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-4-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-4-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"6\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2020\/09\/Ishii_Akhiro_2020crop-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Manoshi Gayen, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Akihiro Ishii, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:ishii@uchc.edu\">ishii@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-4-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-4-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"7\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2019\/05\/gayen-manoshi-20180501-encarnacion-2621.jpg\" alt=\"Manoshi Gayen, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manoshi Gayen, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:gayen@uchc.edu\">gayen@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-5\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-5-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-5-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"8\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Postdoctoral Fellows<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-6\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-6-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-6-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"9\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_FK8719093_\u7f8e\u7b7e.jpg\" alt=\"Dang Minh Tran, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shaoming Sang, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:ssang@uchc.edu\">ssang@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-6-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-6-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"10\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-70 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2024\/01\/kandel-munal_UCH_2024-01-17_04-web.jpg\" alt=\"Munal Kandel, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Munal Kandel, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:mkandel@uchc.edu\">mkandel@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-6-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-6-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"11\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/neuroscience\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/12\/tran-dang_UCH_2023-12-07_06-crop-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Dang Minh Tran, Ph.D.\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dang Minh Tran, Ph.D.<\/strong><br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:datran@uchc.edu\">datran@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-7\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-7-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-7-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"12\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Laboratory Staff<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-8\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-8-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-8-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"13\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-72 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2019\/05\/ge-yingying-20180501-encarnacion-2642.jpg\" alt=\"Yingying Ge\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Yingying Ge<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch\u00a0Assistant 2<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:yge@uchc.edu\">yge@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-8-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-mobile-last\" ><div id=\"panel-65-8-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"14\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-73 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2019\/05\/he-wanxia-20180501-encarnacion-2611.jpg\" alt=\"Wanxia He\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wanxia He<\/strong><br \/>\nResearch Associate 2<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wahe@uchc.edu\">wahe@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-8-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-9\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-9-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-9-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"15\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><h2>Graduate Student<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-10\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-10-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-10-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"16\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-73 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2025\/08\/Joseph_Pathoulas_Badge_Photo-2-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wanxia He\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Joseph A. Pathoulas<\/strong><br \/>\nMD\/PhD Candidate<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:jpathoulas@uchc.edu\">jpathoulas@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-10-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-10-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"17\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-73 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2025\/08\/thumbnail_bhattacharya-moumita_UCH_2024-05-28_04-web.jpg\" alt=\"Wanxia He\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Moumita Bhattacharya<\/strong><br \/>\nPhD Candidate<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bhattacharya@uchc.edu\">bhattacharya@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-10-2\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-10-2-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"18\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-73 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/svgsilh.com\/svg\/295387.svg\" alt=\"Wanxia He\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah E. Wilensky<\/strong><br \/>\nPhD Candidate<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:wilensky@uchc.edu\">wilensky@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-65-10-3\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-65-10-3-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"19\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-73 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/193\/2025\/09\/kunwar-arzu-uch-20250826-09-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Arzu Kunwar\" width=\"160\" height=\"208\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Arzu Kunwar<\/strong><br \/>\nPhD Candidate<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:akunwar@uchc.edu\">akunwar@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pg-65-11\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-65-11-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell panel-grid-cell-empty\" ><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Team Faculty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-blank.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-22 19:56:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":215,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/yan-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}