Team

Tian Zhang, Ph.D., Principal Investigator.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Tian earned her B.S. degree from Shandong University in 2012 and her Ph.D. degree in 2017 from the University of Rochester. After completing postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, she joined the School of Medicine at the University of Virginia as an assistant professor.

Erin D. Jeffery Ph.D., Senior Scientist

Erin earned her B.S. in Biochemistry from Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY and her Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Virginia with Dr. Don Hunt. She has a wide range of proteomics experience including: phosphorylation site mapping on cell migration proteins, class I MHC phosphopeptide characterization from tumor cells, and using advanced targeted MS methods to detect biologically relevant peptides. She is fortunate to have called Charlottesville home for many years and enjoys the dynamic research environment of UVA!

Dina Bai, Ph.D., Senior Scientist

Seth P. Kodikara, Graduate student

Yue Dou, MS, Lab Specialist