TEAM | Bi Lab

Current Members

Pengpeng Bi

Assistant Professor
Department of Genetics
Center for Molecular Medicine

pbi@uga.edu

706-542-7768

Pengpeng Bi (Bee) grew up in Shandong, an eastern province of China. He completed his doctoral study in Dr. Shihuan Kuang’s group in Purdue University. Next, he joined Dr. Eric Olson's group in the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center as a postdoctoral researcher. His graduate and postdoctoral work mainly focused on the molecular regulation of cell fate choice in muscle and adipose tissues. In Aug 2018, Pengpeng launched a new lab in Center for Molecular Medicine at the University of Georgia. His academic home is Department of Genetics, where he teaches classes and accepts students.

Haifeng Zhang

Postdoc

hfzhang@uga.edu

Haifeng joined the lab in Oct 2018. He earned a Ph.D. degree in Genetics from Ocean University of China. His graduate work focused on the molecular signaling pathways that regulate development of zebrafish. Haifeng also has a M.S. degree in Pharmacology, and a B.S. degree in Biotechnology from Qingdao Agriculture University. Basketball is his favorite sport.

Emily Marie Hicks

Undergraduate Research Trainee

emily.hicks@uga.edu

Emily is from Marietta, GA. She is a pre-med genetics major who hopes to become an orthopedic doctor. She joined the lab in Fall 2019. In her free time, she likes to exercise, water Netflix, and play with animals.

Previous Members

Jiacheng Chen

Undergraduate Research Trainee

chenjc469@whu.edu.cn

Jiacheng Chen (Jackie) is from Wuhan, China. He is an undergraduate student of Wuhan University who wishes to become a PhD student in the future. He joined the lab in Fall 2019 as a visiting scholar student. He likes music, watching movies and his favorite food is hot dry noodles, which is a traditional dish of his hometown.

Junfei Wen

Undergraduate Research Trainee

2016301060076@whu.edu.cn

Junfei grew up in Jiangxi, a middle east province in China. He joined the lab in Sept 2019. He is a senior college student from Wuhan University, China. He likes to play basketball and listen classical music when he is free from study and lab works.

William Maley

Undergraduate Researcher (2018-2019)

william.maley25@uga.edu

William was born and raised in Macon, Georgia. He is currently a fourth-year biology major and pre-med. Willam loves to go camping and fishing in his free time. He also likes to watch movies directed by the Coen Brothers.

Hector Romero

Summer Research Trainee

hector.romero4@upr.edu

Hector is an undergraduate student from the University of Puerto Rico. He joined the lab for research training with a Summer Undergraduate Fellowships in Genetics (SUNFIG) in May 2019.