Yuru Wang, PhD 

Principal Investigator

yuru.wang@pharm.utah.edu

Yuru joined the faculty of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Utah in October 2023 as an Assistant Professor. Before this, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago, working under the joint supervision of Professors Chuan He and Tao Pan. Yuru completed her Ph.D. in Chemistry in Professor Peter Beal’s lab at UC Davis, and earned her B.S. from Nankai University in China. Outside the lab, Yuru enjoys reading, cooking, and hiking.

Eliot Hunsberger

Graduate Student

B.S. University of Colorado Boulder

Erich Walkenhauer 

Lab technician

M.S. Western Washington University

Alumni

Roan Senna: 2023-2024 Undergraduate student

Diego Delgado: 2024-2026 Undergraduate student (LEAP program), currently preparing for medical school

Wenxin Zhao: 2025-2026 Postdoc researcher

William Egan: 2024-2025 lab technician, currently a PharmD student at the University of Utah

Yifen Ma: 2026 Pharmacy PSURF summer student, currently a PharmD student at the University of Utah