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