Qing Yu

Principal Investigator

• Postdoctoral Fellow – Harvard Medical School – Boston, MA (2022)

Mentor: Prof. Steven Gygi

• Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI (2017)

Advisor: Prof. Lingjun Li

• Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biotechnology, UMass Chan Medical School

• Member of Program in Chemical Biology

Shaoxian Li

Postdoctoral Researcher

• Ph.D. – Chinese Academy of Sciences (2023) – Shanghai, China

Advisor: Prof. Fajun Nan

• Joined 12/2024

• Email: shaoxian.li11 [at] umassmed [dot] edu

Lin Han

Postdoctoral Researcher (Co-mentored by Dr. Paul Thompson)

• Ph.D. – Cornell University (2024) – Ithaca, NY

Advisor: Prof. Pamela Chang 

• Joined 09/2026

• Email: lin.han1 [at] umassmed [dot] edu

Daniel M. Richards

Graduate Student

• B.S. – University of Oregon (2021) – Eugene, OR

Major: Biology; Minor: Organic Chemistry

• Joined 5/2025

• Email: daniel.richards1 [at] umassmed [dot] edu

Before joining the Yu Lab, I was a research associate in Marian Walhout's lab at UMass Chan studying the impact of microbial metabolism on host physiology in the model organism C. elegans. I am broadly interested in studying the impact of metabolites/metabolism on protein function using mass spectrometry-based methods.  

Fangyi (Coco) Zhai

Graduate Student (Co-mentored by Dr. Roger Davis)

• M.S. – University of Connecticut (2024) – Storrs, CT

Major: Nutritional Sciences

• B.A. – Mount Holyoke College (2022) – South Hadley, MA

Major: Biochemistry & Philosophy

• Joined 5/2025 

• Email: Fangyi.Zhai [at] umassmed [dot] edu

Before I joined UMass Chan, I was a research assistant and also graduate student in the Andersen Lab in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at UConn, where I studied the immunomodulatory effect of HDL (high-density lipoproteins, that good cholesterol show up in your bloodwork). When I'm not pipetting or debugging the code, I might be found playing the guitar, snowboarding, and enjoying good food. Work hard, play harder!

Addison Galaski

Undergraduate Intern

• College of the Holy Cross – Worcester, MA

Major: Biology, Concentration in Biochemistry

• Joined 9/2026

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