CHENG Laboratory Epigenetics and Therapeutics in Immuno-Oncology

Team

Welcome to our lab and get to know our team! Our laboratory members are from different background, and all are passionate about our work and committed to advancing scientific knowledge in our fields.

member portrait Prof. CHENG Sze Lok Alfred Principal Investigator

Research staff

member portrait Dr. LONG Xiaohang Research Assistant Professor
member portrait Dr. YANG Weiqin Research Associate

Postdoctoral Fellow

member portrait Dr. HUANG Siyuan Postdoctoral Researcher
member portrait Dr. LIANG Zhixian Postdoctoral Researcher
member portrait Dr. WANG Jing Postdoctoral Researcher
member portrait Dr. WU Haoran Postdoctoral Researcher

Research assistant

member portrait Dr. LIANG Jianxin Research Assistant
member portrait LIN Yingnan Junior Research Assistant
member portrait Dr. WONG Pak Chun Patrick Research Assistant

PhD student

member portrait CAO Jianquan PhD Student
member portrait CHEN Siyun Year 3 PhD Student
member portrait KHAN, Khadija Shahed PhD Student joint/w Prof. NG Wai-lung, Billy
member portrait LIU Yan PhD Student joint/w Prof TONG Man Carol
member portrait WANG Yaxian Year 1 PhD Student
member portrait YIN Baoyi Year 2 PhD Student
member portrait ZHAN Xiaoyu Year 2 PhD Student
member portrait ZHANG Xuerao PhD Student joint/w Prof. CHAN Hon Fai Vivas
member portrait ZHANG Yiling Year 3 PhD Student

Student research interns

member portrait Tsang Yuk Wah Charmaine Research intern
member portrait Michelle Agatha Tjoa Research intern

Former Lab Members

Students

Year of graduation Name Lab Position Current Position
2025 Tu Yalin Ph.D student and Post-doctoral Fellow Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Jinan University
2024 ZHANG Lingyun Ph.D student Surgical Resident, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital
2024 WU Haoran Ph.D student Research Assistant, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2024 WONG Pak Chun Patrick Ph.D student Research Assistant, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2024 XIONG Zhewen Ph.D student and Post-doctoral Fellow Post-doctoral Fellow, Stanford University
2023 LIANG Zhixian Ph.D student Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2023 CHEN Shufen Ph.D student Lecturer, School of Medicine, Jinan University
2022 WANG Jing Ph.D student Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2021 LAW Wing Yan Rhoda Ph.D student Field Application Specialist, Bio-Rad Laboratories
2020 LIU Xiaoyu Ph.D student and Post-doctoral Fellow Research Fellow, Chongqing Cancer Hospital, Chongqing University
2020 FENG Yu Ph.D student Scientist (Junior), BGI-Shenzhen
2019 TANG Wenshu Ph.D student and Post-doctoral Fellow Research Scientist, Hong Kong Genome Institute
2019 XU Liangliang Ph.D student Senior Research Associate, Peking University-Shenzhen Hospital (PKU-SZH)
2019 WU Qiong Ph.D student Scientific Officer, Hong Kong Genome Institute
2019 ZENG Xuezhen Ph.D student Associate Professor, Department of Liver Surgery, Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
2019 CHEUNG Ka Wing Otto Ph.D student Analyst, Deloitte Consulting LLP
2017 LIU Man Ph.D student Assistant Research Fellow & Resident Doctor, Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
2017 WU Feng Ph.D student Scientific Officer, Hospital Authority
2017 XIONG Lei Ph.D student Investment Manager, Grand Health Investment Department, Yuexiu Financial Holdings Industrial Fund
2016 SUN Hanyong Ph.D student Associate Professor, Department of Liver Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2016 LI Yingying M.phil student Genetic Counselor, Hospital Authority
2015 YANG Weiqin Ph.D student Research Associate, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2015 TIAN Yuan Ph.D student Assistant professor, Shenzhen University
2012 TSANG Pui-Fong Daisy M.phil student Technician, Hospital Authority
2011 FENG Hai Ph.D student Associate Professor, Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2010 ZHU Ranxu Ph.D student Attending Doctor, University of Hong Kong – Shenzhen Hospital
2009 YIP Wing-Kit M.phil student Research Assistant, School of Public Health, CUHK

Research Staff

Year of leave Name Lab Position Current Position
2024 Willis Wai-Yiu Si-Tou Junior Research Assistant The University of Melbourne
2023 CHENG Yuk Lam Gareth Junior Research Assistant Environmental protection inspector
2022 LI Ka Man Carmen Junior Research Assistant Research Assistant, Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, CUHK
2022 YUNG Wai Yi Amanda Research Assistant Assistant Facility Manager, Drug Safety Testing Center, Institute of Translational Research, Hong Kong Science and Technology Park
2021 DING Lipeng Junior Research Assistant PhD candidate, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2021 LI Jingqing Junior Research Assistant Lab Manager of ZHOU Lab, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2021 ZHOU Jingying Reasearch Assistant Professor Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences, CUHK
2020 LAU Chin-Ling Joel Junior Research Assistant Programmer, KanHan Technologies
2019 MOK Tsz-Shun Myth Research Associate Clinical Genetic Service, Department of Health, Hong Kong
2017 SZETO Lut Ming Lemuel Junior Research Assistant PhD candidate, University of Oxford
2014 BAI Alfa Post-doctoral Fellow Principal Medical Technologist, CUHK Medical Centre
2014 JIANG Yi-bin Esther Research Associate Teacher
2014 LI Sui-Mui May Research Assistant Medical Technologist (Molecular Pathology), Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Visiting scholar

Year of leave Name Current Position
2023 ZHONG Chengpeng Resident doctor, Department of Liver Surgery, Ren Ji Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020 DUAN Liang Associate Chief Physician/Associate Professor, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
2013 YU Zhuo Deputy director/Associate chief physician/Associate professor, Department of Hepatology, Shuguang Hospital affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine