Lab Members
Director

George Lynn Cross Research Professor and
Presidential Professor
Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology
Director
Institute for Environmental Genomics
jzhou@ou.edu
(405) 325-6073
Staff

Liyou Wu, PhD
Adjunct Professor/Research Scientist
Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology
Facilities Manager
Institute for Environmental Genomics
lywu@ou.edu
(405) 325-2537

Joy D Van Nostrand, PhD
Research Scientist
Laboratory Manager
Institute for Environmental Genomics
joy.vannostrand@ou.edu
(405) 325-4403

Aifen Zhou, PhD
Research Scientist
Institute for Environmental Genomics
aifen.zhou-1@ou.edu

Daliang Ning, PhD
Reasearch Scientist
Institute for Environmental Genomics
Bioinformatisist
Core Consolidated Lab
http://daliang.oucreate.com
ningdaliang@ou.edu

Ying Fu
Lab Technician
Institute for Environmental Genomics
yfu@ou.edu

Lindsay Rice
Office Manager
Institute for Environmental Genomics
lrice@ou.edu
(405) 325-6094

Naijia Xiao, PhD
Georgia Institute of Technology
2016.5
naijia.xiao@ou.edu

Gangsheng Wang, PhD
Washington State University
2018.8
wanggs@ou.edu
Postdoctoral Fellows

Jialiang Kuang, PhD
Zhongshan University, China
2017.4
kjialiang@ou.edu

Linwei Wu, PhD
Tsinghua University, China
2017.2
linwei.wu-1@ou.edu

Weiling Shi, PhD
Shangdong University, PhD
2015.10
weiling.shi-1@ou.edu

Ya Zhang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2018.7
Ya.Zhang-1@ou.edu

Siyang Jian, PhD
Tennessee State University
2020.8
sjian@ou.edu

Yajiao Wang, PhD
Tsinghua University, China
2019.5
yajiao.wang-1@ou.edu
Graduate Students

Colin T Bates
PhD Student
colin.bates@ou.edu

Carolyn Cornell
PhD Student
c.r.cornell@ou.edu

Yupeng Fan
PhD Student
yupeng.fan-1@ou.edu

Zhifeng Yang
PhD Student
zhifeng.yang@ou.edu

Jonathan Michael
PhD Student
Jonathan.P.Michael@ou.edu

Xuanyu Tao
PhD Student
xuanyu.tao@ou.edu
Visitors

Ning Hu
Hezhou University, China
2017.05
2009huning@163.com

Shun Han
Huazhong Agricultural University
2019.11
670175131@qq.com