

Current Lab Members
Principle Investigator

Zhaozhu Qiu
Associate Professor of Physiology, and Neuroscience
Email: zhaozhu@jhmi.edu; Twitter: @ZhaozhuQ
Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Neuroscience
Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Award in Neuroscience
Postdoc: with Ardem Patapoutian PhD at Scripps Research Institute/HHMI
Ph.D.: with Stephen Goff PhD at Columbia University/HHMI
B.Med.: Shandong University
Postdoctoral Fellow

Junhua Yang, Ph.D.
AHA Postdoc Fellow
AHA Career Development Award
NARSAD Young Investigator Award

Yongqing Liu, Ph.D.
Graduate Student

Jiachen Chu
CMP

Ljubica Mihaljević
BCMB
Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds

Kevin Hong Chen
BCMB

Henry Yi Cheng
CMP

Nicholas Koylass
XDBio
Lab Alumni

PhD: James Osei-Owusu
AHA Predoc Fellow
Now: Postdoc at Harvard Medical School

Postdoc: Jianan Chen
AHA Postdoc Fellow
Now: Professor at Zhengzhou University

Maria Vitery, Ph.D.
NIH Predoc Fellow
Maria del Carmen Vitery Graduate Student Award is established by the Department of Physiology in the memory of Maria Vitery, a former graduate student of Cellular & Molecular Physiology in our lab. Maria was born in Peru and immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager. She obtained her BS in Biology from University of Maryland Baltimore County and her MS in Biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University. Maria joined the Qiu Lab in 2016. As a NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service awardee, she made seminal contributions to the physiological role of SWELL1 and PAC chloride channels. Maria also distinguished herself by exemplary service and contribution to the community. She devoted numerous hours as a mentor to children in Baltimore who were struggling in school. Maria was an accomplished ballet dancer and shared her love of this art through performing and teaching. Tragically, a sudden unexplained disease ended her life on January 28, 2019. For her outstanding academic achievements, service, and commitment to diversity, Maria was inducted into the inaugural class of the Edward Alexander Bouchet Graduate Honor Society and awarded a PhD posthumously. This Award honors a current student who, like Maria, excels in research and demonstrates commitment to service and outreach. The winners (Ashley Stewart, 2019; Anna Moyer and James Osei-Owusu, 2020; Dylan Sarver, 2021) are announced at the Annual Physiology Retreat in the fall.
Undergraduate Student

Ami Tamhaney
Now: medical student at UCLA

Gavin Li
Now: medical student at Mount Sinai