Team
Guolan Lu, PhD
Principal Investigator
Guolan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is a biomedical engineer cross-trained in machine learning, biomedical imaging, and spatial omics in the context of cancer biology, immunology, and pharmacology. She completed her postdoctoral training in the laboratories of Dr. Garry Nolan, PhD and Dr. Eben Rosenthal, MD, at Stanford University, where she designed and led a first-in-human clinical study for fluorescence-guided surgery in pancreatic cancer, and pioneered a single-cell spatial pharmacology approach to decode drug-target-microenvironment interactions in situ in clinical tumors. She received her Ph.D. from the joint Biomedical Engineering Department of Georgia Tech and Emory University (advisor: Dr. Baowei Fei, PhD), where she received interdisciplinary training in medical imaging, machine learning, and digital pathology.
Guolan has received multiple awards for her work, including a K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award from the National Cancer Institute, a Young Investigator Award from The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC), and recognition as a Rising Star in Biomedical Engineering and Science (MIT), etc. She was a fellow of the Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholars (SMIS) Program and a Stanford Translational Medicine (TRAM) Scholar.
Eric Peterson, MBT, HTL
Lab Services Manager
Eric Peterson received his BS in biochemistry from UC Davis and a master's in biotechnology from San Jose State. He has worked in clinical laboratories for about 9 years, and in research labs for over 15. Those years were spent developing pharmaceuticals to treat coronary thrombosis, breast cancer, pain, and autoimmune disorders. Eric joined the School of Medicine in 2017 and moved to the Department of Urology in 2023. At SJSU, he teaches Biology 233T - Immunological Techniques in the Laboratory to the next generation of biotechnology grad students. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking and reading about history.
Yujung Park
Rotation Student- PhD
Yujung Park (she/her) is a first year Immunology PhD student at Stanford. She received her B.S. in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley, continuing her work in the lab of Prof. David Schaffer after graduating. Her primary interest is in cancer immunology, with her previous research spanning CAR-based cell therapies and oncolytic virotherapy. In graduate school, she hopes to dissect the mechanisms behind tumor immune evasion and dysfunctional immune responses, with the hope of contributing to the development of more effective immunotherapies.
Marvin Li
PhD Student
Marvin Li is a Bioengineering PhD student at Stanford University. He received his bachelor’s degree in Bioengineering from McGill University. His research interests lie at the intersection of biomedical sciences and deep learning, with a focus on advancing spatial cancer biology through AI-powered approaches such as AI-driven experimental design.
Changlin Li, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Changlin Li is a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine. He is an early career researcher specializing in biomedical sciences and deep learning. Before joining Stanford, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), focusing on Generative AI and Multimodal Learning. He received his Ph.D. from UTS in 2023, where his research focused on Efficient AI and Computer Vision (advisor: Prof. Xiaojun Chang). He received his B.E. in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in 2019. He received the Top-10 Papers award from TechBeat in 2022, and has won first place in the TRECVID ActEV 2019 grand challenge for activity recognition.
Emily Zhao
Life Science Research Professional 1
Emily Zhao is a Life Science Research Professional 1 in the Department of Urology at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is currently completing her B.S in Molecular and Cell Biology, with a focus in Immunology and Molecular Medicine, at UC Berkeley. Her research interests include drug discovery and cancer immunology, and she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in the future to further explore these fields.
Andrew Zhou
Summer Intern
Andrew Zhou is an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science student at UC Berkeley. His research interests include the intersection of AI/ML and biology. He plans to pursue a Ph.D. to continue his research..
Shreya Singh
Coterminal Computer Science student
Shreya Singh is a coterminal Computer Science student interested in using AI/ML to advance treatment options for complex diseases like cancer.
Tiffany Zhou
Administrative Associate
zhoutif@stanford.edu