About Taosheng Chen
Dr. Taosheng Chen received his BS and MS degrees from Fudan University in Shanghai and his PhD from the University of Vermont guided by Janet Kurjan. He completed his post-doctoral training under Michael Weber at the University of Virginia. Having spent time in the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Chen brings his expertise in drug discovery and development to St. Jude where he serves as Director of the High Throughput Bioscience Center. Dr. Chen has built a lab of chemists and biologists in order to answer questions about drug toxicity, drug resistance, and human disease.
Meet the Team
Taosheng Chen, PhD, PMP
Principal Investigator
- Member, St. Jude Faculty
- Director, High Throughput Bioscience Center
- Efren Garcia-Maldonado, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Andrew Huber, PhD
- Scientist
- Younghwan Jung
- Sr Researcher
- Stanley Nithianantham, PhD
- Scientist
- Jing Pei, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Shyaron Poudel
- Senior Researcher
- Jingheng Wang, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Jing Wu, MD
- Senior Scientist
- Yifan Zhang, PhD
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Lab Alumni
Kavya Annu, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Tenure: 11/2020-09/2021
- Post-lab experience: Scientist I, BioMarin Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Jesse Bakke, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 08/2014 – 03/2018
- Post-lab experience: Assistant Professor, Central Michigan University College of Medicine
Monimoy Banerjee, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 08/2011 – 04/2015
- Post-lab experience: Principal Scientist 2, Charles River Laboratories
Nicholas J. Barrows
- Role: HTS Specialist
- Tenure: 7/2017 to 12/2020
- Post-lab experience: Expert Scientist, GSK
Jordan Beard, PhD
- Role: Graduate Student
- Tenure: 04/2010 – 03/2016
- Post-lab experience: Postdoctoral Associate, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
David Bouck, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 06/2007 – 10/2009
- Post-lab experience: Head of HTS Operations, Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
Cameron Buchman, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 06/2017 – 11/2021
- Post-lab experience: Staff Scientist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Monicah Bwayi, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 02/2017 – 12/2021
- Post-lab experience: Sr Scientist, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Jude Chenge, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 10/2017 – 09/2019
- Post-lab experience: Principal Consultant with Medical Device Companies
Milu Cherian, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 09/2012 – 10/2017
- Post-lab experience: Senior Analyst, Oncology, Putnam
Meritxell B. Cutrona, PhD
- Role: Scientist
- Tenure: 01/2020-06/2022
- Post-lab experience: Head - Disease modeling and screening platform, Luxembourg Institute of Health
Hanqing Dong, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 02/2008 – 09/2009
- Post-lab experience: Research Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Ayesha Elias, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 02/2010 – 05/2015
- Post-lab experience: Manager, Global Medical Information, Eli Lilly and Company
Alexa (Tenga) Farmer, PhD
- Role: Graduate Student
- Tenure: 05/2012 – 07/2016
- Post-lab experience: Postdoctoral Associate, University of Arizona
Asli Goktug, MS
- Role: Senior HTS Automation Technologist
- Tenure: 05/2010 – 05/2016
- Post-lab experience: Sr. Automation Engineer II, AbbVie
Wenwei Lin, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 11/2006 – 01/2008
- Post-lab experience: Lead Scientist, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Lingling Liu, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 03/2008 – 08/2012
- Post-lab experience: Research Scientist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital
Su Sien Ong, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 02/2010 – 01/2013
- Post-lab experience: Principal Scientist, EMD Serono, Inc.
Satyanarayana Pondugula, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 11/2006 – 06/2010
- Post-lab experience: Associate Professor, Auburn University
Delira Robbins, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 06/2012 – 03/2016
- Post-lab experience: Preclinical Project Manager - Neurobiology & Brain Tumor Program, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Yue-Ming Wang, PhD
- Role: Postdoctoral Associate
- Tenure: 10/2010 – 05/2013
- Post-lab experience: Principal Scientist, Pfizer Inc.
William (Charlie) Wright, PhD
- Role: Graduate Student
- Tenure: 01/2017 – 06/2020
- Post-lab experience: Bioinformatics Research Scientist, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Fu-Yue Zeng, PhD
- Role: Principal HTS Scientist
- Tenure: 01/2007 – 07/2009
- Post-lab experience: Associate Director, HTS & Compound Management, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute