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Current Graduate Students

Jiayan Li
Jiayan Li
Ph.D. Student
Email jli113 [at] cougarnet.uh.edu

First Semester: Fall 2024

Graduating Semester: Spring 2029

Advisor: Dr. Navin Varadarajan

Degree:

  • Chemical Engineering, B.S. from the Northwest Normal University

"I am focusing on evaluating the functional heterogeneity of clinical CAR-T cell samples using the TIMING platform. This approach allows single-cell tracking of CAR-T cell behavior during tumor cell engagement, including migration, target-cell contact, killing kinetics, serial killing capacity, and cell viability. The long-term goal is to identify functional features of clinical CAR-T products that may be associated with stronger tumor killing and improved therapeutic performance."