MBI’s Graduate Students
With an interdisciplinary and highly-integrated team approach to discovery and invention, MBI constitutes a new paradigm in biomedical research and graduate education.
MBI’s curriculum is crafted to train innovative and influential leaders for not only in academia but also in R&D-based industry. In alignment with these goals, MBI has created a PhD program to bring together internationally renowned scholars to further the study of mechanobiology and train the next generation of scientists and researchers. Find out more about our graduate program
Incoming Class of August 2026 (l to r): Sanchit Korde, James Lee, Ryu Ng, Sudha Merla, Guo Chongyuan, Daniya Chalil, Saivishak Saikumar, Nandhini Krishnamurthy, Feng Shenlei, Liu Shuhong, Wang Tiantian, Li Xukuan
Incoming Class of August 2025 (l to r): CHEAM Mei Shan, ZHAO Jiayu, Miguel SOON Jun Yi, LYU Min, YAN Chengrui, Diya NARANG, Cheng QUAN, Hannah Abilaguyo YUSON, ZHUANG Zirui, HOANG Mai Thanh Truc, NGUYEN Dinh Thach Lam
Incoming Class of August 2024 (l to r): Le Thuy Truc ANH, Kottpalli VIDHIPRIYA, TAN Jue Yu Kelly, CAO Gefei, WANG Shida, Shelly Anne GNAPRAGASAN, Mariana Barrera VELAZQUEZ, GOH Jia Lin Kellisa, LEE Yuan Zhe
Incoming Class of August 2023 (l to r): Vinod S/O Prabhakaran, T Thivakar, Kosei Tomida, Malhar Sojwal Chitnis, Yui Ito
Incoming Class of August 2022 (l to r): Ranmadusha Merengha Hengst, Shinny Sunny, Lin Yueying, Veronica Lee Xi Min, Srinivas Sheshagiri Prabhu, Ankita Nitin Nayak, Li Hangfeng, Li Keming, Lim Yuan Bin, Kayo Kumadaki, Lan Xi
Incoming Class of January 2022 (l to r): Martin Kiwanuka, Modhura Ganguly
Incoming Class of August 2021 (l to r): Row 1 – Ang Jing Wen, Kwang Leng Gek, Lee Jia Wen Nicole, Row 2 – Huang Zengxin, Ng Boon Heng, Guo Yanyu, Li Yixuan, Cui Hongyue, Row 3 – Xu Mengqing, Kuo Xuan, Muhammad Faris Hazwan Bin Ramli, Shu Chang, Chen Dixiao
Incoming Class of January 2021 (l to r): Seah Sock Hong, Jashan Preet Singh, Meng Yue, Sun Yuze, Pan Yuping, Shen Xingyu (not pictured)
Incoming Class of August 2019 (l to r): Liang Lanfeng, Wu Yan, Kashish Jain, Ignacius Tay Yan Yun, Hu Jinrong, Liu Jingzhun, Leong Kim Whye and Deepika Singh
Incoming Class of August 2018 (l to r): Wang Jiahao, Jessica Kabigting, Matthew Bilton, Jingwei Xiao, Moin Khan, Vidhyalakshmi Acharya, Deng Yunxin, Sunandan Dhar, Zhong Xueying, Zhao Zixuan
Incoming Class of August 2017 (l to r): Zhong Jun, Tricia Loo Yi Jun, Divyanshu Mishra, Murat Shagirov, Toh Jia Ying Pearlyn, Yuan Luezhen, Liu Chixuan, Xu Yumeng, Ragunathan Srilakshmi, Dasvit Shetty
Incoming Class of August 2016 (l-r): Shinjini Ray, Jiang Kuan, Saradha Venkatachalapathy, Xu Lisheng, Fu Chaoyu. Not pictured: Vaishali Yadav
Incoming Class of August 2015 (l to r): Darren Wong Chen Pei, Liu Xuyao Iris, Leeba Ann Chacko, Guo Shiwen, Aradhana Bharti, Yow Ying Ming Ivan, Guo Zhenhuan, Pang Si Ming, Alok Kumar Dubey
Incoming Class of August 2014 (l to r): Row 1- Zhang Shaobo, Shi Shidong, Jokhun Doorgesh Sharma, Lu Chen, Row 2- Tian Xingyue, Hou Zining, Cao Yue, Kapish Gupta, Ajay Aravind
Incoming Class of August 2013 (l to r): Yang Jie, Shreyansh Jain, Xia Shumin, Lin Bocheng Lester, Huang Anqi, Yin Jianmin, Minnah Thomas
Incoming class of August 2012 (l to r): Chen Tianchi, Chen Zhongwen, Zhang Zhen, Parthiv Kant Chaudhuri, Ding Wei Yung, Yang Yang, Lynn Tan Hui Yin, Yang Yi An, Chen Jin, Mrinal Shah, Salma Jalal, Gao Xumei, Sun ZiJun
August 2026
Sanchit KORDE|sanchit.korde@u.nus.edu |
Hiroki James LEE | lee.hirokijames@u.nus.edu |
Ryu NG Zhi Xiong | ryu.ng@u.nus.edu |
Sudha MERLA | sudha.merla@u.nus.edu |
GUO Chongyuan | guo_chongyuan@u.nus.edu |
Daniya CHALIL| daniya.c@u.nus.edu |
Saivishak SAIKUMAR| saivishak@u.nus.edu |
Nandhini KRISHNAMURTHY | nandhini.krishnamurthy@u.nus.edu |
FENG Shenlei | shenleifeng@u.nus.edu |
LIU Shuhong| E1508542@u.nus.edu |
WANG Tiantian| tiantianwang@u.nus.edu |
LI Xukuan | e1353111@u.nus.edu |
August 2025
CHEAM Mei Shan | E0966382@U.NUS.EDU |
QUAN Cheng | E1583467@U.NUS.EDU |
Diya NARANG | E1583583@U.NUS.EDU |
Hannah Abilaguyo YUSON | E1643883@U.NUS.EDU |
HOANG Mai Thanh Truc | E1583369@U.NUS.EDU |
LYU Min | E1583600@U.NUS.EDU |
Miguel SOON Jun Yi | E0725955@U.NUS.EDU |
NGUYEN Dinh Thach Lam | E1590439@U.NUS.EDU |
WANG Liyue | E1127380@U.NUS.EDU |
YAN Chengrui | E1352899@U.NUS.EDU |
ZHAO Jiayu | E1583430@U.NUS.EDU |
ZHUANG Zirui | E1616137@U.NUS.EDU |
August 2024
Le Thuy Truc ANH | e1353468@u.nus.edu | Toyama Lab
Kottpalli VIDHIPRIYA | e1353484@u.nus.edu | Young Lab
TAN Jue Yu Kelly | e0324460@u.nus.edu | Chan Lab
CAO Gefei | e0560226@u.nus.edu | Hirashima Lab, Rong Li Lab
WANG Shida | e1353472@u.nus.edu | CT Lim Lab
Shelly Anne GNAPRAGASAN | e1353398@u.nus.edu | Michelot Lab
Mariana Barrera VELAZQUEZ | e1353485@u.nus.edu | Dye Lab
GOH Jia Lin Kellisa | e0424647@u.nus.edu | Rong Li Lab
LEE Yuan Zhe | e0028670@u.nus.edu | Hirashima Lab
August 2023
Vinod S/O PRABHAKARAN | e0175257@u.nus.edu | Toyama Lab
T THIVAKAR | e0177207@u.nus.edu | BC Low Lab
Malhar Sojwal CHITNIS | e1124965@u.nus.edu | Holle Lab
Kosei TOMIDA | e1124941@u.nus.edu | Chan Lab
August 2022
Ranmadusha Merengha HENGST | e0947336@u.nus.edu | Young Lab
Kayo KUMADAKI | e0947334@u.nus.edu | Yan Jie Lab
LAN Xi | e0947329@u.nus.edu | Rong Li Lab
Veronica LEE Xi Min | e0323575@u.nus.edu | Hirashima Lab
LI Hangfeng | e0947330@u.nus.edu | Kanchanawong Lab
LI Keming | e0947338@u.nus.edu | Rong Li Lab
LIM Yuan Bin | e0309176@u.nus.edu | Toyama Lab, Holle Lab
LIN Yueying | e0947335@u.nus.edu | Yan Jie Lab
Ankita Nitin NAYAK | e0947332@u.nus.edu | Hirashima Lab
Srinivas Sheshagiri PRABHU | e0947337@u.nus.edu | BC Low Lab, Bershadsky Lab
Shinny SUNNY | e0947333@u.nus.edu | Holle Lab
January 2022
Modhura GANGULY | e0718974@u.nus.edu | Toyama Lab
Martin KIWANUKA | martin.kiwanuka@u.nus.edu | Young Lab
August 2021
ANG Jing Wen | e0053287@u.nus.edu | BC Low Lab
CHEN Dixiao | e0718971@u.nus.edu | Young Lab
CUI Hongyue | e0718967@u.nus.edu | Rong Li Lab
GUO Yanyu | e0718972@u.nus.edu | Yan Jie Lab
HUANG Zengxin | e0718973@u.nus.edu | Kanchanawong Lab
KUO Xuan | e0032332@u.nus.edu | Kanchanawong Lab, Zhao Lab
KWANG Leng Gek | e0036604@u.nus.edu | Hanry Yu Lab
LEE Jia Wen Nicole | e0036106@u.nus.edu | Holle Lab
LI Yixuan | e0718968@u.nus.edu | Holle Lab
Muhammad Faris Hazwan Bin RAMLI | e0004308@u.nus.edu | Young Lab
NG Boon Heng | e0175372@u.nus.edu | Chan Lab
SHU Chang | e0718970@u.nus.edu | Rong Li Lab
XU Mengqing | e0718969@u.nus.edu | Kanchanawong Lab, Toyama Lab
January 2021
MENG Yue | e0672124@u.nus.edu | Kanchanawong Lab
PAN Yuping | e0672127@u.nus.edu | Toyama Lab
Jashan Preet SINGH | jashan.singh@u.nus.edu | Young Lab
SEAH Sock Hong | e0052893@u.nus.edu | BC Low Lab
SHEN Xingyu | e0699400@u.nus.edu | Rong Li Lab, Young Lab
SUN Yuze | e0672126@u.nus.edu | Yan Jie Lab
August 2019
HU Jinrong | hu.jinrong@u.nus.edu | Bershadsky Lab
Kashish JAIN | jain.kashish@u.nus.edu | Kanchanawong Lab
LEONG Kim Whye | e0004266@u.nus.edu | Hanry Yu Lab
LIANG Lanfeng | e0403013@u.nus.edu | CT Lim Lab
LIU Jingzhun | e0403012@u.nus.edu | Yan Jie Lab
Deepika SINGH | e0403016@u.nus.edu | Viasnoff Lab
Ignacius TAY Yan Yun | ignacius@u.nus.edu | Toyama Lab
WU Yan | e0444256@u.nus.edu | Low Boon Chuan Lab
August 2018
Vidhyalakshmi ACHARYA | Viasnoff Lab
Sunandan DHAR | Saunders Lab
DENG Yunxin | Yan Jie Lab
KABIGTING Jessica Evangeline Tan | Toyama Lab
WANG Jiahao | Hanry Yu Lab
XIAO Jingwei | Low Boon Chuan Lab
ZHONG Xueying | Kanchanawong Lab
ZHAO Zixuan | Hanry Yu Lab
August 2017
Tricia LOO Yi Jun | Saunders Lab
Murat SHAGIROV | Toyama Lab
Dasvit SHETTY | Kenney Lab
TOH Jia Ying Pearlyn | Sheetz Lab
ZHONG Jun | Matsudaira Lab
August 2016
FU Chaoyu | Viasnoff Lab
JIANG Kuan | CT Lim Lab
Saradha VENKATACHALAPATHY | Shivashankar Lab
Shinjini RAY | Toyama Lab
Vaishali YADAV | Saunders Lab
XU Lisheng | Kenney Lab
August 2015
Alok Kumar DUBEY | Sheetz Lab
GUO Shiwen | Yan Jie Lab
LIU Xuyao, Iris | Sheetz Lab
PANG Si Ming | Yan Jie
Darren WONG Chen Pei | BC Low Lab
YOW Ying Ming Ivan | Toyama Lab
August 2014
JOKHUN Doorgesh Sharma | Shivashankar Lab
Kapish GUPTA | Hanry Yu Lab
LU Chen | Yan Jie Lab
SHI Shidong | Bershadsky Lab
ZHANG Shaobo | Saunders Lab
ZHANG Yue | Viasnoff Lab
January 2014
Celine Marie Helene STOECKLIN | Viasnoff Lab
August 2013
DONG Xiaoduo | Cynthia He Lab
Azita GORJI | Kanchanawong Lab
HUANG Anqi | Saunders Lab
Shreyansh JAIN | Lim Lab, Ladoux Lab
LIN Bocheng, Lester | Low Boon Chuan Lab
Minnah THOMAS | Toyama Lab
YIN Jianmin | Saunders Lab
XIA Shumin | Kanchanawong Lab
August 2012
CHEN Jin | Yan Jie Lab
CHEN Tianchi | Ladoux Lab
CHEN Zhongwen | Groves Lab
DING Wei Yung | Zaidel-Bar Lab
GAO Xumei | Viasnoff Lab
Mrinal SHAH | Kenney Lab
Parthiv CHAUDHURI | Lim Chwee Teck Lab
Salma JALAL | Bershadsky Lab
SUN Zi Jun | Toyama Lab
Yang YANG | Wu Min Lab
YANG Yi An | Hanry Yu Lab
ZHANG Zhen | Kanchanawong Lab
January 2012
Ranjit S GULVADY
August 2011
HU Xian
KHOO Bee Luan
KUKUMBERG Marek
MUKUND Gupta
QIN Lei
SHAVARI Rajeev Sathe
SU Mao Han
TAN Pei Yi
WANG Ye Jun
WENG Zhe
WU Yao
XIONG Ding
YANG Bo
January 2011
ZHU Liang
August 2010
MAKHIJA Ekta
LE Shi Min
LIU Yang
TU Ting-Yuan
XING Jiangwa
August 2009
SATHE Annesh
CHEN Qian
LI Qiushi
LUO Wei Wei
SHAO Xiaowei
SONAM Surabhi
YUAN Xin
YAO Mingxi
MBI Student Awards & Achievements
Student |
Intake |
Awards/Achievements |
Year |
| CUI Hongyue | Aug 2021 | EMBO Travel Grant | 2025 |
| Kosei TOMIDA | Aug 2023 | Best Poster Award – SCBS Conference | 2024 |
| LI Yixuan | Aug 2021 | Best Poster Award – MBI Conference | 2023 |
| Kashish JAIN | Aug 2019 | Oral Presentation – Gordon Research Seminar: Fibronectin, Integrins and Related Molecules | 2023 |
| KABIGTING Jessica Evangeline Tan | Aug 2018 | Audience Choice Award – NUS 3MT Competition | 2023 |
| KABIGTING Jessica Evangeline Tan | Aug 2018 | EMBO Travel Grant | 2022 |
| Jashan Preet SINGH | Jan 2021 | Runner Up – NUS 3MT Competition | 2023 |
| Jashan Preet SINGH | Jan 2021 | Best Poster Award (2nd Runner Up) – ISMB Australia | 2022 |
| LEE Jia Wen Nicole | Aug 2021 | Best Student Poster – The 4th International Symposium on Mechanobiology Sydney 2022 | 2022 |
| FU Chaoyu | Aug 2016 | Outstanding Poster Award – Biophysical Journal | 2019 |
| Saradha VENKATACHALAPATHY | Aug 2016 | Best Oral Presentation Award – International Conference on Genomes and AI | 2019 |
| Azita GORJI | Aug 2013 | Travel Award – Gordon Research Conference: Endothelial Cell Phenotype in Health and Disease | 2018 |
| Shreyansh JAIN | Aug 2013 | Best Research Poster Prize – EMBO | 2018 |
| Shreyansh JAIN | Aug 2013 | Student Travel Bursary Award – World Congress of Biomechanics | 2018 |
| Kapish GUPTA | Aug 2014 | Travel Award – EMBO Workshop on “Membrane Contact Sites in Health” | 2018 |
| Kapish GUPTA | Aug 2014 | Travel Award – International Congress of Cell Biology 2018 | 2018 |
| XIA Shumin | Aug 2013 | Travel Award – ASCB|EMBO 2017 meeting | 2017 |
| Sharvari Rajeev SATHE | Aug 2011 | Travel Award – Gordon Research Seminar: Signal Transduction by Engineered Extracellular Matrices | 2016 |
| QIN Lei | Aug 2011 | Fellowship Award – GEM4 Summer Institute | 2015 |
| SU Mao Han | Aug 2011 | BJ Outstanding Student Poster Award – Biophysical Society Thematic meeting “New Biological Frontiers illuminated by Molecular Sensors and Actuators” | 2015 |
| Charlotte GUETTA | Jan 2012 | Travel Award – Mechanobiology, From Molecules to Tissue | 2015 |
| Shreyansh JAIN | Aug 2013 | Travel Award – EMBO Workshop on “Stem Cell Mechanobiology in Development and Disease” | 2015 |
| YAO Mingxi | Aug 2009 | Outstanding Students Abroad Award – China Scholarship Council | 2014 |
| CHEN Jin | Aug 2012 | First Prize in Outstanding Conference Poster Award – OCPA-APS “Zinc Induced RPA and ssDNA Complex into a Stiff and Stable Structure That Cannot Form in its Absence” | 2014 |
| Shreyansh JAIN | Aug 2013 | Merlion PhD Scholarship by Ambassade De France A Singapour and Institut Francais | 2014 |
| Shreyansh JAIN | Aug 2013 | Travel Award – Summer School on Active Systems | 2014 |
| LUO Wei Wei | Aug 2009 | Honorable Mention – “Live Fluorescence Imaging of Fibroblasts” at the Cell Dance video competition, part of the American Society of Cell Biology meeting | 2011 |
| YAO Mingxi | Aug 2009 | Merlion PhD Scholarship by Ambassade De France A Singapour and Institut Francais. | 2010 |
