Xinjun "Jun" Zhang, Principal Investigator

Jun is an assistant professor at the University of Michigan, as a primary faculty of the Department of Human Genetics and an affiliated faculty with the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and the Center of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics. Prior to joining UM in Feb 2023, Jun was an NIH K99 Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA (2019-2022) working with Kirk Lohmueller and Sriram Sankararaman. Jun also received postdoctoral training from Emilia Huerta-Sanchez at UC Merced (2018). She holds a PhD degree in Evolutionary Anthropology from UC Davis advised by David Glenn Smith, and a BS degree in Biology from Beijing Normal University. 

When not doing science, Jun most likely can be found traveling and taking pictures. She likes good coffee with good books. She also enjoys hiking, road-tripping, and making puzzles.

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Current Lab Members

​Elizabeth Meyer, Undergraduate Student

Elizabeth is an undergraduate student studying anthropology, biomolecular science, and Spanish at the University of Michigan. Her research interests include archaic genome analysis, immune responses, and pathology which she hopes to pursue in graduate school. She enjoys reading and SCUBA diving in her spare time. Her email is meyerel@umich.edu

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