{"id":209,"date":"2020-05-10T22:31:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T02:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2026-08-09T23:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T03:47:29","slug":"personnel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<h1>Personelle<\/h1>\n<h4>Principle Investigator<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/\">Weifeng (Gordon) Zhang<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Research Associates<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/profile\/yan.jia\/\">Yan Jia<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/profile\/zliu\/\">Zihua Liu<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Postdoctoral Researchers<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/profile\/dongxiao.yin\/\">Dongxiao Yin<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoi.edu\/profile\/jilian.xiong\/\">Jilian Xiong<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Students<\/h4>\n<p>Galen Wilcox (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<p>Hans Chen (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<p>Camille Wardlaw (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<p>Lilian Zhu (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<h4>Alumni<\/h4>\n<p>Cristina Schultz (2016-2019, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student; now Assistant Prof. at Northeastern Univ.)<\/p>\n<p>Zhen &#8216;Charlie&#8217; Cheng (2016-2018, WHOI Postdoc scholar; now at Converge CFD)<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth Alan (2018-2019, WHOI Postdoc investigator; now at Univ. of Washington)<\/p>\n<p>Ankitha Kannad (2018, Summer guest student from Bryn Mawr College, now at Scripps Institute of Oceanography)<\/p>\n<p>Canbo Xiao (2018-2019, Guest student from Zhejiang Univ., now Assistant Prof. at Sun Yat-sen Univ.)<\/p>\n<p>Xiaodan Li (2019-2021, Guest student from Ocean University of China)<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Partida (2020-2022, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<p>Jiabi Du (2019-2021, Postdoc Investigator, now Assistant Prof. at TAMU-Galveston)<\/p>\n<p>Hilde Oliver (2019-2021, Postdoc Scholar, now Assistant Scientist II at WHOI)<\/p>\n<p>Yilang Xu (2018-2024, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<p>Alan Gaul (2019-2025, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<p>Keston Smith (2023-2024, Research Associate III)<\/p>\n<p>Bofu Zheng (2023-2026, Postdoc Investigator, now Assistant Professor at St. Mary&#8217;s College of Maryland)<\/p>\n<p>Phadtaya &#8216;Pad&#8217; Poemnamthip (2019-2026, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student)<\/p>\n<p>Xueding Wang (2025, Guest Student from University of Tokyo)<\/p>\n<p>Savannah Russell (2026, Summer Student Fellow from Rhodes College)<\/p>\n<h4>Group Photos<\/h4>\n<p>Aug 2026:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/IMG_1678-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aug 2024:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/20240830-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oct 2023:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/20231020_groupphoto-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aug 2022:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/10\/202208-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aug 2021:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2023\/10\/202108-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aug 2020:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/staff\/wzhang\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/08\/zoom_group_photo_wgz2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Personelle Principle Investigator Weifeng (Gordon) Zhang Research Associates Yan Jia Zihua Liu Postdoctoral Researchers Dongxiao Yin Jilian Xiong Students Galen Wilcox (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student) Hans Chen (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student) Camille Wardlaw (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student) Lilian Zhu (MIT-WHOI Joint Program student) Alumni Cristina Schultz (2016-2019, MIT-WHOI Joint Program student; 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