Jiaqi a Ph.D. student in molecular nutrition, working with Dr. Yuhan Wang. She earned dual bachelor’s degrees in Biological Sciences and Psychology from the University of California, Irvine, and subsequently completed an M.S. in Human Nutrition at Columbia University. For the past 1.5 years, she has worked as a senior technician at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Her research investigates the molecular mechanisms through which nutrients and foods influence the body, brain, and metabolic systems. Outside the lab, Jiaqi is committed to community education through her involvement with CHIFAN, a nonprofit organization that promotes healthy eating habits among Chinese Americans. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, cooking, playing the saxophone, and practicing Chinese calligraphy.  

Identify how DMV(Dorsal Motor Nucleus of Vagus Nerve) Neuron cell subtypes project different functions to digestive organs (e.g. stomach and pancreas) in Yuhan Wang lab.

Plumber, S.A., Tate, T., Al-Ahmadie, H., Li, J. et al. Rosiglitazone and trametinib exhibit potent anti-tumor activity in a mouse model of muscle invasive bladder cancer. Nat Commun 15, 6538 (2024). Pulished 2024 August 02. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024- 50678-2 ▪ Cardenas A, Bai Y, Hajy Heydary Y, Li J, Leslie FM, Lotfipour S. Sex- and Genotype-Dependent Nicotine-Induced Behaviors in Adolescent Rats with a Human Polymorphism (rs2304297) in the 3'-UTR of the CHRNA6 Gene. Int J Mol Sci. 2022;23(6):3145. Published 2022 Mar 15. doi:10.3390/ijms23063145 ▪ Li J, Cardenas A, Lotfipour S. (2022) Sex-Dependent Nicotine-Induced Behaviors in Sprague-Dawley Adolescent Rats. Journal of Undergraduate Research in Biological Science 2022. ▪ Li J, Lai J. (2021) Evolution and Analysis of the Turkish Diet Patterns: different time periods, income-different people, and the incidence of chronic diseases. EECS 2021

M.S., Human Nutrition, Columbia University at the City of New York
B.S., Biological Science, University of California Irvine
B.A., Psychology, University of California Irvine