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Chan Yul Yoo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
School of Biological Sciences, University of Utah

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University
Assistant Project Scientist, University of California Riverside
Postdoctoral Researcher, Duke University
Ph.D., Purdue University
B.S., Yonsei University, South Korea
Office: ASB382A
Email: chanyul.yoo at utah.edu
Phone: (801) 585-1929

Jaehyung Lee, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology,
Seoul National University, South Korea
B.S. Biochemistry, Myong Ji University, South Korea
Email: jaehyung.lee at utah.edu

Sandhya Sentilkumar

Undergraduate Researcher

Class of 2026

Scott Peerkins

Undergraduate Research Assistant
– 2023 Spring UROP award

Class of 2024

Kate Christensen

PhD student (rotation), MCEB program

B.S. Brigham Young University

Email: kate.christensen at utah.edu

Jiyeon Hyun

PhD student (rotation), MCEB program

M.S. Plant Science, Seoul National University
B.S. Plant Science, Seoul National University

Email: jiyeon.hyun at utah.edu

Lexie Bingman

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Min Doan

SRI undergraduate student

Abigail Bruzual

SRI undergraduate student

Aiden Jihoon Yoo

Honorary member of HYoo Lab and CYoo Lab

Ukids (2022-Current)
Biokids graduated on Aug 2022






Graduate Students

Looking for graduate students to join our lab to have a scientific journey together! If you are interested in our lab for your rotation, please feel free to contact me! If you are prospective students, please contact me with any questions!






Undergraduate Students

Looking for talented undergraduate students who want to join my lab and pursue exciting research with learning molecular biology, cell biology, and genetic techniques!