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
Kate Olson
PhD candidate, MCEB program (2022 – )
joined to CY lab in 2023
Received NIH T32 Developmental Biology Training grant!
B.S. Brigham Young University
Email: kate.christensen at utah.edu
Nate Raymond
PhD student, MCEB program
joined 2024
B.S. University of Utah
Email: nathan.raymond at utah.edu
Abigail Bruzual
SRI undergraduate student
SRI TA
UROP awards 2024 Fall and 2025 Spring
ASPB SURF award 2025
Yejin Park
2024 SRI undergraduate student
Mark Gonzalez
2025 SRI undergraduate student
Kay-C Pornillos
2025 SRI undergraduate student
Ella McNeely
2025 SRI undergraduate student
Vera Lee
2026 Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aiden Jihoon Yoo
Honorary member of HYoo Lab and CYoo Lab
Uintah Elementary School (2023 Fall – Current)
UKids kindergarten (2022-2023)
Biokids Preschool (2022)
Former members
Kate Clement, SRI student, 2025
Sih-An Liao, BSc, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2024-2026
Min Doan, BSc, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2023-2025
Jae-Hyung Lee, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher, 2022-2025, currently in Michigan State University (research associate in Brandizzi lab)
Clove Wellman, MCEB rotation graduate student – 2024 Fall (joined to Leslie Sieburth lab)
Elise Hegerle, BSc, Honors student, 2024-2025
Quenna Yuan, SRI student, 2024
Keene Golden, Salt Lake Center for Science Education high school researcher, 2024
Jiyeon Hyun, MCEB rotation graduate student – 2023 Spring (joined to Heejin Yoo lab)
Sandhya Senthilkumar, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2022-2023
Scott Perkins, BSc, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2022-2023
Lexie Bingman, BSc, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2023-2024
Madi Dean, BSc, Undergraduate Research Assistant, 2023-2024
Claire DeSilva, SRI student, 2024