Yann-Ru Lou

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Plant Biology at UC Davis. I became a scientist because I found chemical structures cute. Before coming to UCD, I did my postdoctoral training at Michigan State University after completing my Ph.D. at Cornell University. The beauty, diversity and complexity of plant specialized metabolites has fascinated me since my undergraduate studies at National Taiwan University. Outside of research, I enjoy reading and strolling in the wilderness. If you would like to know more about my mentoring philosophy, you can find my mentoring statement here.

 

People who actually do the work

Regular Cast

Undergraduate Researcher

 

 

People who have since left the lab

Jr. Specialists

Alec Young (2024; next stop: graduate student at UC Davis)

Natalie Mark (2025; next stop: CLS program at San José State University)

Undergraduate Researchers

Priya Bajaj (2023)

Riva Guo (2023)

Natalie Mark (2024; next stop: Jr. Specialist at UC Davis)

Ethan Tran (2024; next stop: dental school at UCLA)

Nicolas Bonagura (2025; next stop: graduate student at UC Davis)

Deblina Pal (2025; next stop: R&D intern at Novonesis)

 

Visiting Scholars/Students

Paul Chang-Lin Song (visiting from National Taiwan University)

Rotation Students

Sarah Ng (IGG rotation student)

Sarif Morningstar (PBGG rotation student)

Hannah Peha (IGG rotation student)

Tinghau “Tim” Ruan (PBGG rotation student)

Win Teavir (BMCDB rotation student)