Chen (Cassie) Zhang

Cassie is currently a PhD candidate in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics program at Caltech. Cassie graduated from the Bachelor program in University of Toronto with a Specialist degree in Biological Physics, and a major in Physics. As an undergrad, Cassie worked in Dr. Jeffrey Lee’s Lab investigating protein-protein interactions and Dr.Siddharth Goyal’s lab studying cell reprogramming through single-cell RNA sequencing data. Her interests in Biophysics and cell biology led her to pursue a PhD program in the Stathopoulos lab studying the mechanisms of FGF protein signaling pathways. In her free time, Cassie enjoys reading Sci-fi books, experimenting with different makeup looks and having random discussions with ChatGPT.