People
Meet Our Team
Xiaoqiu “Churchill” Wang, Ph.D., Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
- B.Sc., China Agricultural University
- Ph.D., China Agricultural University
- Ph.D., Texas A&M University
- Postdoctorate, NIEHS/NIH
Email: xwang97@ncsu.edu
Ethan J. Lee
Research Technician
- B.Sc., Duke University
Email: ejlee6@ncsu.edu
Bangmin Liu, Ph.D.
Postdoc Fellow
- B.Sc., Shandong Agricultural University, China
- M.S., Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
- Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Email: bliu33@ncsu.edu
Sudikshya Paudel
Ph.D. Student
- DVM, Purbanchal University, Nepal
- M.S., North Carolina State University
Email: spaudel2@ncsu.edu
Magdalina Cummings
Ph.D. Student
- B.Sc., North Carolina State University
Email: mjcummin@ncsu.edu
Skye C. Sgouridis
Ph.D. Student
- B.Sc., University of Dundee, United Kingdom
- M.S., North Carolina State University
Email: scsgouri@ncsu.edu
Cristina Hernandez-Rubio
Postbaccalaureate Researcher
- B.Sc., North Carolina State University
Email: cshernan@ncsu.edu
J. Grace Port
Undergraduate Student
Animal Science, North Carolina State University
Email: jgport@ncsu.edu
Previous Members
| Name | Academic Program / Department (Title) | Tenure in the Lab | Last Known Position / Affiliation |
| Dynah Sutton | Molecular & Structural Biochemistry | IBMP (MS) | 10/2024 – 4/2025 | Return to IBMP |
| Hope Dillard | Animal Science (undergrad) | 9/2024 — 5/2025 | Graduated in May, 2025 |
| Riley Partin | Animal Science (undergrad) | 1/2024 – 5/2025 | Unknown |
| Victoria Peterson | Molecular & Structural Biochemistry | IBMP (MS) | 8/2023 – 10/2023 | Return to IBMP |
| Ariana Hay | Animal Science (undergrad) | 8/2023 – 12/2023 | Unknown |
| Emily Spencer | Animal Science (undergrad) | 8/2023 – 12/2023 | Unknown |
| Kira Williams | Animal Science (undergrad) | 8/2023 – 12/2023 | DVM Student at NCSU |
| Skye C. Sgouridis | Physiology (MS) | 6/2023 – 12/2023 | PhD Program at NCSU |
| Cristina Hernandez-Rubio | Animal Science | ASSURE (undergrad) | 4/2023 – 12/2024 | Postbaccalaureate Researcher |
| Mariangel Barrios | Animal Science | ASSURE (undergrad) | 4/2023 – 8/2023 | Unknown |
| Kayree Ling | Biological Sciences (undergrad) | 9/2022 – 12/2023 | Unknown |
| Jordan G. Porter | Animal Science (undergrad) | 12/2021 – 5/2023 | Unknown |
| River A. Price | Animal Science (undergrad) | 9/2021 – 5/2023 | DVM Student at NCSU |
| Aymen Elzawam, DVM/PhD | Research Technician | 1/2021 – 10/2021 | Postdoc in Antoniak Lab at UNC-Chapel Hill |
| Regan H. Mitchem | Animal Science (undergrad) | 9/2020 – 5/2022 | DVM Student at NCSU |
| Madelaine C. Kuwada | Animal Science (undergrad) | 12/2019 – 3/2020 | DVM Student at NCSU |
| Nicholas H. Cournoyer | Animal Science (undergrad) | 12/2019 – 3/2020 | Unknown |
| Jacoby C. Clark | BS in Biological Sciences (undergrad) | 11/2019 – 3/2020 | MS in San Francisco State University |