People

Here is a list of all lab members.
To see a photo album of the lab, go to this page.
For photos and details of former lab members, see this page.

The PI

Jackson Champer was born in 1986 in New York City. He received a B.S. in physics and mathematics from the University of Oregon and a M.S. in physics from UCLA. Jackson then switched his focus to biology, receiving a Ph.D. from City of Hope Beckman Research Institute in 2015. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University with Philipp Messer and Andrew Clark from May 2016 until March 2021. Jackson opened his lab at Peking University in late May 2021.
email: jchamper@pku.edu.cn
Jackson Champer's CV
Postdoctoral Researchers
Jie Du earned her PhD during 2014-2020 at the Institute of Zoology in the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She joined the Champer lab at Peking University in December 2020 and formally started when the lab opened in May 2021.
Xuejiao Xu majored in Agriculture Entomology and Pest Management in Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University. During 2019 to 2021, she studied in the Pirbirght Institute in the UK as a visiting student, testing a CRISPR-based split drive system in the economically important agricultural pest Plutella xylostella. She joined the Champer Lab in July 2021 shortly after obtaining her PhD.
Graduate Students
Yiran Liu obtained a master’s degree studying at Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences from 2017 to 2020, majoring in Invasion Biology. She joined the Champer lab in April 2021 and formally started in May 2021. Yiran Liu officially enter the Peking University SLS graduate program in 2023.
Weizhe Chen majored in Biological Science at Ocean University. She joined the lab in December 2021 for her undergraduate thesis. She continued in the lab as a PhD student for the 2022 PTN program class.
Ruobing Feng majored in biotechnology at Ocean University. She is a PhD student in the 2022 SLS graduate program.
Xinyue Zhang majored in bioinformatics at Harbin Institute of Technology. She is a PhD student in the 2022 SLS graduate program.
Yingke Wu majored in plant protection at Nanjing Agricultural University. She is a PhD student in the 2022 SLS graduate program.
Other Postgraduate Lab Members
Xihua Jia obtained a Ph.D. in the Institute of Biological Engineering, Beijing. She then received 8 months of postdoctoral training in McGill University before working as a research scientist in Chronogen R&D, Canada until 2007. During past ten years, she worked in PKU as a research technician. Jia joined the Champer lab in July 2021.
Jialiang Guo earned his master's degree from Imperial College London. He has worked as a researcher in the Champer Lab since October 2022. Jialiang will join the PTN graduate program in autumn 2024.
Shibo Hou obtained a Master of Research degree from the Systems and Synthetic Biology program at Imperial College London, where she focused on studying the development of CRISPR/Cas9 gene drives for sex conversion in medfly. With a strong interest in molecular biology and genetic engineering, she is excited to apply her skills to ongoing research efforts that utilize innovative technology to address important biological questions. She joined the Champer lab at Peking University in February 2023.

Additional Lab Members

Postdocs: Jie Yang
Graduate Students: Nicky Faber (co-advised, based at Wageningen University), Xiaozhen Yang (long-term visiting M.S. student from Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University)
Undergraduates: Chengwei Shi, Jiahe "Carol" Li, Jialing Fang, Weitang Sun, Yuqi Zhang, Jinyu Zhu, Ziye Wang
Other Lab Members: Ning "Charlene" Xia, Ruizhi (Rachel) Zhou, Yang Zhang, Yuna Cho


A monument (to molecular biology?) built by students of Jackson Champer during summer 2011.