Prof. Rong Yang

Dr. Rong Yang is an assistant professor in the Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Cornell University. She received her B.S. in Chemical Engineering in 2009 from the Tsinghua University in Beijing, M.S.CEP from MIT in 2012, and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from MIT in 2014. From 2014-2016, she was a postdoctoral fellow at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, where she later became an assistant professor before joining Cornell in July 2019. Her research lies at the intersection of material science and biomedical engineering, with a focus on the molecular-level design of functional polymers, with applications in water purification, agriculture, and infectious disease treatment. Her work has been recognized by the NIH Pathway to Independence Award, the Child Heath Research Award from the Charles H. Hood Foundation, and the Anesthesia Foundation Distinguished Trailblazer Award at Children's Hospital, among others.