Tian Yang

Tian Yang is currently a Scientist I in Protein Engineering at Life Edit Therapeutics since September 2023. Prior to this role, Tian served as a Doctoral Student Researcher at Duke University Pratt School of Engineering from August 2018 to August 2023, where research focused on developing multiagent screening for directed evolution and served as a Teaching Assistant for BME590L Biotech Design. Earlier experience includes research assistant positions at Tsinghua University, contributing to synthetic biology projects involving CRISPR-Cas tools, medical image deep learning for breast cancer diagnosis, and metabolic engineering of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Tian holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry & Biology from Tsinghua University, along with a minor in Journalism & Communications.