Yvonne was born and raised in Chicago, IL. She attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Chemical-Biological Engineering and Biology. While at MIT, Yvonne explored several research areas ranging from lipid nanoparticle delivery to CAR-T and CAR-NK cell engineering. Now, Yvonne is a PhD candidate in the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Graduate Program in Bioengineering. As a member of Dr. David Nguyen’s lab, Yvonne researches the genetic mutations that cause X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (X-SCID) through high-throughput CRISPR gene editing in primary human cells. She is also an NIH T32 Predoctoral Fellow and Bioengineering Department Scholar. Outside the lab, Yvonne enjoys pilates, film photography, and escaping reality through films/books.
Yvonne Rong
