Fang-Yi “Ida” Su

Fang-Yi “Ida” Su

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

Email: idasu@ucla.edu

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
  • Immunoengineering
  • RNA delivery
  • Engineered cell therapy
  • Genome editing
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS AND BOOKS
  • Y. Su*, J. C. Siebart*, C. S. Chan*, M. Y. Wang, X. Yao, A. S. Trenkle, A. Sivakumar, M. Su, R. Harandi, N. Shahrawat, C. H. Nguyen, A. Goenka, J. Mun, M. V. Dhodapkar, G. A. Kwong. Antigen-specific T cell immunotherapy by in vivo mRNA delivery. bioRxiv, 2024.
  • Y. Su, Q. Zhao, S. N. Dahotre, L. Gamboa, S. S. Bawage, A. D. Silva Trenkle, A. Zamat, H. Phuengkham, R. Ahmed, P. J. Santangelo, G. A. Kwong. In vivo mRNA delivery to virus-specific T cells by light-induced ligand exchange of MHC class I antigen-presenting nanoparticles. Science Advances, 2022, 25;8(8):eabm7950.
  • Y. Su*, Q. Mac*, A. Sivakumar, G. A. Kwong. Interfacing Biomaterials with Synthetic T cell Immunity. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 2021, e2100157.
EDUCATION
  • Postdoc, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2025
  • Ph.D., Bioengineering, University of Washington, 2018
  • M.S., Chemical Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2012
  • B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 2010
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • Postdoctoral Recognition Award, Society For Biomaterials, 2025
  • K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, NIH NCI, 2023-2028
  • Rising Stars in Engineering in Health, Cornell University, Johns Hopkins University, and Columbia University, 2023
  • Joint Funding Postdoctoral Fellowship, Georgia institute of Technology and Peking University (China), 2019-2023
  • International Student Research Fellowship, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), 2015-2018