Yi Tang

Yi Tang

PROFESSOR
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING
BIOENGINEERING

The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation Chair in Chemical Engineering

5531 Boelter Hall

Email: yitang@ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-0375

Websites

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
  • Synthetic Biology
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
https://sites.google.com/site/yitanglab/publications?authuser=0
IN THE NEWS
EDUCATION
  • BSc, Pennsylvania State University, 1997
  • PhD, California Institute of Technology, 2002
  • NIH Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, 2002-2004
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow (2023)
  • Fellow of the American Association of Arts and Sciences (AAAS) (2023)
  • Royal Society of Chemistry Horizon Prize in Bioorganic Chemistry (Team lead) (2021)
  • Society of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology Charles Thom Award (2019)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Sun Chan Memorial Award in Organic Chemistry, the 14th International Symposium for Chinese Organic Chemists (ISCOC) (2016)
  • California Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering Robert W. Vaughan Lectureship (2015)
  • American Chemical Society Eli Lilly Award in Biological Chemistry (2014)
  • National Institute of Health Director’s Office Pioneer Award (DP1) (2012)
  • Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (2012)
  • American Chemical Society (ACS) Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, 2012
  • The Saville Lecturer at Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 2011
  • American Chemical Society Division of Biochemical Technology (BIOT) Young Investigator Award, 2011
  • National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Frontiers in Engineering Invitee, 2010
  • Society for Industrial Microbiology (SIM) Young Investigator Award, 2010
  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AlChE) Allan P. Colburn Award, 2009
  • Sloan research Fellowship, 2009
  • Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP) Concept Award, 2008
  • The Camille Dreyfus Teacher Scholar Award, 2008
  • The David and Lucile Packard Foundation Fellowship, 2007
  • UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, 2007
  • Presidential Early Career Award in Science and Engineering (PECASE), 2006
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2006
  • UCLA AlChE Student Chapter Professor of the Year Award, 2005, 2006
  • American Heart Association National Scientist Development Grant Award, 2005-2009
  • National Research Award, National Institute of Health, 2002-2004
  • Whitaker Graduate Research Fellowship in Biomedical Eningeering, 1997-2002
  • Caltech 10K Business Plan Competition Winner, 2000
  • Constantin Economou Award for Excellency in Graduate Research, 1999
  • Elizabeth and Holmes Memorial Scholarship, 1993-1997
  • Dow Chemical Co. Outstanding Student in Material Science and Engineering, 1995
  • The 1934 Penn State Alumni Scholarship Award, 1995