Yvonne Chen

Yvonne Chen

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
CHEMICAL AND BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

1602 Mol Sci Bldg

Email: yvchen@ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-2816

Websites

RESEARCH AND INTERESTS
  • Synthetic biology
  • Cell-based immunotherapy
NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS
EDUCATION
  • B.S. Stanford University, 2004
  • Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 2011
  • Postdoc, Harvard Medical School, 2013
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
  • Mark Foundation Emerging Leader Award, October 2018
  • Rose Hills Foundation Innovation Award, July 2018
  • Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award, October 2017
  • Member Researcher, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy. November 2016
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award, 2016
  • Young Investigator Award in Cell and Gene Therapy for Cancer, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, 2016
  • Hellman Fellowship, 2015
  • NIH Director’s Early Independence Award, 2012
  • Harvard University William F. Milton Fund, 2012
  • Junior Fellowship, Harvard Society of Fellows, 2011-2014