Postdoctoral Scholar
California Institute of Technology
PASADENA, California, United States
Dr. Yuxing Yao is a Resnick postdoctoral scholar in Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology working with Prof. Mikhail G. Shapiro. Dr. Yao received his B.S. in Chemistry from Tsinghua University and his Ph.D. in Chemistry and Chemical Biology from Harvard University. His research focuses on developing soft functional materials to interface with Biology. Yuxing’s work has been recognized by the Foresight Institute Distinguished Student Award (Previous awardees: Yi Cui (Stanford), Jing Kong (MIT)) and DSM Science & Technology Award Finalist (4 ppl. nationwide under the ACS Div. of Polymer Chemistry).
Non-invasive actuation of chemical reactions through mechanochemistry and gas vesicle proteins
Friday, October 13, 2023
5:15 PM – 5:30 PM PDT