Overview
Dr. Jason Yang is an Assistant Professor and Chancellor Scholar at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in
the Center for Emerging and Re-emerging Pathogens and Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry, and
Molecular Genetics. Dr. Yang completed a B.S. double major in Biomedical Engineering and Electrical
Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, his Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia,
and his postdoctoral training at MIT and the Broad Institute. Dr. Yang began his lab at Rutgers in 2019 and
now leads a multidisciplinary systems and synthetic biology research program focused on addressing
important challenges in antimicrobial resistance, tuberculosis, and immunoengineering. He has published
many papers in top journals including Cell, Science, and Nature Microbiology. He is also a recipient of a
NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independent Award, Agilent Early Career Professor Award, and American Society
for Microbiology Theobald Smith Society Young Investigator Award.
Education
PHD, 2012, University of Virginia
Curriculum Vitae
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