QianYin

About
Yin previously worked as an instructor in the Institute for Immunology, Transplantation and Infection at Stanford University, which led to three patent applications. She obtained her Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her bachelor’s degree in chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China.

Her research lies at the interface of engineering and Immunology, employing a biomaterials-centric approach to precisely modulate the immune system and develop efficient therapies. During her time at Stanford University, she designed material tools that enable answering fundamental questions in immunology and developing advanced therapies against cancer and infectious diseases.

Research in the Yin lab focuses on employing a biomaterials-centric approach to elucidate the key mechanisms for potentiating or diversifying the immune responses, and in parallel, to precisely modulate the immune system and create new immunotherapies against cancer and infectious diseases. The lab leverages cutting-edge technologies in synthetic chemistry, materials science, nanotechnology, systems immunology and organoid models to advance developments in cancer immunotherapy and anti-viral vaccines. Yin’s ultimate goal is to translate these new technologies and therapies for clinical applications.

Professor Yin has 11 first-authored publications in prestigious journals, including Nature Materials, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Sciences, Cell Reports, Biomacromolecules and Polymer Chemistry.

She is the recipient of the CPRIT First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty award, Stanford Cancer Institute Fellowship/Ellie Guardino Research Fund, NCI CCNE-TD Pilot Project award, CRI Lloyd J Old Memorial Fellowship and Irvington Postdoctoral Fellowship, NCI M-CNTC Fellowship, Nadine Barrie Smith Memorial Fellowship, Beckman Institute Graduate Fellowship, 3M Graduate Fellow, and Racheff-Intel Award.

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology, China.

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• CPRIT First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty Award
• NCI CCNE-TD Pilot Project Award
• Racheff-Intel Award

Related Websites
Laboratory of Biomaterials for Immunoengineering
Texas Materials Institute

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