Yvonne Chen, PhD Assistant Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Biography Prof. Chen’s research experience includes engineering RNA-based regulatory systems for mammalian systems, demonstrating the ability to achieve rapid, reversible, small-molecule–responsive control over T-cell proliferation in tissue culture and in animal models. As a postdoctoral scholar at the Seattle Children’s Research Institute and Harvard Medical School, Yvonne continued her research on engineering next-generation chimeric antigen receptors capable of logical computation of multiple antigen signals to enhance adoptive T-cell therapy for cancer. Yvonne was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and a recipient of the 2012 NIH Director’s Early Independence Award. Education & Training 2004: Stanford University, BS, Chemical Engineering 2011: California Institute of Technology, PhD, Chemical Engineering 2013: Harvard Medical School, Postdoc Awards & Honors 2016: National Science Foundation CAREER Award; Young Investigator Award in Cell and Gene Therapy for Cancer, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy 2015: Hellman Fellowship 2012: NIH Director’s Early Independence Award; Harvard University William F. Milton Fund 2011-2014: Junior Fellowship, Harvard Society of Fellows