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Rong Yang

Assistant Professor

R.F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Location Olin Hall, Room 252
Email ryang@cornell.edu
Website Yang Group

Rong Yang

Graduate Field Affiliations: Biomedical Engineering; Chemical Engineering; Materials Science and Engineering; Microbiology

Research Interests

Polymers and Soft Matter
Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine
Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials
Molecular and Cellular Engineering

In the News

Kirby, Yang receive Creative Teaching awards

Brian Kirby, Meinig Family Professor, and Rong Yang, assistant professor, have received Creative Teaching Awards from the Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation. Kirby won for his case study, Oral Assessments to Reinforce and Evaluate Student Learning: A Case…
CBE’s Yang awarded Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

Rong Yang,assistant professor (CBE), was awarded a 2024 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award. Presented by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, this award is presented to faculty who are within the first five years of their academic careers, have each…
‘Magic’ solvent creates stronger thin films

A new all-dry polymerization technique uses reactive vapors to create thin films with enhanced properties that could lead to improved polymer coatings for microelectronics, advanced batteries and therapeutics.
Eleven professors win NSF early-career awards

Researchers studying verification of randomized algorithms, police violence worldwide, polymer nanoparticle synthesis and robotics are among the 11 Cornell assistant and associate professors who have recently received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
Chemical engineer, animal scientist win 2022 Schwartz awards

Two faculty members – studying topics ranging from reproductive performance in dairy cows to the introduction of living organisms into material design – are winners of 2022 Schwartz Research Funds for Women and Other Underrepresented Faculty in the Life Sciences.