STUDENT PROFILES
Yun-Ling Wong
Area
Biological Engineering, Global HealthFocus
Wong not only spent her high school years working in Robert Langer's lab at MIT but also enrolled at MIT as an undergraduate to study chemical engineering and biology. Today, she investigates novel drug delivery methods and keeps in close touch with her once mentor.Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S.B. in Chemical Engineering; S.B. in BiologyUsing engineering to solve biological problems and taking an interdisciplinary approach has broadened my horizons.
I am able to get the best of many worlds: strong engineering background ... and the biological, medical and global health perspective from the School of Public Health.
My research is at the edge of chemical engineering and biology. Our team is working on a novel method for delivering the tuberculosis vaccine. We collaborate with a biological/infectious disease lab.
In each meeting, the biologists are teaching the engineers something new and vice versa. The best exchanges are when we stop each other and say, ‘I know this might be a dumb question, but...’
Ultimately, the direct application and need for this vaccine is a compelling motivator.
Knowing that there is a possibility to make a difference motivates me to continue to persevere.