Dr. Yifan Cheng has recently been awarded a prestigious fellowship by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) of the US Department of Agriculture. The project aims to develop enzymatic membrane reactors using the iCVD technique to valorize food processing waste streams that are outside the “comfort zones” of regular enzymes. Cheng is a postdoctoral researcher in Professor Rong Yang's lab in the Robert Frederick Smith School of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering.
This is a highly competitive honor, awarded to only five graduate students at Cornell. And given to individuals that embody the five founding principles of character, leadership, advocacy, service... Read more about Jesus Lopez Baltazar, of the Yu Group, was elected to the Bouchet Honor Society
Empire AI, a $400 million effort to create a shared academic research computing facility, is set to advance dozens of ambitious, cross-disciplinary projects at Cornell. Read more about As Empire AI dawns, Cornell lays groundwork for public good
Assistant professor Rong Yang will research a novel approach to ear infection treatment as the recipient of a 2023 Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Award. Read more about Yang receives Hartwell award to research ear infection treatment
