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Yuanzhi Bian

BSE Ph.D. Student
  • BSE Graduate Assistant
  • Research areas: Nanoparticle-based vaccine development; rational incorporation of molecular adjuvants in vaccine formulation
Yuanzhi Bian, Virginia Tech Biological Systems Engineering Graduate Student
HABB1 302-12

Ph.D., Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2025 Expected

B.S., Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2020

January 2022-present, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

August 2020-January 2022, Graduate Research Assistant, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

August 2019-May 2020, Undergraduate Student Researcher, Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech

  • Teaching Assistant for BSE-3524 Unit Operations 01/2022 – 05/2022
  • Teaching Assistant for BSE-4564/5564G Metabolic Engineering 01/2022 – 05/2022

My research is focused on the rational incorporation of molecular adjuvants in lipid-PLGA hybrid nanoparticles for therapeutic applications. Molecular adjuvants have been demonstrated to improve the potency of various immunotherapies, while the nanoparticles are efficient drug delivery vehicles. Altogether, my study aims to establish an optimum formulation of molecular adjuvants in lipid-PLGA hybrid nanoparticles based on immune efficiencies in vitro and in vivo. The resultant adjuvant-nanoparticle platform can then be applied in immunotherapies against diverse diseases and health conditions.