Yang, Fang

Research Associate
Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University

Comparative Genomics Lab, 2008-2015

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Nutritional Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2015)

Certificate in Business Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)   

M.Sc., Animal Nutrition and Feed Science, China Agricultural University (2007)

B.Sc., Animal Science, China Agricultural University (2005)

National Computer Rank Examination Certificate, Grade 2 Language, China Agricultural University (2004)

 

PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS

Developing methods to compare microbiomes, the effect of diet on gut microbiome, and taxonomic and functional profiles of vaginal microbiomes

 

HONORS

Frank W. Kari Endowed Memorial Award, Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2013)

William C. Rose Award, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (2011)

Women in Bioinformatics Award, Association for Computer Machinery (ACM) International Conference on Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (ACM-BCB) (2011)

Graduate College Travel Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2011)

Abbott Nutrition Scholarship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2010)

Second-class Scholarship and Social Activity Award, China Agricultural University (2003)

First-class Scholarship and Excellent Student Leader Award, China Agricultural University (2003)

First-class Scholarship and Top-grade Scholarship, China Agricultural University (2002)