Yi (Benny) Yang

Company: Biocytogen Pharmaceuticals (Beijing)

Job title: Chief Scientific Officer

Bio:

Dr. Yang received his Ph.D. degree in immunology from the University of Connecticut and completed his postdoctoral training at New York University School of Medicine. During 2014-2016, Dr. Yang worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of South Carolina Medical School. After returning to China in November 2016, he joined Biocytogen and has been leading the antibody drug discovery team. Dr. Yang has nearly 20 years of experience in immunology research. During his postdoctoral research in Dr. Dan Littman’s research group, he studied the immune regulation of Th17 cells in the gut and gut microbial immunity. He also led and co-authored a series of publications in Nature, Science and Cell. At Biocytogen, he advanced the screening and development of new antibody drugs and helped establish 12 product pipelines.