John Yichen Zhu, PhD Student (2023-Current)

PhD Student


John received his B.S. degree in Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics from UCLA in 2023. He is currently a Ph.D. student in Immunity, Microbes, and Molecular Pathogenesis (IMMP) home area at UCLA. He joined the Yang Lab in February of 2022 as an undergraduate researcher, then in Summer 2023 as a PhD student. John works on  unconventional T cells from biology to “off-the-shelf” cancer immunotherapies.

Besides research and classes, John enjoys sleeping, reading novels, and eating delicious food.

yichenzhujohn@g.ucla.edu