Zachary Spencer Dunn, Visiting PhD Student (2021-2023)

Graduate Student


Zach graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. degree from UCR in 2018, where he also investigated protein engineering and played two years of Division 1 soccer. He was a PhD candidate in the Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at USC when he joined the Yang Lab as a visiting PhD student in 2021-2023. At both universities Zach worked on improving the solid tumor efficacy of cell therapies.

Besides research, Zach enjoyed reading, writing, and playing soccer.

After his PhD training at the Yang Lab, Zach joined the Guggenheim Securities (Boston, Massachusetts) as an Equity Research Associate.