Chuan Yang is a Principal Scientist at the A*STAR Bioprocessing Technology Institute. He has more than 70 peer-reviewed publications and holds more than 20 US patents as a primary inventor. His research focuses on nanodrug carriers, encompassing the design and preparation of biomedical polymer materials for drug, gene and siRNA delivery; the fabrication of biological hydrogels; and the development of novel antibacterial and antiviral agents. His current work centres on designing lipid-functionalised compounds as ionisable lipids for nucleic acid therapeutics or vaccines, as well as developing functional polymers to formulate PEG-free lipid nanoparticles for safe and effective mRNA delivery.
