Jiang lab
Meet the Team

Principal Investigator
Kaiyi Jiang
Kaiyi completed his Ph.D. in Biological Engineering at MIT, where he developed technologies in RNA-guided systems, protein engineering, and synthetic biology under the guidance of Drs. Omar Abudayyeh, Jonathan Gootenberg, and Michael Birnbaum. Then, he joined Amgen as the inaugural Amgen Science Fellow under the mentorship of Dr. Howard Chang, where he leads a group in using deep learning and synthetic biology approaches to design novel therapeutic modalities. Previously, He did his undergraduate studies at Rice University, where he worked with Dr. Caleb Bashor on post-translational protein circuits for mammalian cell programming. His research has been recognized by awards including MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 (TR35) list and Wishnok Prize from MIT.




Lab Members

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Previous Mentees
Josephine Carscadden, Research Associate, Now Master's student at UZH (May 2024–June 2025)
Katrina Yang, High School Intern (May 2024–Aug 2024)
Rahul Rajendran, Undergraduate Intern (May 2024–Aug 2024)
Jett Liu, Rotational Student, MIT Microbiology (Jan 2024–Mar 2024)
Kai Wang, Rotational Student, Harvard BBS (Jan 2024–Mar 2024)
Samantha Sgrizzi, Research Associate, Now PhD at UW-Seattle (2022–2024)
Michael Trinh, Undergraduate Student, Now PhD at Mcgill University (Jan 2023–Dec 2023)
Benyapa Khowpinitchai, Rotational Student, Harvard BBS (Feb 2023–June 2023)
Shuchen Luo, Rotational Student, MIT Chemistry (Aug 2022–Dec 2022)
Kathrin Kajderowicz, Rotational Student, MIT Brain and Cognitive Sciences (Jan 2024–Mar 2024)