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Basics

Name Leerang Yang
Summary I am a computational scientist interested in the intersection of machine learning, biology, chemistry, and engineering.

Work

  • 2025.06 - Present
    AI Research Scientist
    1910 Genetics
    I am working on generative models for molecular design by leveraging data from high-throughput experiments and physics based simulations.
    • Machine learning
  • 2023.11 - 2025.06
    Data Scientist
    Apriori Bio
    Apriori Bio is developing next-generation vaccines by leveraging high-throughput functional experiments, viral sequence and structure dataset, and machine learning models. I develop machine learning models, design protein libraries, and design novel immunogen sequences for in vitro/in vivo testing
    • Protein design
    • Machine learning
  • 2023.06 - 2023.08
    AI/ML Fellow
    Flagship Pioneering
    Flagship Pioneering creates life sciences companies. I worked on ideation for new companies that use machine learning and systems biology to develop new therapeutics.
    • Entrepreneurship
  • 2018.09 - 2023.10
    Graduate Researcher
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    I built large-scale stochastic evolutionary models combined with dynamic models to describe the evolution of antibody responses after vaccination.
    • Computational biology
    • Modeling
  • 2016.05 - 2018.05
    Airman
    Republic of Korea Air Force
    Served for 2 years in the Korean Air Force as a military translator. I was responsible for translating military documents and interpreting for joint drills with the U.S.
    • Communication
    • Leadership

Education

  • 2018.09 - 2023.10

    Cambridge, MA

    Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Inference and Information
    • Algorithms for Inference
    • Statistical Mechanics I
    • Introduction to Stochastic Processes
    • Numerical Methods in Chemical Engineering
    • Thermodynamics
    • Reaction Engineering
    • Transport Processes
  • 2012.09 - 2016.05

    New York, NY

    B.S. in Chemical Engineering
    Columbia University

Volunteer

  • 2020.10 - Present

    Cambridge, MA

    Volunteer
    Back Bay Mobile Soup Kitchen
    Weekly outreach to engage in conversations and distribute essentials to people at central square experiencing homelessness.

Awards

  • 2018.08
    Kwanjeong Educational Foundation Scholar
    Kwanjeong Educational Foundation
    Four year scholarship for graduate studies
  • 2016.01
    Charles F. Bonilla Medal
    Columbia University Chemical Engineering Department
    An award for outstanding academic merit in Chemical Engineering
  • 2012.08
    Egleston Scholar
    Columbia University
    A comprehensive four-year program designed to support and enrich the undergraduate experience of the most highly accomplished students through select access to resources within Columbia Engineering
  • 2012.08
    Korean Presidential Science Fellowship
    Korea Student Aid Foundation
    Four year full-tuition scholarship for undergraduate study'