Ang Cui, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Developmental Biology at Harvard University

Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Affiliate Faculty, Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School

Associate Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

Harvard Catalyst Profile, Harvard Immunology Profile

Appointment

Assistant Professor, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Jan. 2023 – Present

Education

Postdoc, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, 2022
Ph.D., Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, Computer Science Concentration, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology, 2021
M.Sc., Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, 2015
B.A.Sc., Engineering Science, Major in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, 2013

Research and Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research in Systems Immunology, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Advisors: Dr. Nir Hacohen & Dr. Raymond T. Chung, 2021-2022
Ph.D. Research in Systems Immunology, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Advisor: Dr. Nir Hacohen, 2016-2021
Master’s Research in Systems Immunology, Yale School of Medicine. Advisor: Dr. Steven H. Kleinstein, 2013-2015
Undergraduate Research in Systems Immunology, University of Toronto. Advisors: Dr. Quaid Morris, Dr. Rae S.M. Yeung, 2009-2013
Summer Research in Molecular Biology and Engineering, Harvard University. Advisor: Dr. Aviva Presser Aiden, 2012
Summer Research in Semiconductor Physics, University of Würzburg, Germany. Advisor: Prof. Dr. Lukas Worschech, 2010

Venture Capital Fellow, Foresite Capital, 2022
Scientific Consultant, Altimmune Inc., 2021-2022
Clinical Rotation Student, Internal Medicine and Specialities, VA Hospital, Summer 2018/2019
Biomedical Engineer, LV Prasad Eye Institute Hyderabad, India, Summer 2016
Software Engineer, Timing Modeling, Altera/Intel FPGA, 2011-2012

Awards and Honors (selected)

2024, MIT Technology Review Global 35 Innovators Under 35
2023, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (Physiology and Medicine) Attendee and Panelist for “Artificial Intelligence and Medicine”
2023, International Cytokine and Interferon Society Christina Fleischmann Award for Excellence in Cytokine & Interferon Research
2023, American Association of Immunologists Trainee Abstract Award (submitted in 2022)
2021, American Association of Immunologists Late-Breaking Poster Award
2021, Helmsley Fellowship
2020-2021, MIT Wellington and Irene Loh Fund Fellowship
2020, International Cytokine and Interferon Society Milstein Abstract Award
2019-2020, MIT Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Fellowship
2015-2018, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship
2016, MIT Sandbox Entrepreneurial Fellowship
2016, Clearly Vision Prize Runner-up (team award)
2013-2014, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Master’s Fellowship
2013, Sunnybrook Prize for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Finalist
2008-2013, Dean’s Honour Roll (every semester)
2012, University of Toronto Engineering Science Summer Research Fellowship
2011, University of Toronto Engineering Puzzle Competition First Place Winner
2010, University of Toronto Engineering Science Robotics Competition First Place Winner
2010, University of Würzburg Summer Research Fellowship
2009, University of Toronto Molecular Genetics Summer Research Fellowship
2009, University of Toronto Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program Fellowship
2008, University of Toronto Galbraith Scholar
2008, University of Toronto Scholar
2008, University of Toronto President’s Scholar

Research Talks (selected)

2024, Invited Speaker, MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 Panel, Venture Cafe, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2024, Invited Speaker, Harvard Medical School Immunology Graduate Program Retreat, Lincoln, New Hampshire
2024, Invited Speaker and Panelist, Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies Big Data in Immunology Workshop, San Francisco, California
2024, Invited Speaker, Systems Immunology in Aging and Complex Diseases Meeting, The Jackson Laboratory, Farmington, Connecticut & Virtual
2024, Invited Speaker, Biomedical Engineering Department Seminar, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
2024, Invited Speaker, Harvard Medical School Department of Immunology Retreat, North Falmouth, Massachusetts
2024, Invited Speaker, Inflammation & Immunology Research Unit, Pfizer Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
2024, Invited Speaker, Xaira Therapeutics Seminar, San Francisco, California
2024, Invited Speaker, Department of Pharmacology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2023, Young Investigator Award Presentation, International Cytokine and Interferon Society Annual Meeting, Athens, Greece
2023, Invited Panelist, Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, Lindau, Germany
2023, Selected Abstract Presentation, European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) Congress, Vienna, Austria
2023, Invited Speaker, Human Immunology, Pathophysiology, Immunotherapy Retreat, Paris, France & Virtual
2023, Invited Speaker, Massachusetts General Hospital Liver Center, Boston, Massachusetts
2023, Abstract Award Presentation, American Association of Immunologists Annual Meeting, Washington D.C.
2023, Invited Speaker, Osteology Academy, Boston, Massachusetts
2023, Invited Speaker, Forsyth Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts
2022, Special Seminar, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
2021, Invited Speaker, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
2020, Abstract Award Presentation, International Cytokine and Interferon Society Annual Meeting, Virtual
2018, Invited Speaker, Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
2018, Invited Speaker, Center for Cancer Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Service (selected)

Journal Reviewer (ad hoc) for Nature Communications, BBA Reviews on Cancer, Current Opinion in Immunology, Immunity & Ageing, PLOS Computational Biology, Immunity, Inflammation and Disease; Co-Reviewer with Advisors (2015-2022) for Science, Cell, Nature Medicine, Science Immunology, PNAS, PLOS Computational Biology, 2015-Present
Thesis Committee Chair/Member for Harvard School of Dental Medicine DMSc Research Students, 2023-Present
NIH Study Section Member (ad hoc), NIH/HIVD Study Section, 2024
Admissions Interviewer, Harvard School of Dental Medicine DMSc Program, 2024
Member, Research Committee, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, 2023-2024
Poster Judge, Harvard School of Dental Medicine Research Day and AI in Dentistry Symposium, 2023-2024
Admissions Reviewer, Broad Institute Summer Scholars Research Program, 2021-2022
Admissions Interviewer, Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology PhD Program, 2021
Chair, Conference Travel Grant, MIT Graduate Student Council, 2019-2021
Thesis Reader for Master’s students, Department of Immunology, Harvard Medical School, 2017-2019
Student Government Member, MIT, Harvard, and Yale University, 2013-2021