Dr. Yonggang Ke

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Yonggang Ke's research is highly interdisciplinary, combining chemistry, biology, physics, materials science, and engineering. His overall mission is to use interdisciplinary research tools to program nucleic-acid-based 'beautiful structures and smart devices' at the nanoscale, leveraging scientific exploration for technological applications. Specifically, his team focuses on developing new DNA self-assembly paradigms to construct DNA nanostructures with greater structural complexity, controllable sizes, and shapes. They are also working on new imaging and drug delivery systems based on DNA nanostructures, exploring the design of novel DNA-based nanodevices to understand basic biological questions at the molecular level, and developing DNA-templated protein devices to create artificial bioreactors. In cancer-related research and applications, Ke focuses on using DNA/RNA nanostructures as drug delivery vehicles and is interested in employing these nanostructures to study cancer cell biology at the molecular level.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2019-08-01 — Present

Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering • Atlanta, GA

Educator and researcher focusing on the development of advanced biomedical engineering applications.

Requirements for Emory University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
B.S. in Life or Natural Sciences General Biology course General Microbiology course Microbiology subspecialty course (e.g., virology, immunology)
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Statement of Purpose
  • CV/Resume
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Unofficial transcripts
Specialization Notes

Part of the Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (GDBBS). GRE is not required.