Zhe "Monica" Zhong

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-zhe-zhong-86ab7474/

Atlanta, GA

I’m Monica Zhong, a Ph.D. graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology. My research lies at the intersection of immunology, biomaterials, and tissue engineering, where I developed the first synthetic material–based human immune organoids, platforms that model how B and T cells respond to vaccines, infections, and cancer.

My work has been published in Nature Materials and recognized with multiple awards, including the Georgia Tech BioE Outstanding Paper Award, the NEXT Award for Innovation, and selection as a Rising Star in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Beyond the lab, I’m passionate about translating academic discoveries into real-world solutions. I’ve filed several patents and helped launch a startup supported by the Georgia Research Alliance to commercialize organoid-based immune technologies.

I’m driven by a vision to engineer the immune system for better human health—by bridging fundamental biology, advanced materials, and translational innovation.

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selected publications

PhysRev

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?

A. Einstein^*†, B. Podolsky^*, and N. Rosen^*

Phys. Rev., New Jersey. More Information can be found here , May 1935

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In a complete theory there is an element corresponding to each element of reality. A sufficient condition for the reality of a physical quantity is the possibility of predicting it with certainty, without disturbing the system. In quantum mechanics in the case of two physical quantities described by non-commuting operators, the knowledge of one precludes the knowledge of the other. Then either (1) the description of reality given by the wave function in quantum mechanics is not complete or (2) these two quantities cannot have simultaneous reality. Consideration of the problem of making predictions concerning a system on the basis of measurements made on another system that had previously interacted with it leads to the result that if (1) is false then (2) is also false. One is thus led to conclude that the description of reality as given by a wave function is not complete.