CV

Curriculum vitae of Zhe (Monica) Zhong.

Contact Information

Name Zhe (Monica) Zhong
Professional Title Bioengineer and Immunoengineering Researcher
Email [email protected]

Professional Summary

Researcher developing immune organoid and organ-on-chip platforms for predictive immunology, vaccine response modeling, and translational biomaterials.

Experience

  • 2020 - Present
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Georgia Institute of Technology

    Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering

    Advisor: Dr. Ankur Singh
    • Led development of human immune organoids to evaluate vaccine and adjuvant responses in healthy and diseased donors
    • Published in high-impact journals including Nature Materials
    • Co-inventor on multiple patents in immune tissue engineering
  • 2018 - 2020
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Cornell University

    Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering

    Advisor: Dr. Minglin Ma
    • Developed cell-therapy strategies for type 1 diabetes
    • Published work in Nature Communications
  • 2015 - 2018
    Research Associate
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Department of Biology

    Advisor: Dr. Laurie Boyer
    • Conducted high-throughput screening to identify pathways regulating cardiomyocyte maturation and regeneration
  • 2015 - 2017
    Research Associate (DARPA Program)
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Department of Biological Engineering

    Advisor: Dr. Linda Griffith
    • Developed and characterized cardiac microphysiological systems
  • 2013 - 2015
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    Harvard-MIT HST / Boston University CReM

    Boston, MA, USA

    Advisors: Dr. Ali Khademhosseini, Dr. Gustavo Mostoslavsky, Dr. Shrike Zhang
    • Developed 3D bioprinting approaches for multiple cell types, including iPSCs and HUVECs

Education

  • 2020 - 2025

    Atlanta, GA, USA

    PhD
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Bioengineering and Mechanical Engineering
  • 2018 - 2020

    Ithaca, NY, USA

    PhD (transferred)
    Cornell University
    Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • 2011 - 2015

    Boston, MA, USA

    Bachelor of Science
    Boston University
    Biomedical Engineering

Awards

  • 2025
    Rising Stars in Mechanical Engineering Workshop
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 2025
    1st Place, Immune Engineering SIG Poster Competition
    Society for Biomaterials
  • 2025
    Outstanding Paper Award
    Georgia Tech Bioengineering Program
  • 2024
    GT NEXT Award
    Georgia Tech Office of Technology Licensing
  • 2024
    Student Award
    Society for Biomaterials South Regional Symposium

Publications

  • 2025
    Human Immune Organoids to Decode B Cell Response in Healthy Donors and Lymphoma Patients
    Nature Materials
  • 2023
    Profiling Germinal Center-like B Cell Responses to Conjugate Vaccines Using Synthetic Immune Organoids
    ACS Central Science
  • 2023
    Combinatorial Targeting of Aberrant Signaling Pathways in Lymphomas Rescues Tumor Microenvironment-mediated Attenuation of MALT1 Inhibitors
    Nature Materials