Associate Dean

Luyang Yu, Ph.D. received his B.S. degree in biological science and technology from Zhejiang University in 2000 and his Ph.D. degree in cell biology at Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2005. Afterwards he performed 4-year post-doctoral training and then worked as associate research scientist in Vascular Biology&Therapeutics program and Department of Pathology, Yale School of Medicine. In 2013, he was recruited back to College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University as professor and then appointed as associated dean in 2016. Dr. Yu is a member of NAVBO, AHA, ASIP, CAPS and CSMB. Dr. Yu's lab has extensively employed biochemical, cell biological, histological and mouse genetic approaches to define the role of post-translational modifications in mediating vascular development and vascular diseases, as well as cell therapy employing perinatal stem cells based on biomedical engineering. Dr. Yu has been the recipient of many awards, including AHA Scientist Development Award, A. D. Sobel - ASIP Education Fund Scholar Award and NSFC Excellent Young Scientist.