Yamin Zhang (张亚敏)
Presidential Young Professorship
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
Department of Biomedical Engineering (joint)
National University of Singapore
Email: ymzhang@nus.edu.sg
Professional Appointments
04/2024 – Current: Presidential Young Professorship, National University of Singapore
07/2023 – 01/2024: Research Associate, Northwestern University
02/2021 – 06/2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
Education
08/2016 – 12/2020: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
09/2013 – 07/2016: B.S., Finance (Double Major), Nankai University
09/2012 – 07/2016: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University
Professional Service
2025-Current: Advisory Board Member, Cell Biomaterials
2025-Current: Early Career Advisory Board Member, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
2024-Current: Early Career Advisory Board Member, Chem & Bio Engineering
Selected Honors and Awards
2025, MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 (TR35) Global List
2025, Invited Young Scientist, 2025 World Laureates Forum (WLF)
2023, Second Century Early Faculty Independence Award, American Heart Association
2022, MIT ChemE Rising Stars
2021, Sigma Xi Best PhD Thesis Award
Celebrating Lunar New Year 2025
Zhang Group @ NUS 
