Yifan Dai, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the WashU McKelvey School of Engineering, has been named to the 2025 Forbes “30 Under 30” list in the Science category.
Dai’s expertise lies in decoding and encoding the physical chemistry of biological soft matter to understand biology and engineer precision medicine. His research aims to design synthetic biology-based therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders, including ALS and Alzheimer’s diseases and antibiotic-resistant infections.
Read more on the McKelvey Engineering website.
