Yumeng joined Terrana Biosciences in 2021, where she plays a pivotal role in supporting the company’s science strategy. With expertise in RNA biology, she has held several key positions at Terrana, including Senior Scientist, Technology Innovation Lead, RNA Team Lead, and currently, Science Strategy Lead.  

 Prior to Terrana, Yumeng was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University, where she pioneered novel methods for RNA structure characterization in living cells. She also taught three undergraduate courses regarding RNA biology and CRISPR technology with the Dean’s Teaching Fellowships. Yumeng earned her Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, focusing on engineering self-assembling RNAs as innovative nanotechnology building blocks for gene therapy. Her graduate research was supported by a prestigious American Heart Association Fellowship.  

Yumeng has published extensively in leading scientific journals in the RNA field, been invited to present her work at numerous international conferences and is an inventor on several patents. In addition to her Ph.D., she holds a B.S. in Biological Sciences from China Agricultural University.