Awarded in 2026
Home Department: Computer Science
Faculty Advisors: Jure Leskovec (Computer Science) and Zinaida Good (Medicine – Immunology & Rheumatology)

Research Title: AI-Guided Design of Safer and More Effective CAR T Cell Therapies

CAR T cell therapy engineers a patient’s immune cells to fight disease, but it does not work for everyone and can cause serious side effects. Kuan’s research develops AI foundation models that learn from millions of cells to predict patient responses and virtually test promising modifications, accelerating the development of safer, more effective, and personalized cell therapies.