Scholar Profile
Richard Ruan
Biotechnology
Biography
Richard Ruan is a Senior Associate Scientist at Alexion-AstraZeneca within their cardiac genomic medicines group, AI implementation committee, and lab automation team. Prior to this, he worked at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in the Ellinor Lab and its collaborations with Bayer and Novo Nordisk. Richard also directs the Neuro International Collaboration in conducting research on neuro-clinical topics with physician-scientists at McGill University.
Richard studied at UC Berkeley as a Haas Scholar and Regents' and Chancellor's Scholar, majoring in Bioengineering. He completed an honors thesis on Dengue Virus and SARS-CoV-2 host-virus interactions in the Harris Lab, and has held prior research roles at UCSF Pulmonary Immunology, UCSF Brain Tumor Center, Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, and USC Stem Cell.
High school: West High School
Degrees
| College | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|
University of California - BerkeleyBerkeley, CA |
2022 | B.S. Bioengineering |
News and Highlights
Future Physician-Scientist: Congratulations to Richard Ruan, MS ‘18, for being selected as a Berkeley Haas Scholar for his academic and community achievements. Each year, twenty highly qualified, academically talented undergraduates with financial need are selected to come together to build a supportive intellectual community during their final year at UC Berkeley. As a Haas Scholar, Richard's senior year project will be identifying host factors critical for dengue virus NS1 and SARS-CoV-2 Spike pathogeneses. Congratulations again, Ruan! We are excited to see all that will emerge from your work!