Dr. Rong Tong  
Email: rtong@vt.edu
Phone: 540-231-8231
Address: 275 Goodwin Hall, 635 Prices Fork Road,
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061



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​Appointments
Assistant Professor,   Virginia Tech (2015-present)       
Postdoc,   MIT & Children's Hospital Boston (2010-2015  Mentor: Daniel Kohane and Robert Langer)

Education
Ph.D.,   University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2005-2010 Mentor: Jianjun Cheng)
B.S.,   Fudan University, China (2001-2005)

Awards and Honors:

• 2017    Emerging Investigators 2017 by Biomaterials Science
• 2017    2017 Class Influential Researchers by ACS Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
• 2011    AkzoNobel Award for outstanding graduate research in polymer chemistry, American Chemical Society (awarded to only one student per year in the US)
• 2009    Racheff-Intel Award for excellent graduate research, University of Illinois
• 2007    Siteman Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence (SCCNE) Graduate Student Fellowship, University of Illinois – Washington University

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