Hongrong “Demi” Zhang (she/her) graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2019 with a B.S in Biomedical Engineering (BME) and received her M.S in BME from the University of Minnesota in 2021. Demi has worked on understanding the influence of aging on Osteoarthritis-related gene expression during her undergraduate study, and her results were presented in the 12th International Conference of the International Society for Hyaluronan Sciences. For her master’s study, Demi investigated the dynamic behavior of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the pancreatic tumor microenvironment using two-photon excitation microscopy and live tumor-slices. Her current research focuses on determining the mechanisms of engineered T cells migratory behaviors to maximize T cell infiltration and movement in the tumor microenvironment to elicit better therapeutic outcomes. Demi is also an active member of the Science for All outreach program that aims to educate middle schoolers on the scientific methods in STEM fields using hands-on, hypothesis-drive experiments. Outside the lab, Demi enjoys hiking, especially in the national parks with Guhan, road trips, watching movies, and hanging out with her two beautiful kitties.