Student Profiles

Tung developed an interest in genomics in immunology as a 2016 NYU SURP student with Dr. Dan Littman and pursued experimental genomics at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. As a research associate of Drs. Eric Lander and Jesse Engreitz, he investigated the noncoding genome in immune-mediated diseases. After witnessing the effects of COVID-19 on patientcare during medical school at UW-Madison, he became interested in how SARS-CoV-2 evolves, especially in immunocompromised hosts. His research at NIAID and University of Cambridge aims to infer SARS-CoV-2 genomic epidemiology and viral evolution at antibody epitopes. After completion of the PhD, he will return to the University of Wisconsin to complete his last year of medical training in 2027