Yuqi Cheng’s Personal Page
Education Background
Cornell University, Weill Cornell Medicine | New York, USA
- Master of Science Degree, Computational Biology 09/2020-02/2022
- GPA: 4.0/4.0
- Thesis: Single-cell multiomic analysis reveals tumor heterogeneity in the castration resistant prostate cancer
China Agricultural University (CAU)|Beijing, China
- Bachelor of Science Degree, Biological Science 09/2016-07/2020
- GPA: 3.90/4.00, Rnaked:1/80
- Bachelor of Science Degree, Data Science and Big Data Technology (Dual Major) 09/2018-07/2020
- GPA: 3.84/4.00, without ranking
Publications (# co-first author)
- Wenkai Han^#, Yuqi Cheng^#, Jiayang Chen^#, Huawen Zhong, Zhihang Hu, Siyuan Chen, Licheng Zong, Irwin King, Xin Gao, Yu Li (2021). “Self-supervised contrastive learning for integrative single cell RNA-seq data analysis.” bioRxiv: 2021.2007.2026.453730.
- Yanshuo Chen, Yixuan Wang, Yuelong Chen, Yuqi Cheng, Yumeng Wei, Yunxiang Li, Ting-Fung Chan, Yu Li (2021). “Deep autoencoder for interpretable tissue-adaptive deconvolution and cell-type-specific gene analysis” bioRxiv: 2021.10.26.465846.
Competition Experience
- Gold Medal in iGEM Competition 04/2019-11/2019
Position: Leader of modeling team
- 3rd Prize in Minsheng Cup Mathematical Modeling Contest 04/2019
Position: Team leader
- Honorable Mention in MCM/ICM 02/2018
Position: Team leader
- 1st Prize of Beijing College Students Biology Competition 05/2018 05/2019
Awards
- “5.4” Youth Pacemaker in CAU (Highest Honor in CAU) 05/2020 link
- Merit student of Beijing 12/2019
- National Scholarship (NO.2018-01395) 11/2018
- Baosteel Scholarship (NO.201920019) 11/2019
- 1st Class Scholarship for Academic Excellence 11/2017 11/2018 11/2019