Yuheng joined UNC Chapel Hill NRI in January 2025 as a doctoral student in Nutrition. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Clinical Nutrition from the University of California, Davis, and his Master of Science in Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition from Tufts University. At the Nutrition Research Institute, Yuheng works closely with Dr. Susan Sumner and Dr. Blake Rushing, focusing on precision nutrition and metabolomics.