Xiangzhong "Jerry" Yang (simplified Chinese: 杨向中; traditional Chinese: 楊向中; pinyin: Yáng Xiàngzhōng; July 1959 – 5 February 2009) was a Chinese-American biotechnology scientist, and stem cell research advocate.
In 1999 he was credited with creating the first cloned farm animal in the United States – a cow called "Amy".
That same road is the location of the Agricultural Biotechnology Laboratory, where Yang performed countless hours of research that brought international fame to the University University Honors Memory of Research Great Jerry Yang.
In 1996 Yang was first diagnosed with salivary gland adenocarcinoma, a condition that would eventually claim his life.
On February 5, 2009, he died at the Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, aged 49.