Bio

Dr. Wang received his B.S. degree in Biological Sciences & Biotechnology from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China in 1996. He did his thesis work under the supervision of Prof. Sen-Fang Sui, earning a Ph.D. degree from Tsinghua University in 2001. Subsequently, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Prof. Eva Nogales, advancing to Research Scientist in 2006 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He joined Yale University as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry in 2009 and returned to his alma mater as a Professor of Life Sciences in December, 2010. He served as dean of School of Life Sciences from 2016-2021. Prof. Wang’s current research interests include methodology development for more efficient and high resolution cryo-EM, the mechanism and regulations of nucleic acid quality control and the coordination mechanisms of cytoskeleton and membrane systems. Dr. Wang received numerous awards, including Science and Technology Breakthrough Award (with Jijie Chai) of School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University (2020), XPLORER PRIZE of Tencent Foundation (2019), Chinese Cryo-EM Outstanding Contribution Award (2019), Tan Jiazhen Life Sciences Innovation Award (2018), Beijing Teachers’ Role Model (2018), Beijing Outstanding Teacher Award (2017), The Best Mentor Like A Friend of Tsinghua University (for two consecutive sessions, 2016 and 2018), National Award of Natural Science (2nd rank, 2005), and Outstanding Performance Award of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2005).