Dr. Yong Wang
Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Cell Medicine
Dr. Wang got his Ph.D. degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University in 2004. He started his faculty position in 2006, was early promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2011 and was approved for promotion to Full Professor in 2016. He received a CAREER Award and an INSPIRE Award from NSF. Dr. Wang is Fellow of AIMBE. He used to play different sports. Now he spends most of his leisure time playing soccer with his son. Please see Dr. Wang’s resume to find more about his background.
Current Members
Jiaqing Li
Research interests: Biomolecular simulations
Hobbies: Watching movies
Kyungsene Lee
Research interests: Islet delivery
Hobbies: Hiking, working out, and playing tennis
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Connie Wen
Research interests: Regenerative medicine
Hobbies: Swimming, reading Sherlock Holmes novels
Yixun Wang
Research interests: Aptamer selections and protein therapy
Hobbies: Fishing and Cooking
Ana Aviles Vargas
Research interests: Drug delivery and tissue regeneration
Hobbies: Reading thrillers, hiking, and running!
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Sander Louis Mark
Research interests: Drug Delivery and regenerative Medicine
Hobbies: Creative Writing, Singing, Hiking
Chien-wei Wu
Research interests: Biomaterials and tissue engineering
Hobbies: Singing, playing the piano, drawing, and watching anime.​
Zeynep DoÄŸan
Research interests: Biomaterials and tissue engineering
Hobbies: Having a walk and playing basketball
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Xuan Ren
Research interests: Regenerative medicine
Hobbies: Traveling
Kennedy Walker
Research interests: Regenerative medicine
Hobbies: Dancing, trying new food and swimming​
Michael Torna
Research interests: Biomolecular simulations
Hobbies: Shoes making
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Alumni & Former Members
Ph.D. Students
Boonchoy Soontomworajit
08/2006 – 05/2011
Assistant Professor, Thammasat University (Thailand)
Jing Zhou
01/2007 – 11/2010
Postdoctoral Fellow, Tufts University
Mark Battig
08/2009 – 12/2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Niancao Chen
08/2010 – 12/2014
Scientist,
Frontage
Laboratories, Inc.
Xiaolong Zhang
01/2011 – 09/2015
Senior Scientist, Frontage Laboratories, Inc.
Shihui Li
08/2011 – 01/2016
Research Scientist, Panacyte Scientific LLC
Erin Gaddes
08/2013 – 08/2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Lin-Zhi International
Nan Zhao
08/2015 – 08/2019
Postdoctoral Fellow, John Hopkins University
James Coyne
08/2016 – 05/2021
Research Scientist, BioAgilytix Labs
Lidya Abune
08/2016 – 03/2022
Brandon Davis
08/2018 – 06/2023
Scientist,
Sanofi
Xuelin Wang
08/2019 – 05/2024
Scientist, RayBiotech
Postdoctoral Fellows
Zhaoyang Zhang
03/2010-01/2012
Scientist,
National Institutes for Food & Drug Control in China
Jinping Lai
03/2015 – 07/2018
Senior Scientist, Frontage Laboratories, Inc.
Peng Shi
04/2016-08/2020
Assistant Professor, South China University of Technology, Department of Bioengineering
Huizhen Jia
09/2018-09/2020
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Naveen Kumar Singh
01/2022 – 01/2023