We are so glad to have Prof. Hongwei Wang as one of our invited speakers!

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. Prof. Wang’s current research interests include methodology development for more efficient and high resolution cryo-EM, the coordination mechanisms of cytoskeleton and membrane systems, and the mechanism and regulations of nucleic acid quality control. He was appointed as a dean of School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University in 2016. Dr. Wang received numerous awards, including Tan Jiazhen Life Sciences Innovation Award, The National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, Beijing Teachers’ Role Model, and Beijing Outstanding Teacher Award.