Yingxiao Wang
Brief Biographical Overview:
Dr. Yingxiao Wang obtained his bachelor and master degrees in Mechanics and Fluid Mechanics from Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China, in 1992 and 1996, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Bioengineering in 2002 and continued his postdoc work together with Drs. Shu Chien and Roger Y. Tsien at UC San Diego. He is currently an assistant professor in the UIUC Department of Bioengineering and a full time faculty in the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. He is also affiliated with the department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, Neuroscience Program, the Center for Biophysics and Computational Biology, Institute of Genomic Biology.
Dr. Wang’s research includes the development of genetically-encoded molecule biosensors based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) and the application of these biosensors for the visualization and quantification of molecular signals in live cells with high spatiotemporal resolution. Dr. Wang is also interested in integrating the cutting-edge technologies in molecular engineering, live cell imaging, nanotechnology, and biophotonics for the study of mechanobiology, i.e. the molecular mechanism by which cells perceive the external mechanical cues and transmit them into biochemical/molecular signals. Dr. Wang served as conference and session chairs for Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, SPIE (The International Society of Optical Engineers), and ACS (American Chemical Society). He is the recipient of the Wallace H. Coulter Early Career Award (both Phase I and Phase II), and the National Science Foundation CAREER Award. His research is supported by the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, and private foundations.
Awards and Honors:
2009 NSF Career Award
2009 Xerox Award for Faculty Research
2009 Advisor to high-school student Richard Wang, a national semi-finalist for the Intel Science Talent Search
2008 Grainger Award
2008 Advisor to high-school student Richard Wang, regional finalist for the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology
2008 Phase II Translational Biomedical Research Early Career Award; Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
2007 Poster Award by Neuroscience Program (advisor to graduate student Jihye Seong)
2007 American Heart Association Scientist Development Grant (Withdrawn due to Coulter Award granted)
2006 Translational Biomedical Research Early Career Award; Wallace H. Coulter Foundation
2005 Research Recognition Award; The American Physiological Society and International Union of Physiological Sciences
2002 Caroline tum Suden/Frances Hellebrandt Professional Opportunity Awards;
The American Physiological Society
2001 Graduate Student Research Award;
Biomedical Engineering Society
1991 Guanghua Award; Peking University, P.R. China