Wenqi Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology at University of California, Irvine. He received his B.S. degree from Nanjing University in China and completed his Ph.D. training at Shanghai Institute for Biochemistry and Cell Biology (SIBCB). He took his postdoctoral training in Dr. Junjie Chen’s lab at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Dr. Wang’s lab is now focusing on the regulation and function of the Hippo signaling pathway in normal physiology and cancer development. 

Address

Room 3208, Natural Sciences I, Irvine, 92697 CA, United States. Phone: 949-824-4888. Email: wenqiw6@uci.edu 

Education

2000-2004  Undergraduate student, Department of Intensive Instruction (Elite program/ Biochemistry), Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, B.S.

2004-2009  Graduate student, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Kan Liao)

2009-2014  Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX (Junjie Chen)

Academic Appointment

2014-2016  Instructor, Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

2016-2021  Assistant Professor, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA

2021-present  Associate Professor, Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA