Jing Wang, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator

Jing Wang received her B.S. in Biotechnology from Nankai University in 2005 and pursued her graduate studies on Immunology in Osaka University. Dr. Wang received her Ph.D. in Medical Science in 2011 and then continued as a postdoctoral fellow in Osaka University (2011~2013). In 2013, she joined the laboratory of Dr. Paul Kubes at University of Calgary as a postdoctoral fellow and was a recipient of the Banting Fellowship, the most prestigious postdoctoral fellowship in Canada. Dr. Wang joined Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Shanghai Institute of Immunology as a Principal Investigator since May, 2018. Her main research interest is to understand how various types of white blood cells recognize and respond to the presence of "danger agents" that may harm the body. Dr. Wang has published in top journals including Science, Cell, Nature Immunology, JEM and PNAS and has received several awards from Japanese Society for Immunology, Mitacs and Inoue Foundation for Science. Dr. Wang is also an associate faculty member of Faculty of 1000 since 2016.