User:Yen-Hsiang Wang

Contact Info

Yen-Hsiang Wang

• Yen-Hsiang Wang / 王彥襄/ おうげんじょう
• Stanford University
• yenhsiangwang [AT] stanford [DOT] edu

I work in the Smolke Lab at Stanford University.

Education

• PhD candidate in Bioengineering (major) and Electrical Engineering (minor), Stanford University
  • RNA-based synthetic dynamic regulators
  • Modular genetic control system for metabolic engineering (in collaboration with Dr. Maureen McKeague)
  • Computational predication of synthetic RNA switch activity (in collaboration with Tammy Hsu)
• MS in Bioengineering, Stanford University, 2011
  • Emphases on synthetic biology and computational modeling
• BS in Life Science and Electrical Engineering (double major), National Taiwan University, 2007
  • Emphases on cognitive neuroscience and medical imaging

Honors & Scholarships

<grad>

• Siebel Scholar (2014)
• Taiwan Government Scholarship for Studying Aboard (GSSA) (2013-2015)
• Departmental Outstanding Teaching Assistant Mentor Award, Stanford University (2013)
• Stanford Bio-X Bioengineering Fellowship (2009-2012)

<undergrad>

• Outstanding Performance Award, National Taiwan University (2006)
• Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (tsmc) Fellowship (2006)
• National Science Council Undergraduate Student Research Grant (2005-2007)

Work experience

<research>

• Graduate student researcher, Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University (2009 - now)
  • Advisor: Prof. Christina Smolke
• Research assistant, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University (2008 - 2009)
  • Advisor: Prof. Fa-Hsuan Lin (林發暄教授)
• Undergraduate student researcher, Department of Economics, National Taiwan University (2005 - 2007)
  • Advisor: Prof. Chen-Ying Huang (黃貞穎教授)
• Undergraduate student researcher, Department of Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University (2004 - 2006)
  • Advisor: Prof. Hsiao-Wen Chung (鍾孝文教授)
• Summer undergraduate researcher, Department of Dentistry, National Taiwan University (2003)
  • Advisor: Prof. Min-Huey Chen (陳敏慧教授)

<work>

• Summer Associate, Greater China Offices (Taipei), McKinsey & Company (2014 Jun - now)
• Second Lieutenant, Air Defense Artillery Command, National Air Force of Taiwan (2007 - 2008)

Publications

See my Google Scholar profile.

<synthetic biology>

1. YH Wang*, KY Wei* & CD Smolke, 2013. "Synthetic Biology: Advancing the Design of Diverse Genetic Systems." Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng (4), pp. 69-102 (*co-first authors)

<functional imaging>

1. FH Lin, T Witzel, WT Chang, WK Tsai, YH Wang, WJ Kuo & J Belliveau, 2010, “K-space reconstruction of magnetic resonance inverse imaging (K-InI) of human visuomotor systems”, NeuroImage (49), pp. 3086-3098
2. WJ Kuo, T Sjöström, YP Chen, YH Wang & CY Huang, 2009, “Intuition and Deliberation: Two Systems for Strategizing in the Brain”, Science (324), no. 5926, pp. 519 – 522

Presentations

<synthetic biology>

1. YH Wang & CD Smolke, 2014, “An RNA-based, Generalizable Synthetic Genetic System for Dynamic Regulation”, 19th Annual Meeting of RNA Society, Quebec City, QC, Canada (travel award)
2. YH Wang & CD Smolke, 2013, “Towards a Complete Set of Genetic Arithmetic Operators: Implementing a Modular Differential Biosensor Using RNA Regulators”, Synthetic Biology 6.0, London, United Kingdom
3. YH Wang & CD Smolke, 2012, “Towards a Complete Set of Genetic Arithmetic Operators: Implementing a Modular Differential Biosensor Using RNA Regulators”, 13th International Conference of Systems Biology, Toronto, ON, Canada (best poster award)
4. YH Wang & CD Smolke, 2011, “Implementing differential sensors with synthetic RNA controllers”, Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium, Stanford, CA, USA

<functional imaging>

1. YY Shih, YH Wang, CW Ko & HW Chung, 2006 “Lateralization of brain function in cognitive music processing of chord versus rhythm”, Proceedings of International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, 13th Annual Meeting, Miami, FL, USA

Miscellaneous

• Languages
  • Chinese (native), English (excellent), French (fluent), Japanese (intermediate)