User:Yen-Hsiang Wang
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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>
- 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>
- 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
- 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>
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- YH Wang & CD Smolke, 2011, “Implementing differential sensors with synthetic RNA controllers”, Stanford Bio-X Interdisciplinary Initiatives Symposium, Stanford, CA, USA
<functional imaging>
- 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
Coursework
Miscellaneous
- Languages
- Chinese (native), English (excellent), French (fluent), Japanese (intermediate)