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Siyuan (Steven) Wang, PhD

Associate Professor of Genetics and Cell Biology

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Siyuan (Steven) Wang, PhD

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Biography

Siyuan (Steven) Wang received a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics from Peking University in 2007, a Ph. D. in Molecular Biology from Princeton University in 2011, and his postdoctoral training at Harvard University. He joined Yale in late 2017 and currently serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Genetics and the Department of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. He is a recipient of the 2011 American Physical Society Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics (1-2 recipients per year worldwide), the 2012-2015 Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship, the 2016 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics (one recipient per year worldwide), the 2017 Harvard Chinese Life Sciences Distinguished Research Award, the 2018 35 Innovators Under 35 of China by MIT Technology Review, the 2019-2024 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, the 2022 Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer Research, and the 2023 Biophysical Society Early Career Award in Physical Cell Biology.


Education & Training

  • PhD
    Princeton University (2011)

Honors & Recognition

AwardAwarding OrganizationDate
Biophysical Society Early Career Award in Physical Cell BiologyBiophysical Society2023
Pershing Square Sohn Prize for Young Investigators in Cancer ResearchPershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance2022
2019-2024 NIH Director's New Innovator AwardNational Institutes of Health2019
2018 MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 of ChinaMIT Technology Review2019
2016 Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics (one recipient per year worldwide)International Union of Pure and Applied Physics2017
2017 Harvard Chinese Life Sciences Distinguished Research AwardHarvard Medical School Chinese Scientists and Scholars Association2017
2012-2015 Jane Coffin Childs FellowshipJane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research2012
2011 Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics (1-2 recipients per year worldwide)American Physical Society2012

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