Siyuan Wang

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 currently serves as an Associate Professor Tenure in the Departments of Genetics and of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. His lab's research focuses on the development and application of state-of-the-art imaging-based omics approaches to understand the spatial organization of mammalian genome and transcriptome in health and disease. He is a recipient of the 2011 American Physical Society Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Biological Physics, the 2016 International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Young Scientist Prize in Biological Physics, the 2018 35 Innovators Under 35 of China by MIT Technology Review, the 2019 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, and the 2024 American Society for Cell Biology Innovation in Research Award.