Fan Wang (neuroscientist)
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Fan Wang | |
|---|---|
| Education | Columbia University |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sensory neuroscience |
| Institutions | |
| Thesis | Molecular genetic analysis of the olfactory sensory projections (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Axel |
| Other academic advisors | Marc Tessier-Lavigne |
Fan Wang is a neuroscientist and professor in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. She is an investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.[1] Wang is known for her work identifying neural circuits underlying touch, pain, and anesthesia; and the development of a technique for capturing activated neuronal ensembles (CANE) to label and manipulate neurons activated by stimuli or behavioral paradigms.
Wang received her PhD in 1998 from Columbia University. Her thesis, titled Molecular genetic analysis of the olfactory sensory projections, was advised by Richard Axel.[2] She did postdoctoral research with Marc Tessier-Lavigne at Stanford University before joining the faculty at Duke University School of Medicine in 2003 with appointments in neurobiology and cell biology.[3][1] She was promoted to associate professor in 2013 and full professor in 2017. Wang was named Morris N. Broad Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology in 2018.[4] In 2021, Wang joined the faculty at MIT as a professor in the department of brain and cognitive sciences and investigator at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research,[1] maintaining an affiliation with the Duke Regeneration Center and adjunct professorship in neurobiology at Duke.[4]
