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Ke Wang
Life Science
Fudan University
Shanghai
Language: English, Chinese, German
Ancient Dna
Human Evolution
Population Genetics
Evolutionary Biology
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Genomics
Human History
Genetic Diversity
Population Structure
Areas of Focus
- Ancient DNA
- Human evolution
- Population genetics
- Evolutionary biology
- Bioinformatics
- Computational biology
Work Experience
- 2022.5-present - Fudan University - Tenure-track faculty
- 2020.4-2022.4 - Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology - Postdoc
- 2016.10-2020.4 - Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History - Ph.D in Genetics
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2022.5-present: School of Life Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Tenure-track faculty
- 2020.4-2022.4: Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig/Jena, Germany. Postdoc
- 2016.10-2020.4: Department of Archaeogenetics, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany. Ph.D in Genetics
- 2015.9-2016.9: Department of Genetics Ecology and Evolution, University College London, London, UK. Master in Genetics
- 2011.9-2015.6: School of Life Science, Shandong University, China. Bachelor in Biotechnology
Publications
- High-coverage genome of the Tyrolean Iceman reveals unusually high Anatolian farmer ancestry, Wang, K., Prüfer, K., Krause-Kyora, B., et al., 2023
- Middle Holocene Siberian genomes reveal highly connected gene pools throughout North Asia, Wang, K.*, Yu, H., Radzeviciute, R. et al., 2023
- Ancient genomic research – From broad strokes to nuanced reconstructions of the past, Naegele, K., Rivollat, M., Yu, H., Wang, K., 2022
- Tracking human population structure through time from whole genome sequences, Wang, K., Mathieson, I., O’Connell, J., Schiffels, S., 2020
- MSMC and MSMC2: The Multiple Sequentially Markovian Coalescent, Schiffels, S., Wang, K., 2020
- Ancient genomes reveal complex patterns of population movement, interaction and replacement in sub-Saharan Africa, Wang, K.+, Goldstein, S.+, Bleasdale, M., et al., 2020
- A dynamic 6,000-year genetic history of Eurasia’s Eastern Steppe, Jeong, C. +, Wang, K. +, Wilkin, S., Taylor, W. T. T., et al., 2020
Awards
- Dieter Rampacher Prize (2021): Max Planck Society
