Professor | Yu Wang | Asia Growth Partners

Name	Yu Wang
Contact Information	{'en': 'yuwangyw[at]nju.edu.cn', 'zh': 'yuwangyw[at]nju.edu.cn', 'de': 'yuwangyw[at]nju.edu.cn'}
Language ability	English, Chinese, German
Province	Jiangsu

Name

Yu Wang

Contact Information

{'en': 'yuwangyw[at]nju.edu.cn', 'zh': 'yuwangyw[at]nju.edu.cn', 'de': 'yuwangyw[at]nju.edu.cn'}

Language ability

English, Chinese, German

Province

Jiangsu

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	Nanjing University
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2008 – 2014: PhD in Computational Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2010.9 - 2010.12: Exchange Student, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany 2004 – 2008: Bachelor's in Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology of China
Work Experience	2024 – Present: Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University 2023 – 2024: Research Scientist, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2015 – 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2014 – 2015: Assistant Researcher, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology
Awards	2021: The Most Outstanding Original Article, The Plant Journal

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

Nanjing University

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2008 – 2014: PhD in Computational Biology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2010.9 - 2010.12: Exchange Student, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Germany
2004 – 2008: Bachelor's in Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology of China

Work Experience

2024 – Present: Assistant Professor, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University
2023 – 2024: Research Scientist, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015 – 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2014 – 2015: Assistant Researcher, CAS-MPG Partner Institute for Computational Biology

Awards

2021: The Most Outstanding Original Article, The Plant Journal

Areas of Focus	Crop carbon metabolism, water use, and growth modeling Improving crop photosynthesis efficiency Crop response to environmental changes
Publications	Rethinking the potential productivity of crassulacean acid metabolism by integrating metabolic dynamics with shoot architecture, using the example of Agave tequilana., Wang Y, Smith JAC, Zhu X-G, Long SP., 2023 Increased bundle sheath leakiness of CO2 during photosynthetic induction shows a lack of coordination between the C4 and C3 cycles., Wang Y, Stutz SS, Bernacchi, CJ, Boyd RA, Ort DR, LongSP., 2022 A hybrid kinetic and constraint-based model of leaf metabolism allows detailed predictions of metabolic changes in different environments., Shameer S, Wang Y, Ratcliffe G, LongSP, Sweetlove LJ., 2022 Toward a Dynamic Photosynthesis Model to Guide Yield Improvement in C4 Crops., Wang Y, Chan KX, Long SP., 2021 Photosynthesis in the fleeting shadows: An overlooked opportunity for increasing crop productivity?, Wang Y, Burgess SJ, de Becker E, Long SP., 2020 Combining gene network, metabolic, and leaf-level models show means to future-proof soybean photosynthesis under rising CO2., Kannan K, Wang Y, Lang M, Challa GS, Long SP, Marshall-Colon A., 2019 Development of a three-dimensional ray-tracing model of sugarcane canopy photosynthesis and its application in assessing impacts of varied row spacing., Wang Y, Song Q, Jaiswal D, de Souza AP, Long SP, Zhu X-G., 2017 Three distinct biochemical subtypes of C4 photosynthesis? – A modeling analysis., Wang Y, Bräutigam A, Weber APM, Zhu X-G., 2014 Elements Required for an Efficient NADP-ME Type C4 Photosynthesis-- Exploration using a systems model of C4 photosynthesis., Wang Y, Long SP, Zhu X-G., 2014

Areas of Focus

Crop carbon metabolism, water use, and growth modeling
Improving crop photosynthesis efficiency
Crop response to environmental changes

Publications

Rethinking the potential productivity of crassulacean acid metabolism by integrating metabolic dynamics with shoot architecture, using the example of Agave tequilana., Wang Y, Smith JAC, Zhu X-G, Long SP., 2023
Increased bundle sheath leakiness of CO2 during photosynthetic induction shows a lack of coordination between the C4 and C3 cycles., Wang Y, Stutz SS, Bernacchi, CJ, Boyd RA, Ort DR, LongSP., 2022
A hybrid kinetic and constraint-based model of leaf metabolism allows detailed predictions of metabolic changes in different environments., Shameer S, Wang Y, Ratcliffe G, LongSP, Sweetlove LJ., 2022
Toward a Dynamic Photosynthesis Model to Guide Yield Improvement in C4 Crops., Wang Y, Chan KX, Long SP., 2021
Photosynthesis in the fleeting shadows: An overlooked opportunity for increasing crop productivity?, Wang Y, Burgess SJ, de Becker E, Long SP., 2020
Combining gene network, metabolic, and leaf-level models show means to future-proof soybean photosynthesis under rising CO2., Kannan K, Wang Y, Lang M, Challa GS, Long SP, Marshall-Colon A., 2019
Development of a three-dimensional ray-tracing model of sugarcane canopy photosynthesis and its application in assessing impacts of varied row spacing., Wang Y, Song Q, Jaiswal D, de Souza AP, Long SP, Zhu X-G., 2017
Three distinct biochemical subtypes of C4 photosynthesis? – A modeling analysis., Wang Y, Bräutigam A, Weber APM, Zhu X-G., 2014
Elements Required for an Efficient NADP-ME Type C4 Photosynthesis-- Exploration using a systems model of C4 photosynthesis., Wang Y, Long SP, Zhu X-G., 2014

Carbon Metabolism Water Use Growth Modeling Photosynthesis Efficiency Crop Environmental Response Simulation Agriculture Biotechnology

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