Young Tenure-track PI
Dr. Wang's research focuses on human evolution and population history. By integrating ancient DNA, genomics, bioinformatics, and anthropological archaeology, her group reconstructs the trajectories of ancient humans and societies from multiple perspectives.
Her work reveals the genetic and cultural dynamics of Eurasian steppe populations over the past 10,000 years, clarifies the origins and continuity of historical steppe groups including the Xiongnu, Rouran, and the Mongol Empire, and reconstructs large pedigrees comprising hundreds of individuals to infer marriage patterns, cultural traditions, and social organization. She has published as first (including co-first) and co-corresponding author in Nature, Cell, Science Advances, Cell Genomics, and Current Biology, and her research has been featured five times by Nature and Science.
Teaching: Genomics; Human Evolution; Academic English; Human Evolutionary Genetics
Admissions: Human Biology, Bioinformatics (open to undergraduate, master’s, PhD, and postdoctoral applicants)