Skip to content
Fudan University
📩CONTACT
Contact
Fudan University Logo 1
Fudan University Logo 2
Fudan University Logo 3
Fudan University Logo 4
Fudan University Logo 5
Fudan University Logo 6
Dr. Ke Wang

Dr. Ke Wang

Young Tenure-track PI

School of Life Sciences, Jiangwan Campus

Location

Research Areas

Ancient DNAHuman EvolutionPopulation GeneticsEvolutionary BiologyBioinformaticsComputational Biology

Research Focus

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.

Achievements

  • PhD from Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History (Dept. of Archaeogenetics, 2016-2020)
  • Postdoctoral training at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (2020-2022)
  • Recipient of the Dieter Rampacher Prize of the Max Planck Society (2021)
  • Supported by the Shanghai Rising-star scientist program
  • Grant recipient from the National Natural Science Foundation of China

Teaching & Admissions

Teaching: Genomics; Human Evolution; Academic English; Human Evolutionary Genetics

Admissions: Human Biology, Bioinformatics (open to undergraduate, master’s, PhD, and postdoctoral applicants)

Research Projects

  • National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholars of China (2026–2028)
  • National Natural Science Foundation of China (General Program, 2023–2027)
  • Shanghai Science and Technology Development Funds (2023–2026)
  • Starting Grant for Overseas Talents (2022–2027)

Location

School of Life Sciences Fudan University2005 Songhu Road, Shanghai 200438

Links

Copyright © 2025-present Ke's Group in Fudan University. | Ancient Human DNA Research