Dong Wang, Ph.D. | Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Dr. Wang’s research focuses on understanding transcription and epigenetic regulation, chromatin dynamics, DNA damage repair, as well as developing novel anticancer drugs. Dr. Wang’s group takes a multidisciplinary approach, combining structural biology, chemical biology, biochemistry, computational biology, and genetic methods, to study key protein complexes involved in these fundamental processes and pathways. Understanding how cell process these DNA lesions will help us to understand the mechanisms of drug action and resistance and pave the way for rational improvement of novel anticancer drugs. Education: B.Sc. in Chemistry (1998) Peking University; Ph. D. in Biological Chemistry (2004) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Postdoc Fellow in Structural Biology at Stanford University School of Medicine (2009). Awards and Honors: OKeanos-CAPA Young Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology Interface (2015); Kimmel Scholar Award (2012); UCSD Academic Senate Research Grant Award (