Fen Wang BS, MS, PhD

Fen Wang earned his B.S. degree in microbiology and M.S. degree in cell biology at Xiamen University in Fujian, China. He received a Ph.D. degree in biochemistry in 1994 in a joint program between Clarkson University, Postdam, New York, and the W. Alton Jones Cell Science Center, Lake Placid, New York. He was a postdoctoral fellow (1994 to 1996) and Assistant Research Scientist from 1997-1999 and promoted to Assistant Professor in 2000 in the Center for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, in the Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas. He was promoted to tenured Associate Professor in 2006 and full professor in 2010. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, College of Medicine, Texas A&M Health Science Center. In 2012 he assumed the directorship of the Center for Cancer and Stem Cell Biology.