Dr. Wang is currently a tenured faculty member in the Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology in Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC) at New Orleans. After receiving his veterinary medicine and PhD degrees in China, he moved to the States in 1992 and completed his postdoctoral training at the University of Iowa where he then became a staff scientist. In 2001 he was recruited to LSUHSC as a tenure-track faculty member, and has stayed in the same institute till now. He is actively involved in medical student teaching and graduate student mentoring, and runs a productive biomedical research program. He published various articles in international journals.
Dr. Wang research is mainly focused on neutrophil biology in oxidant production, phagocytic innate immunity and lung host defense, cystic fibrosis disease and gene and stem cell-based therapy, alcohol effect on glucocorticoid receptor signaling and cell immune response.