AREAS OF SPECIALTY:
Metabolic Regulation of Longevity
Host-Microbiome in Aging and Longevity
Organelle Signals in Health
Meng Wang, PhD
Dr. Meng Wang is currently a Senior Group Leader at HHMI Janelia Research Campus. She received a B.S. degree from Peking University, China in 2001 and a Ph.D. degree from University of Rochester in 2005. After being a postdoctoral follow at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Wang joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine in 2010. Before moving to Janelia in 2022, she was an HHMI Investigator, a Professor and the Robert C. Fyfe Endowed Chair on Aging at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), as well as a co-director of the BCM Genetics and Genomics Graduate Program. Dr. Wang’s research focuses on metabolic signals in regulating lifespan and healthspan, through harnessing the power of genomic screening, multi-omic profiling, chemical engineering and optical biophysics. Her group uncovered that lysosomes act as a central hub for integrating metabolism and signal transduction to modulate cellular homeostasis and organismal fitness, and demonstrated a novel mode of signaling communication between bacteria and mitochondria in regulating host’s lipid metabolism and longevity. Technological developments in Dr. Wang’s laboratory have provided brand new ways to visualize and track metabolic molecules as a function of time and space in living cells and organisms. She is the recipient of NIH Director’s Pioneer Award, Peter O’Donnell Award, HHMI Faculty Scholar Award, ASCB Gibco Emerging Leader Prize, ASCB Early Career Life Scientist Award, and Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging. She is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Society for Cell Biology.