Rong Wang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of ChemistryAssociate Chair for Chemistry
Office: 164 Life Sciences
Office Hours:
Phone: 312.567.3121
Fax: 312.567.3494
Email:
Rong.Wang@iit.edu
Web:
Wang's Web page
Expertise
Education
- B.S, Jilin University
- Ph.D, University of Tokyo
Curriculum Vitae
Research & Major Accomplishments
On-going research projects include:
- Examine the substrate effect on the growth of different type of cell
- Probe the turn-on signal in human embryonic stem (hES) cell differentiation
- Engineer the extracellular matrix for effective hES cell self renewal and differentiation
- Develop novel methods to understand the cell response to bio-agents at the single cell level
- Align carbon nanotubes for sensor application
Current Projects
Awards/Honors
Patents
Books
Selected Publications
"Light-Induced Amphiphilic Surfaces", R. Wang, K. Hashimoto, A. Fujishima, M. Chikuni, E. Kojima, A. Kitamura, M. Shimohigoshi and T. Watanabe, Nature, 388, 431 (1997).
"Direct Observation of Sol-Gel Conversion: the Role of the Solvent in Organogel Formation", R. Wang, C. Geiger, L. Chen, B. I. Swanson, D. G. Whitten, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 2399 (2000).
"Morphogenesis of Bacillus spore surfaces", Venkata G.R. Chada, Erik A. Sanstad, Rong Wang and Adam Driks, J. Bacter., 185, 6255-6261 (2003).
"Identification of TrkA on Living PC12 Cells by the Atomic Force Microscopy", C.V. Gopal Reddy, M. Krystina, N. Menhart and R. Wang, Biochim. Biophys. Acta. 1667 15-25 (2004).
"Protein Delivery with Nanoscale Precision", Qiling Tang, Yuexing Zhang, Liaohai Chen, Funing Yan and Rong Wang, Nanotechnology, 16 1062-1068 (2005).
"Fingerprinting Species and Strains of Bacilli Spores by Distinctive Coat Surface Morphology", Rong Wang, Soumya N. Krishnamurthy, Jae-sun Jeong, Adam Driks, Manav Mehta, Bruce A. Gingras, Langmuir, 23, 10230 -10234 (2007).
"Profiling TRA-1-81 antigen distribution on a human embryonic stem cell", Dengli Qiu, Jialing Xiang, Zhaoxia Li, Aparna Krishnamoorthy, Liaohai Chen, Rong Wang, Biolchem. Biolphys. Res. Com., 369, 735-740 (2008).
