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    Microbiology & Cell Science

    Microbiology & Cell Science

    Nian Wang

    Mr. and Mrs. J. R. (Rip) Graves Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair

    • Program Emphasis

      Plant-bacteria interactions, genetic improvement of citrus via CRISPR/Cas genome editing, and citrus bacterial diseases (Huanglongbing and Canker). Current research topics include:

      1. Genetic determinants and the signaling pathway underlying a pathogen (Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus)-triggered immune disease-citrus Huanglongbing
      2. Pathogen-triggered immune diseases
      3. CRISPR/Cas genome editing of citrus
      4. Transcriptional activator like effectors of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri and canker susceptibility gene
      5. Citrus Huanglongbing (greening) and canker management
      6. Citrus microbiome
    • Program Members
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    • Publications

      Publications

    • Education
      • B.S. (1995) in Plant Protection, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China
      • M.S. (2001): China Agricultural University, Beijing China Plant Pathology
      • Ph.D. (2005): Texas A&M University Plant Pathology
      • Post-Doctoral (2005-2006): University of California, Berkeley.
    • Academic and Professional Experience
      • 8/2018-present: Professor, Citrus Research and Education Center/Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, USA
      • 7/2013-7/2018: Associate Professor, Citrus Research and Education Center/Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, USA
      • 1/2007-6/2013:  Assistant Professor, Citrus Research and Education Center/Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Lake Alfred, USA
      • 9/2005-12/2006:  Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley, USA
      • 7/1995-8/1998:  Research Assistant, Department of Plant Protection, Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shandong, China
    • Awards and Honors
      • Mr. and Mrs. J. R. (Rip) Graves Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Biotechnology, University of Florida/IFAS, 2023-present
      • Elected Fellow American Phytopathological Society (APS) 2023
      • Large Grant Leadership Award, University of Florida, 2023
      • Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2022
      • Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science, 2022
      • Center of Excellence, USDA NIFA, August 2022.
      • Invention of the Year, University of Florida, 2022.
      • Ruth Allen Award, August 2020, American Phytopathological Society
      • University of Florida Term Professorship Award September 2018
      • University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award, May 2016
      • William Boright Hewitt and Maybelle Ellen Ball Hewitt Award, August 2010, American Phytopathological Society.
    • Teaching Interests

      Microbial Defense/Host-Microbe Interactions. This is a course for graduate students. Principles of bacterial virulence, host defense to microbial invasion and host-microbe interactions will be examined in a context of molecular and cellular biology involving both plants and animals. Current scientific research that incorporates these principles will also be discussed.

    • Service to Scientific Society

      Editor

      • Editor-in-Chief Phytopathology 2021-2023
      • Senior Editor Phytopathology 2018-2019
      • Associate Editor PLOS Pathogens 2021-present
      • Senior Editor Phytopathology Research 2018-2020
      • Senior Editor Plant Disease 2014-2016
      • Associate Editor Phytopathology 2014-2017
      • Associate Editor Plant Disease 2013 to 2014
      • Editor in Chief Virulence Mechanisms of Plant-Pathogenic Bacteria Publisher: APS PRESS
    • Opportunities in the Wang Lab

      Post-doctoral associate and Ph.D. student positions are available in the Wang lab to work on the interactions between Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus, citrus and psyllid.

    • News
      • Nian Wang was appointed Mr. and Mrs. J. R. (Rip) Graves Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Biotechnology on August 16, 2023
      • Congratulations to Shannon Barry for winning the James Davidson Graduate Travel Scholarship by UF
      • Nian Wang received the large grant leadership award of UF/IFAS on May 25, 2023
      • Congratulations to Erica Watson Carter for winning the American Phytopathological Society (APS) student travel award to attend Plant Health 2023
      • Congratulations to Zhiqian Pang for starting his new job at Silvec biologics.
      • Nian Wang was elected to be a Fellow of The American Phytopathological Society (APS), 2023
      • Congratulations to Sheo Shankar Pandey who will leave CREC and start his own lab at IASST (Institute of Advance Studies in Science and Technology), Guwahati, India in June 2023
      • Congratulations to Erica Watson Carter for winning the 2nd place student research award at UF/IFAS/CREC Research Symposium
      • Congratulations to Dr. Rikky Rai. Rikky will start her own lab as an Assistant Professor in Department of Botany, University of Allahabad, India in March 2023
      • Nian Wang was elected Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2022
      • Erica Watson Carter won the 3rd place Student Presentation Award in the 2nd ISCHPP meeting held at Clearwater, FL on October 25- 28, 2022.
      • Zhiqian Pang won the 3rd place Early Career Scientist Presentation Award in the 2nd ISCHPP meeting held at Clearwater, FL on October 25- 28, 2022.
      • Nian Wang was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science, 2022
      • Nian Wang and colleagues from UF, University of California (UC), Riverside, UC Davis, and Texas A&M University have been awarded an ECDRE grant, which is also recognized as a Center of Excellence by USDA/NIFA 2022
      • Yixiao Huang graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Plant Pathology and will work as a postdoc in a USDA ARS lab in Arkansas.
      • Nian Wang received the Invention of year award by University of Florida on 10/26/2022
      • The 2nd congress of ISCHPP meeting was held at Clearwater Florida on 10/25-28, 2022 with more than 110 participants.
      • Nian Wang gave a seminar “Pathogen-triggered immune disease of plants”, Yale University, 10/03/2022
      • Nian Wang hosted Dr. Hailing Jin, Professor & Cy Mouradick Endowed Chair at UC Riverside to give a seminar: Innovative eco-friendly disease control strategies using cross-kingdom RNAi, environmental RNAi and antimicrobial peptides, 9/19/2022
      • Congratulations to Jin Xu, Jinyun Li and Xiaoen Huang for winning Early Career Scientist Award in the 7th Xanthomonas Genomics Conference (June 14-17, 2022)

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    nianwang@ufl.edu

    863-596-8828

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