Headshot of Pengli Wang, who is wearing a grey t-shirt and standing in the Neurosciences building courtyard, with tall, glass walls in the background.

Pengli Wang

Mark and Mary Stevens Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellow
PhD Candidate, Chemical Engineering
M.Sc., Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, 2021
B.Eng., Biochemical Engineering, Univeristy College London, 2019
Affiliation:
Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellows in Neuroscience
Stanford Profile

Pengli Wang, originally from Shanghai, China, earned a BEng in Biochemical Engineering from University College London and an MSc in Biotechnology from ETH Zurich. As a PhD student in Chemical Engineering at Stanford University, he became interested in biosensor development and joined the Dynamic Molecular Design Laboratory led by Prof. Michael Lin and the Pain Mechanism Laboratory led by Prof. Vivianne Tawfik. His research focuses on visualizing neurotransmission dynamics using bioluminescent sensors. Drawn to the project’s interdisciplinary blend of bioengineering and neurobiology, Pengli was awarded the Stanford Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship and is affiliated with the Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute. Outside the lab, he enjoys hiking and photography.
 

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SIGF - Graduate Fellowship
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