Position Title
Assistant Professor
- Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Dr. Yi Wang leads a dynamic research lab focusing on metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and bioprocess engineering, addressing critical challenges in agriculture, energy, environment, and health.
Dr. Wang's research portfolio encompasses:
1. Biofuels, Biochemicals, and Biomaterials Production: Developing innovative strategies to produce biofuels, biochemicals, and biomaterials from underutilized and low-value feedstocks using metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and bioprocess engineering.
2. Human, Agricultural, and Environmental Health: Engaging in groundbreaking research for pathogen detection, control, and treatment, and enhancing plant and animal health through engineered microorganisms.
3. Environmental Engineering and Sustainability: Exploring the integration of biological engineering and synthetic biology to promote environmental sustainability and safety.
- Ph.D., Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
- M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)
- B.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB)
- Auburn University College of Agriculture Outstanding Publication Award (2021)
- Auburn University College of Agriculture Dean’s Research Award (2020)
- Early Career Award, Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological, and Food Engineers—AOCABFE, ASABE (2019)
- Auburn University College of Engineering Dean’s Research Award for Excellence (2019)
- Auburn University College of Agriculture Dean’s Grantsmanship Award (2019)
- Auburn University College of Agriculture Outstanding Publication Award (2019)
- Auburn University College of Agriculture Dean’s Grantsmanship Award (2018)
- Auburn University College of Agriculture Outstanding Publication Award (2018)
- Outstanding Alumnus of the Environmental Engineering Program, University of Science and Technology of China (2016)
- Professional membership: American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
- Associate Editor, Food and Bioproducts Processing (Subject Editor in ‘Biotechnology and Bioprocessing’), 2022-Present
- Associate Editor, Synthetic Biology and Engineering, 2022-Present
- Editorial board member, Bioresource Technology, 2024-Present