Research Interests Dr. Wang is the inventor of the DNA Star platform that utilizes designer DNA nanostructures (DDN) to create biosensors and biomedicines. His Nucleic Acids Programming Lab engineers DDNs that offer a plug-and-play platform to create functional nanomaterials with aptamers, peptides/nanobodies, or quantum dots for developing (1) ultrasensitive and inexpensive biosensors for rapid disease diagnostics in both point-of-care and high throughput settings, (2) effective therapeutic candidates for infectious disease treatment/prevention and cancer immunotherapy, (3) new strategies and reagents for high resolution imaging. His research group is supported by the NIBIB, NIAID, NIDCR, NIAAA, NSF. Research Areas Analytical Chemistry Chemical Biology Materials Chemistry