Welcome to the Wang Research Group @ HKU
The Wang Lab (LMEN) at The University of Hong Kong is a multidisciplinary research group focusing on targeted drug delivery, ocular drug delivery, photopharmacology, nanomedicine, and genome editing.
Currently, our key research areas are
- Photoresponsive nanoparticles
- Ocular drug delivery;
- Photopharmacology;
- Engineering stimuli-responsive nanomaterials for drug delivery;
- Engineering genetic systems (CRISPR/Cas9) in stem cells and for disease treatment;
- Regulating autophagy for cancer therapy
Prof. Weiping Wang
香港大學汪衛平教授
Associate Professor
PhD: YC Lab@HKUST
Postdoc: Langer Lab@MIT; Kohane Lab@HMS; Visiting Scholar: Feringa Lab (Nobel Laureate)@RUG
Major Honors & Awards
• NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (港澳優青), 2022
• Gold Medal, Inventions Geneva Evaluation Days, 2022
• Thieme Chemistry Journals Award, 2021
• Faculty Outstanding Research Output Award, 2020
• Nano Research Young Innovator Award in Nanobiotechnology , 2018