Qi Wang

Qi Wang

Qi Wang , Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Email Qi Wang

864-833-8406


Office Location

Richardson 325

Education Background

B.S., Chemistry, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing, China
Ph.D., Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM

Research Field

Membrane Biophysics

Area of Specialty

Membrane Biophysics/Atomistic Molecular Dynamics/Biochemistry

Professional Memberships/Affiliations

Core Organizing Team Member, International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT)
2024 Biophysical Society member

Honors/Awards

June 2024, Britton Chance Award, International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT)
May 2023, Graduate Teaching Award, Chemistry Department, New Mexico Tech
February 2023, Travel Award, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
February 2021, Virtual Travel Award, Biophysical Society Annual Meeting
May 2020, Travel Award, International Conference on Engineering Synthetic Cells and Organelles (SYNCELL2020)
March 2020, Top Graduate Winner in three-minute speech competition, New Mexico Tech Student Research Symposium
July 2016, Outstanding Individuals, Beijing Technology and Business University summer social practice (Internship)

Publications and Articles

  1. Davoudi, S., Wang, Q., Patel, H. P., Pias, S. C. and Ghysels, A. (2022). Mechanism of oxygen “buffering” by caveolae. In press.
  2. Pias, S. C., Wang, Q., & Dotson, R. J. (2021). Metabolism, measurement and modelling: understanding and exploiting tissue oxygenation. The Journal of Physiology, 599(6), 1743-1744.
  3. Wang, Q., Dotson, R. J., Angles, G., & Pias, S. C. (2020). Simulation Study of Breast Cancer Lipid Changes Affecting Membrane Oxygen Permeability. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 1269, 15–21.

Presentations

Biological Membranes and Membrane Proteins.

  • Atomistic study of breast-cancer-associated lipid changes and their potential influence on tumor oxygenation. Oral presentation. June 2024

International Society on Oxygen Transport to Tissue (ISOTT).

  • Biophysical study of breast-cancer-associated lipid changes and their potential influence on tumor
    oxygenation. Invited presentation. June 2024
  • Towards personalizing radiotherapy treatment: de novo lipid effects on intracellular oxygenation. Oral
    presentation. July 2021.
  • Simulation Study of Breast Cancer Lipid Changes Affecting Membrane Oxygen Permeability. Poster
    presentation. July 2019.

Biophysical Society Annual Meeting

  • Protonation-Dependent Ion Flux in a Mitochondrial Leak Channel. Poster presentation. February 2024
  • Membrane oxygen permeability is governed by area-per-lipid, combined with headgroup size and cholesterol content. Poster presentation. February 2023.
  • Examination the Effect of Lipid Tail Length on Membrane Oxygen Permeability in Breast Cancer. Poster
    presentation. February 2021

Molecular Biophysics of Membranes, Biophysical Society Conference

  • Interplay of cholesterol and headgroup effects on membrane oxygen permeability. Poster presentation. July 2022.
  • International Conference on Engineering Synthetic Cells and Organelles (SYNCELL)
  • Influence of Breast Cancer Lipid Changes on Membrane Oxygen Permeability. Poster presentation. May 2021.

Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting (RMRM)

  • Effects on Membrane Oxygen Permeability Due to Lipid Changes in Breast Cancer. Poster presentation.
    July 2021.