Siyuan Stella Wang

Stella Wang is a biomolecular engineer developing programmable nanotechnology. She is currently a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. William Shih’s group at the Wyss Institute working towards efficient assembly of cell-sized DNA origami structures. In her graduate work with Dr. Andrew Ellington at the University of Texas at Austin, Stella developed DNA data storage systems with in-memory computation. She also sought to expand the capabilities of nucleic acid computation by determining hybridization models and biochemical logic gates. Her research interests include molecular therapeutics and diagnostics, single-molecule analysis, cell-free systems, self-assembly, and synthetic life. Outside of the lab, Stella enjoys running and experimenting in the kitchen with baking and cocktail mixology recipes.