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Xiaogang Wang, PhD

Assistant Professor
  • Microbiology
Headshot of Xiaogang Wang.
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
VA-MD College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
205 Duck Pond Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061

PhD, Microbiology, 2009
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Beijing, China

BS, Biology 2003
Sichuan University
Chengdu, China

  • Molecular pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus,
  • Extracellular membrane vesicles,
  • Bacteria-host interactions,
  • Host innate immunity
  • Vaccinology

2024–present
Assistant Professor, Microbiology
Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA

2018–2024
Instructor in Medicine

Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

2018–2024
Associate Microbiologist

Division of Infectious Diseases
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA

2014–2018
Research fellow, Bacterial pathogenesis and Vaccinology

Brigham and Women's Hospital and
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA

2012–2014
Postdoctoral researcher, Bacterial pathogenesis

The University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA

2009–2012
Postdoctoral researcher, Bacterial pathogenesis and host innate immunity

The University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, KS

  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)