Current Research and Scholarly Interests
Dr. Wang is the Leland T. Edwards Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, jointly of Electrical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Radiology (Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford). He directs the Center for Magnetic Nanotechnology and is a leading expert in biosensors, information storage and spintronics. His research and inventions span across a variety of areas including magnetic biochips, in vitro diagnostics, cancer biomarkers, magnetic nanoparticles, magnetic sensors, magnetoresistive random access memory, and magnetic integrated inductors. He has over 360 publications, and holds 80+ issued or pending patents in these and interdisciplinary areas. He was named an inaugural Fred Terman Fellow, and was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), a Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) and a Fellow of National Academy of Inventors (FNAI) for his seminal contributions to magnetic materials, nanosensors and cancer diagnostics. He received IEEE Magnetics Society Achievement Award in 2025. He coauthored two textbooks: Magnetic Information Storage Technology (Academic Press) and Biochips and Medical Imaging (Wiley).
Dr. Wang cofounded six high-tech startups in Silicon Valley, including Curve Biosciences, Magic Lifescience and Nvigen. In 2023, Curve Biosciences demonstrated a circulating tumor DNA NGS assay, enabling early detection of liver cancer from cirrhosis with unprecedented sensitivity and specificity (both ≥95%); Magic launched clinical trials to seek FDA clearance for its rapid NAT products at POC, and was honored as finalist in ADLM 2025 Conference. Through his participation and leadership in Cancer Nanotechnology Excellence, Semiconductor Research Corp (SRC) and Microelectronics Commons, he is actively engaged in the transformative R&D of healthcare, energy-efficient computing and edge AI.
Dr. Wang obtained his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1993, MS in Physics from Iowa State University in 1988, and BS in Physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1986.
