Yinsheng Wang (汪寅生)

University of California Riverside （Distinguished Professor）

Yinsheng Wang received his Ph. D. degree from Washington University in St. Louis after obtaining his BS and MS degrees from Shandong University and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively. He joined the faculty of the University of California Riverside in 2001, where he is now a Distinguished Professor and Donald T. Sawyer Endowed Founder's Chair in Chemistry. His current research involves the use of mass spectrometry, synthetic organic chemistry, molecular biology, genetic and genomic tools for assessing the occurrence, repair and biological consequences of DNA damage. His ongoing research also includes functional characterizations of modified nucleosides in RNA and their implications in human diseases. Yinsheng has trained or in the process of training of over 90 Ph. D. students and post-doctoral fellows, and he has co-authored over 360 research articles. He has served as an Associate Editor for Chemical Research in Toxicology since 2018. He was the recipient for the American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) Research Award in 2005, Chemical Research in Toxicology Young Investigator Award in 2012, the ASMS Biemann Medal in 2013, and the Founders Award from the Division of Chemical Toxicology of the ACS in 2023. He was elected as a Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences in 2012.