Zhirui Wang DVM, PhD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Professor of Research
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Transplant Surgery
Education, Licensure & Certifications
DVM, Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi, China (1982).
Master of Science, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi, China (1988).
PhD, Molecular Biology, Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen, Giessen, Germany (1995).
Research Associate, Hepatitis B virus (Famciclovir induced HBV mutation), Molecular Virology, Viral Hepatitis Lab, INSERM, U271, Lyon, FRANCE (09/1995-10/1996).
Research Associate, Molecular Biology (High-resolution physical map of porcine genome), College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, USA (11/1996-11/1998).
Research Associate, Protein Engineering, Targeted Drug Delivery Systems, Molecular Biology, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Summit, New Jersey. Assigned to Dr. David Neville’s lab at NIMH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (12/1998-09/2000).
Research Fellow, Protein Engineering, Targeted Drug Delivery Systems, Molecular Biology, NIMH, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (10/2000-09/2007).
Prior Experience
University of Colorado, Denver / Anschutz Medical Campus
Department of Surgery/ Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery/ Division of Transplant Surgery, Associate Professor of Surgery, 08/2018 – Present
Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Harvard Medical School, Assistant Professor of Surgery, 07/2013 –07/2018
Harvard Medical School, Instructor of Surgery, 11/2012 – 06/2013
Department of Surgery, Associate Immunologist, 04/2017 – 07/2018
Department of Surgery, Assistant Immunologist, 11/2012 – 03/2017
Transplantation Biology Research Center, Senior Research Scientist, 10/2007-10/2012
Core Leader & Technical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital / Dana Farber Harvard Cancer Center Recombinant Protein Expression and Purification Core Facility, 12/2008 – 12/2014
College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Shanxi, China
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Lecturer, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, 09/1985 - 12/1991
Department of Veterinary Medicine, Instructor, Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology, 01/1982 - 08/1985