Bing Wang

Biography

Professor Bing Wang, neonatologist, neurodevelopmental & molecular biologist, animal physiologist and nutritionist, received her Medical Doctor degree from Tianjin Medical University, China, and a PhD in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of Sydney, Australia. Currently Prof Wang is an Honorary Associate in the School of Molecular & Biosciences at the University of Sydney, Adjunct Professor at Xiamen University, P.R. China and a registered nutritionist in Australia. Professor Wang has led the Nutritional Neurodevelopment Research programs in both academia and industry before being recruited to Charles Sturt University in December 2012. Her areas of expertise includes molecular & cell biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, neuroimaging (MRI & MRS) and cognitive function assessment in both animal and humans. She is well accomplished in translating basic science discovery to human clinical trials for the development of functional food products. She has made major contributions to the field of Nutritional Neurobiology and Glycobiology, and thus has emerged as an internationally recognized leader on the nutritional significance of human milk sialylglycoconjugates and brain cognitive development. Currently, she supervises 3 PhD and 6 Master degree students in collaboration with Xiamen University, P.R. China.

Research Interest

Animal behaviour assessment: stress behaviour