Weiguang Wang

Biography

Paul graduated from the University of Liverpool in 1980 with a first class honours degree in Botany.  This was followed by a period as a Research Assistant in the Environmental Advisory Unit also at the University of Liverpool.  Postgraduate research on ‘The Genetics ofPhytophthora’ led to the award of a PhD from the University of Wales, Bangor in 1984. Paul took a P.G.C.E at the University of Liverpool and was then appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Liverpool Polytechnic working on the manipulation of Streptomyceshygroscopicus for production of herbicidal antibiotics. He was North West Cancer Research Fellow 1985 – 1988, looking at DNA damage and repair in Aspergillus nidulans and Postdoctoral Senior Research Assistant 1988 - 1990 in the  Department of Genetics, University of Liverpool working on the molecular characterisation of mammalian and fungal GATA transcription factors.

Research Interest

Paul’s current research interests include the molecular basis of stress tolerance in eukaryotes, the biotechnology of hydrophobins and the engineering of cellulose degrading enzymes.  He was an Associate Editor of Mycological Research (2003 –2009), Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham (2010 – 2013) and has been awarded a Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2014).