Yuan Wan, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Email: ywan@binghamton.edu
Tel: +1 607-777-5477
Office: Biotechnology Building, Room BI 2625
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Binghamton University
Principal Investigator
Education
2008.08-2012.02 Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington TX
1999.09-2007.07 Clinical Medicine and Genetics, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Work Experience
2023.09- Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
2018.09-2023.08 Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
2015.05-2018.07 Postdoc, MiniBio Lab, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2013.01-2013.06 Research Fellow, School of Chemical and Physical Science, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
2012.09 Visiting Scholar of Institut Charles Gerhardt, Ecole Nationale Superieure de Chimie, Montpellier, France
2012.04-2015.01 Research Associate, Mawson Institute & Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
2007.07-2008.07 Supervisor, Department of R&D, Shanghai Bio Corporation & National Engineering Center for Biochip, Shanghai, China
2003.09-2004.07 Clinic Intern in Jiangsu People's Hospital, Nanjing, China
Bio
Dr. Yuan Wan completed his M.S. and M.D. degrees in Genetics and Clinical Medicine at Southeast University Medical School in 2007. Later, he earned his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington in 2012. He worked at the Mawson Institute and the Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, as an early career researcher from 2012 to 2015. In 2013, he was awarded Adjunct Academic Status as a Research Fellow in the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, at Flinders University. From 2015 to 2018, he assumed a Postdoc position at the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Wan has a solid background in interdisciplinary fields including Clinical Medicine, Genomics, and Biomedical Engineering. His research interests thus lie in the interdisciplinary areas of Life Science, Biomedical & Electrical Engineering, and Transnational Medicine. In particular, Dr. Wan's research focuses on the development of applications in clinical setting, such as separation and detection of disease related biomolecules, targeted drug delivery, design and fabrication of microfluidic devices and point-of-care devices. In addition, he is also interested in exploring nanobiotechnology to investigate pathophysiologic mechanism, which would redound to the development of corresponding diagnostic and therapeutic assays. He played a primary role in the initiation and completion of a few studies, which were highly successful as demonstrated by the outstanding publication outputs. So far, 70 peer-reviewed articles and conference full papers were published on Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Communications, Chemical Society Review, and other leading journals. Given the field of nanobiosensing and nanomedicine has undergone unprecedented growth in the last few years, and the rapid development has exerted significant influence over biomedicine, Dr. Wan inherently believes that nanobiotechnology can further expedite the application of research for disease prevention, screening, identification, and treatment.
Honors
2022 Early Stage Distinguished Research, Watson College, Binghamton University
2021 MERIT (The Method to Extend Research in Time) R37 Award, National Cancer Institute
2014 Early Career Researcher Networking Award, University of South Australia
2012 Early Career Researcher Development Award, University of South Australia
2010 Graduate Student's Travel Award, Rice University
2009 Graduate Student's Travel Award, the University of Texas at Arlington
2008-2011 Dean's Excellence Fellowship, the University of Texas at Arlington
2004-2007 Second-Class Scholarship, Southeast University
1999-2004 Third-Class Scholarship, Southeast University
Services
2024 Proposal Reviewer, Health Sciences TAE Steering Committee, Binghamton University
2024 Proposal Reviewer, European Science Foundation
2024 Proposal Reviewer, NIH Cancer Diagnostics Prevention and Therapeutics (CDPT-V-13) for SBIR/STTR
2024 Proposal Reviewer, National Science Center, Poland (Panel NZ5)
2024 Proposal Reviewer, NIH ZCA1 TCRB-J (M1)
2024 Proposal Reviewer, SUNY Empire Innovation Program funding proposals
2024 Guest Editor, Frontiers in Immunology
2023 Proposal Reviewer, Meharry-Vanderbilt-TSU Cancer Partnership NCI U54 Grant
2023 Proposal Reviewer, NIH ZRG1 MCST-J Council Small Business
2023 ProposalReviewer, European Science Foundation
2022 Guest Editor, Disease Markers
2022 Proposal Reviewer, NIH R21/R03 Clinical and Translational Cancer Research
2022 co-Chair of BMES Advanced Biomanufacturing
2021 Judger, ASME-BED SB3C student paper competition
2021 Abstract Reviewer, BMES Annual Meeting abstracts
2021 Proposal Reviewer, NIH R01 Clinical Oncology
2021 Proposal Reviewer, European Science Foundation
2021 Proposal Reviewer, Czech Science Foundation
2020 Paper Reviewer, Alpenglow: Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal of Research and Creative Activity
2020 Abstract Reviewer, Advanced BioManufacturing abstracts
2020 Proposal Reviewer, Clean Technology Competition
2020 Guest Editor, Sensors
2019-2022 Academic Editor, Scientific Reports
2019 Guest Editor, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering
2018 Proposal Reviewer, Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Domain Applied and Engineering Sciences
Group Membrane
Md Mofizur Rahman | Dr. Rahman earned his PhD in Material Science and Engineering from Saitama University in collaboration with RIKEN in Wako, Japan in 2019. He graduated from Khulna University in Bangladesh with a B.Pharm (Bachelor of Pharmacy) and an M.Pharm (Masters of Pharmacy). He started his career as a faculty member and worked at several universities in Bangladesh. After completing his PhD, he began working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacy at Daffodil International University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He took a study leave and joined Binghamton University as a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Biomedical Engineering in 2022. He is currently developing new technologies for EV-based cancer detection.
Yundi Chen | Yundi obtained his B.Sc. degree in Biopharmaceutical Technology at China Pharmaceutical University and M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering at Binghamton University. He currently is a PhD candidate in Biomedical Engineering at Binghamton University.
Alumni
Daniel Marrache | Mr. Marrache took lab training in 2024
Alyssa Nelson | Miss. Nelson took lab training in 2023
Matthew Debany | Mr. Debany took lab training in Fall 2022.
Yi Wen | Dr. Wen received her PhD degree in August 2022.
Komal Krishnaji Abhange | Dr. Abhange received her PhD degree in July 2022. She is a postdoc at University of Michigan.
Sushil Pokhrel | Master student; he is working on EV-based cancer immunotherapy. He is applying to a PhD program.
Ashely Soliwoda | Master student; she is a research technician at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Peter Prisinzano | Master student; he is working on EV-based drug delivery.
James Coughlin | Master student; he is working as a research technician at Weill Cornell Medicine.
Eleni Demas | Master student; she is working as a Clinical Specialist at Brainlab
Roderick Robles | Master student
Andrea Russo | Mr. Russo got an offer from Barry-Wehmiller Design Group.
Lauren Petersen | Miss Petersen secured a job at IsoPlexis.
Daniella Ramos | She finished a 2-month REU program in our lab.
Jillian Smollar | Miss. Smollar is an MSAT specialist at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
Ethan Blumenthal | Mr. Blumenthal is taking trainings at Weill Cornell.
Jacqueline Haugen | Master student; she is working in Hoxie & Associates, LLC
Ernest Puletasi | Mr. Puletasi is working in UHS.
Rhea John | Master student; she is a PhD student at Virginia Tech.
Guosheng Wang, M.D. | Dr. Wang completed his training in October 2020 and returned to China.
Jing Wang, M.D., Ph.D. | Dr. Wang completed his training in June 2020 and resumed his physician career in China.
Zachary Quinn | He received a full scholarship and joined the department of BME at Duke University as a PhD candidate.
Fei Xue | He received his MS degree on July 30, 2020. Currently, he is working in Qihan Biotech.
Dawn Bordenave | An undergraduate student at the Xavier University of Louisiana. She took 2-month REU program in our lab.
Parthmesh Sanjay Akolkar | Biomedical Engineer at Prime Healthcare.
Neshat Sayah | She received a full scholarship and joined Baylor University as a PhD candidate.