Yajun Wang

Postdoctoral Fellows

Postdoctoral Fellow

Location:

3266-WS11

Research Interests

Plants are exposed to a vast number of potential pathogens. However, only a small amount of them can invade a certain plant species successfully, which we call host pathogens. Plants have evolved partial or major resistance genes to fight against their host pathogens. Most of potential pathogens are non-host pathogens to a certain plant species, which are not able to colonize the plants, either due to lack of pathogenicity or non-host resistance genes of the plants. Yajun Wang's research interest is focused on mapping, cloning, and characterization of genes that confer non-host resistance, partial resistance or major resistance to rust disease in cereals.

Education

  • PhD, Biology, Institute Of Botany, The Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2014
  • MSc, Biology, Institute Of Botany, The Chinese Academy Of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2010
  • BSc, Plant protection department, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, China, 2007

Professional Profile

  • 2018-present: Postdoctoral Fellow, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2014-2018: Postdoctoral Fellow, Wageningen University, Netherlands