Wang, Rui
Dr Rui Wang has been Vice-President of Research of Laurentian University since January of 2015. From 2004 to 2014, Dr Wang served as the Vice President of Research firstly, and then as Vice President of Research, Economic Development and Innovation at Lakehead University. Dr Wang came to Lakehead from the University of Saskatchewan, where he was a Professor of Physiology and leader of both the Cardiovascular Research Group and the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Network. Prior to that, Dr Wang was a Principal Investigator from 1995 to 2000 at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Maine, USA, and an Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal from 1993 to 1997. Dr Wang was trained in China as a medical doctor, and later received his PhD degree in 1990 from the University of Alberta. Dr Wang is an international leader in the study of the metabolism and physiological functions of a group of small molecules of gas, known as gasotransmitters
Wang, Rui
Dr Rui Wang has been Vice-President of Research of Laurentian University since January of 2015. From 2004 to 2014, Dr Wang served as the Vice President of Research firstly, and then as Vice President of Research, Economic Development and Innovation at Lakehead University. Dr Wang came to Lakehead from the University of Saskatchewan, where he was a Professor of Physiology and leader of both the Cardiovascular Research Group and the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Network. Prior to that, Dr Wang was a Principal Investigator from 1995 to 2000 at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory in Maine, USA, and an Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal from 1993 to 1997. Dr Wang was trained in China as a medical doctor, and later received his PhD degree in 1990 from the University of Alberta. Dr Wang is an international leader in the study of the metabolism and physiological functions of a group of small molecules of gas, known as gasotransmitters
Dr. Rui Wang is the Vice-President Research and a professor of Biology of Laurentian University in Canada. He served as Vice President of Research, Economic Development and Innovation at Lakehead University in Canada until 2015. Prior to that, Dr. Wang was a Professor of Physiology and leader of both the Cardiovascular Research Group and the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Network at the University of Saskatchewan, and an Assistant Professor at the Université de Montréal. Dr. Wang was trained in China as a medical doctor, and later received his PhD degree in 1990 from the University of Alberta. He was the first to conceptualize the gasotransmitter family in 2002. His achievements have been recognized with numerous national and international honors and awards, including election to fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2010 and recipient of the Pfizer Senior Scientist Award from Canadian Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in 2008. Dr. Wang has published about 266 peer-reviewed papers in leading scientific journals, including Science and Cell. His publication on H2S biology and medicine has received the highest citations in this field in the world.
