About Me
I am a postdoctoral scholar co-supervised by Prof. Jill Banfield (Banfield Lab) and Dr. Rohan Sachdeva, at the Innovative Genomics Institute, UC Berkeley. I received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the City University of Hong Kong, where I developed computational methods for strain-level microbiome characterization, and my B.Sc. in Biotechnology from Northwestern Polytechnical University. My research focuses on developing novel computational methods to decipher human genomics and metagenomics.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science | City University of Hong Kong (2018 - 2022)
- B.Sc. in Biotechnology | Northwestern Polytechnical University (2013 - 2017)
Selected Publications
- Wang, S. et al. "PStrain: an iterative microbial strains profiling algorithm." Bioinformatics, 2021
- Wang, S. et al. "SpecHLA enables full-resolution HLA typing from sequencing data." Cell Reports Methods, 2023
- Wang, S. et al. "Enhancing insights into diseases through HGT event detection." Nucleic Acids Research, 2024
- Wang, S. et al. "SpecImmune accurately genotypes diverse immune-related gene families." Biorxiv, 2025
Software & Projects
LocalHGT
Accurate detection of horizontal gene transfer events.
PStrain
Iterative strain profiling for metagenomic data.
SpecHLA
Full-resolution HLA typing and LOH detection.
SpecImmune
Genotyping immune gene families using long-reads.
Technical Skills
Python
C++
R
Linux/Shell
Bioinformatics Pipelines
LaTeX