Metabolomics

Biography

Dr. Rui Wang has served Lakehead University since 2004, first as the Vice President of Researchand currently under the title of Vice President of Research, Economic Development and Innovation. 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 this, Dr. Wang was a Principal Investigator from 1995 to 2003 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.

Research Interest

Gasotransmitters in cardiovascular system. Molecular basis and structure-function relationship of voltage-gated K (Kv) channels and ATP-sensitive (K ATP ) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells (SMCs) Health applications of novel nutraceutical and herb products