E-mail: wangkxatnufe.edu.cn

Nanjing University of Finance and Economics (NUFE)

Education

2013 –2019         Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU, Jiangsu, China)

Ph.D. at Department of Entomology

Advisor: Prof. Zhaojun Han

2017 –2019          Miami University (Ohio, US)

        Joint doctoral student at Department of Biology

Advisor: Prof. Yoshi Tomoyasu

2009 –2013               Nanjing Agricultural University

        B.S. (Hons.) in Plant Protection

Work Experience

7.2019 – present                 NUFE

        Lecturer at College of Food Science & Engineering

                                                Research area: stored product insects, RNA interference, insect physiology, pesticide resistance, & pest management

Other Academic Experience

1.2015 – 2.2015 Certificate on One-Health Program, WIFSS, UC Davis, US

Teaching

Principles of Food Engineering

Pest Management Technology in Food Industry

Modern Molecular Biology & Experiment

Professional services

Guest editor: Frontiers in Genetics (2021-present), Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE, 2021-present)

Funding

2022-2024 National Natural Science Foundation of China, Principal investigator

2021-2024 Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, Principal investigator

Selected Publications

Wang, K.*, Cheng, H., Chen, J., Zhu, G., Tang, P., & Han, Z. (2021) Chimeric Double-Stranded RNAs Could Act as Tailor-Made Pesticides for Controlling Storage Insects. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c00853

Wang, K., Liu, M., Wang, Y., Song, W., & Tang, P*. (2020) Identification and functional analysis of cytochrome P450 CYP346 family genes associated with phosphine resistance in Tribolium castaneum. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 168, 104622.

Wang, K., Peng, Y., Chen, J., Peng, Y., Wang, X., Shen, Z., & Han, Z.* (2020) Comparison of efficacy of RNAi mediated by various nanoparticles in the rice striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis). Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 165, 104467.

Wang, K., Peng, Y., Fu, W., Shen, Z., & Han, Z.* (2019). Key factors determining variations in RNAi efficacy mediated by different dsRNA lengths in Tribolium castaneum. Insect Molecular Biology, 28, 235-245.

Wang, K., Peng, Y., Pu, J., et al. (2016). Variation in RNAi efficacy among insect species is attributable to dsRNA degradation in vivo. Insect biochemistry and molecular biology, 77, 1-9.