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Boya Wang (汪博雅) (she/her/hers) (full version CV)Postdoctoral Scholar (Oct 2020 ~ present)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at Austin Ph.D. in BioECE (Sep 2020) Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at Austin B.S. in Applied Chemistry (September 2010 ~ June 2014) Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China Email: bywang@utexas.edu |
News
2021
09-14: Boya received the 2020 Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad!
02-10: Boya joins the editorial team for the grassroots textbook The Art of Molecular Programming project.
02-10: Boya joins the editorial team for the grassroots textbook The Art of Molecular Programming project.
2020
10-08: Boya is selected to participate in EECS Rising Stars 2020 hosted by University of California, Berkeley.
09-15: Boya presents two posters at DNA 26: "SIMD||DNA: Experimental validation and high-throughput readout" (PDF, 3-min recording) and "Cells, diffusion and geometry: programming patterns with leader election and signal comparison" (PDF).
09-14 ~ 09-17: Boya attends the virtual DNA 26 held by at University of Oxford.
09-02: Boya joins the Molpigs (Molecular Programming Interest Group) committee and serves as the secretary of Molpigs.
08-07: Boya has successfully defended her Ph.D thesis!
09-15: Boya presents two posters at DNA 26: "SIMD||DNA: Experimental validation and high-throughput readout" (PDF, 3-min recording) and "Cells, diffusion and geometry: programming patterns with leader election and signal comparison" (PDF).
09-14 ~ 09-17: Boya attends the virtual DNA 26 held by at University of Oxford.
09-02: Boya joins the Molpigs (Molecular Programming Interest Group) committee and serves as the secretary of Molpigs.
08-07: Boya has successfully defended her Ph.D thesis!
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06-10: Boya is awarded the GHC Student Scholarship to attend the 2020 Virtual Grace Hopper Celebration!
05-14: Boya has earned the Advanced Teaching Preparation Certificate from UT-Austin. 04-08: The paper "DNA punch cards for storing data on native DNA sequences via enzymatic nicking" in which Boya participated is published on Nature Communications! |
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2019
10-24: Boya is selected for the Final Round of Three Minute Thesis Competition. (Recording: 48:07)
10-03: Boya passes the Progress Review in the ECE graduate program!
09-09: Boya is awarded with the Student Travel Award for DNA 25.
08-08: Our paper "SIMD||DNA: Single Instruction, Multiple Data Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades" won the Best Student Paper Award! :D
08-05 ~ 08-09: Boya attends DNA 25 and gives an oral presentation (slides) at University of Washington.
06-21: Boya's abstract entitled "Boolean Circuits via Thermodynamic Binding Networks: From Theory to Test Tube" is accepted to present as a poster at the DNA 25 conference. (poster, PDF)
05-24: Boya's paper "SIMD||DNA: Single Instruction, Multiple Data Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades" coauthored with Cameron Chalk and David Soloveichik is accepted for oral presentation at DNA 25!
10-03: Boya passes the Progress Review in the ECE graduate program!
09-09: Boya is awarded with the Student Travel Award for DNA 25.
08-08: Our paper "SIMD||DNA: Single Instruction, Multiple Data Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades" won the Best Student Paper Award! :D
08-05 ~ 08-09: Boya attends DNA 25 and gives an oral presentation (slides) at University of Washington.
06-21: Boya's abstract entitled "Boolean Circuits via Thermodynamic Binding Networks: From Theory to Test Tube" is accepted to present as a poster at the DNA 25 conference. (poster, PDF)
05-24: Boya's paper "SIMD||DNA: Single Instruction, Multiple Data Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades" coauthored with Cameron Chalk and David Soloveichik is accepted for oral presentation at DNA 25!
2018
12-13: Boya's paper "Effective design principles for leakless strand displacement systems" coauthored with Chris Thachuk, Andew Ellington, Erik Winfree and David Soloveichik is published on PNAS!
10-08 ~ 10-12: Boya attends DNA 24 at Shandong Normal University in Jinan, China.
09-19: Boya is awarded with the Student Travel Award to participate DNA 24.
08-26: Boya's abstract entitled "Experimentally characterizing the design space of strand displacement translators with toehold-size clamps" is accepted to present as a poster at the DNA 24 conference. (poster, PDF)
10-08 ~ 10-12: Boya attends DNA 24 at Shandong Normal University in Jinan, China.
09-19: Boya is awarded with the Student Travel Award to participate DNA 24.
08-26: Boya's abstract entitled "Experimentally characterizing the design space of strand displacement translators with toehold-size clamps" is accepted to present as a poster at the DNA 24 conference. (poster, PDF)
2017
09-24 ~ 09-28: Boya attends DNA 23 and gives an oral presentation (slides) as a local student at the University of Texas at Austin.
05-16: Boya's paper "The design space of strand displacement cascades with toehold-size clamps" coauthored with Chris Thachuk and David Soloveichik is accepted for oral presentation at DNA 23! :-)
Jan. 2017: Boya is readmitted by the bioECE track in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in UT. Exciting!!
05-16: Boya's paper "The design space of strand displacement cascades with toehold-size clamps" coauthored with Chris Thachuk and David Soloveichik is accepted for oral presentation at DNA 23! :-)
Jan. 2017: Boya is readmitted by the bioECE track in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in UT. Exciting!!
2016
09-04 ~ 09-08: Boya attends DNA 22 at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, Germany, which is fantastic!
07-16: Boya is awarded with the Student Travel Award to participate DNA 22.
07-02: Boya's abstract entitled "Characterizing Leakless Strand Displacement Systems" is accepted to present as a poster at the DNA 22 conference.
01-19: Boya is excited to be the TA for David's class EE 381V Programming with Molecules (Spring 2016).
01-15 ~ 01-18: Boya attends the MPP (Molecular Programming Project) Workshop in University of Washington.
07-16: Boya is awarded with the Student Travel Award to participate DNA 22.
07-02: Boya's abstract entitled "Characterizing Leakless Strand Displacement Systems" is accepted to present as a poster at the DNA 22 conference.
01-19: Boya is excited to be the TA for David's class EE 381V Programming with Molecules (Spring 2016).
01-15 ~ 01-18: Boya attends the MPP (Molecular Programming Project) Workshop in University of Washington.
2015
11-03: Boya is selected for the Proctor & Gamble poster competition.
08-17 ~ 08-25: Boya attends DNA 21 at Harvard.
07-28: Boya's abstract entitled "Characterizing 'Leakless Strand Displacement' with Double Long Domains" is accepted to present as a breaking news poster at the DNA 21 conference.
02-16: Boya starts working with Dr. David Soloveichik!!!
08-17 ~ 08-25: Boya attends DNA 21 at Harvard.
07-28: Boya's abstract entitled "Characterizing 'Leakless Strand Displacement' with Double Long Domains" is accepted to present as a breaking news poster at the DNA 21 conference.
02-16: Boya starts working with Dr. David Soloveichik!!!
2014
08-25: Boya travels to the US and joins the Biochemistry program in UT-Austin.
06-21: Boya and other students who are going to study abroad in 2014Fall give a performance named "My Chinese Heart 我的中国心" to 8000 undergraduate students at the great graduation party "Tong Ge Tong Xing 同歌同行". (Link: 22:12~25:18)
06-21: Boya and other students who are going to study abroad in 2014Fall give a performance named "My Chinese Heart 我的中国心" to 8000 undergraduate students at the great graduation party "Tong Ge Tong Xing 同歌同行". (Link: 22:12~25:18)
