Current Lab Members
Alumni Lab Members
Principle Investigator

Dr. Huiliang (Evan) Wang
Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, UT Austin
Postdoc: Bioengineering at Stanford University
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University
Undergraduate: Materials Science at Oxford University
Selected Honors and Awards
- Emerging Investigator, Biomaterials Science, 2025
- Leading Investigator, Chemical Science, 2025
- Med-X Young Investigator Award, 2024
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award, 2024
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2024
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE-GSW) Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2024- UT Austin Proof of Concept (POC) Award, 2023
- Alzheimer's Association - New to the Field Award, 2023
- Young Investigator Award, Controlled Release Society Gene Delivery and Gene Editing Focus Group, 2023
- Protégé, Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST), 2022
- NIH R35 Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA), 2022
- Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022
- Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, 2022
- MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35 (China), 2022
- NIH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, 2018
- NIH F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016
- Gold Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2014
- Graduate Research Award, American Vacuum Society (AVS), 2014
- Link Foundation Energy Fellowship, 2012
Postdoc: Bioengineering at Stanford University
PhD: Materials Science and Engineering at Stanford University
Undergraduate: Materials Science at Oxford University
Selected Honors and Awards
- Emerging Investigator, Biomaterials Science, 2025
- Leading Investigator, Chemical Science, 2025
- Med-X Young Investigator Award, 2024
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Biomedical Engineering Teaching Award, 2024
- National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award, 2024
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE-GSW) Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2024
- Young Investigator Award, Controlled Release Society Gene Delivery and Gene Editing Focus Group, 2023
- Protégé, Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering & Science of Texas (TAMEST), 2022
- Emerging Investigator, Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2022
- Emerging Investigator, Nanoscale, 2022
- MIT Technology Review 35 Innovators under 35 (China), 2022
- NIH K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award, 2018
- NIH F32 National Research Service Award (NRSA) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2016
- Gold Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society (MRS), 2014
- Graduate Research Award, American Vacuum Society (AVS), 2014
- Link Foundation Energy Fellowship, 2012