All About Me

Wanwan Yang earned her Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering at Caltech in August 2009. She has been working in the Ponce group at JPL since March 2006. Her research focuses on sporulation and germination of anaerobic Clostridium species, detection and quantification of Clostridium spores, and detection and cultivation of microorganisms in extreme environments. Her other research interests include systems biology and biofuels. As for fun, she enjoys ballroom dancing.

education

Ph.D. Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2009

Thesis: Fast viability assessment of Clostridium spores - Survival in extreme environments, August 2009 [PDF]

M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, California Institute of Technology, 2005

B.S. Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, 2003

publications

Quantification of Clostridium spores in extreme environments using a microscopy-based endospore viability assay.  Yang, WW.; Ponce, A.  Applied and Environmental Microbiology, in preparation.

Rapid endospore viability assay for Clostridium sporogenes spores.  Yang, WW.; Ponce, A.  International Journal of Food Microbiology, 2009, 133, 213-216. [PDF]

Production and characterization of pure spore suspensions of Clostridium sporogenes.  Yang, WW.; Crow-Willard, E.; Ponce, A.  Applied Microbiology, 2009, 106(1), 27-33. [PDF]