

Stan Wang, md, phd
CEO & Founder, Thymmune Therapeutics
Summary
Stan Wang, MD, PhD, is CEO & Founder of Thymmune Therapeutics, a biotechnology company developing a machine learning-enabled thymic cell engineering platform to restore normal immune function in aging and disease. The company's cutting-edge approach in iPSC-thymic cell manufacturing can generate off-the-shelf cells at scale for a pipeline of therapies to treat immunodeficiencies, transplant related, and autoimmune disorders. Previously, he was Founding Chief Scientific Officer at Cellino Biotech.
Dr. Wang received his PhD in stem cell biology & regenerative medicine from the University of Cambridge as a Gates Scholar and NIH-Cambridge Scholar, and his MD from Columbia University via the NIH Medical Scientist Training Program. He was a postdoctoral fellow with George Church at Harvard Medical School.
Media
TEDx talk by Stan Wang on what role stem cells might play in the future of medicine
Stan Wang talks about creating non-embryonic stem cells for use in regenerative medicine
Experience
Thymmune Therapeutics, Inc.
CEO & Founder July 2019 - present
The Council on Strategic Risks
Non-Resident Senior Fellow July 2019 - present
The Center on Strategic Weapons: Making Biological Weapons Obsolete
Cellino Biotech, Inc.
Consultant July 2019 - December 2019
Founding Chief Scientific Officer August 2017 - June 2019
Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Postdoctoral Fellow September 2016 - August 2018
George Church lab, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
University of Cambridge
Gates Scholar October 2011 - May 2015
Supervised by Roger Pedersen & Sir John Gurdon (2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine)
National Institutes of Health
Pre-doctoral IRTA Fellow August 2011 - June 2015
Supervised by Vittorio Sartorelli
Skills & Expertise
Biotechnology
Stem Cells
Regenerative Medicine
Genome Engineering
Entrepreneurship
People Skills
Education
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
M.D. 2016
NIH T32-funded Medical Scientist Training Program
University of Cambridge
Ph.D. 2015
Gates Scholar, NIH-Cambridge Scholar
The University of Akron
B.S. 2009
Rhodes Scholar Finalist, Student Speaker at Commencement
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