Dr Wang Ruojun earned her bachelor’s degree in Preventive Medicine from Jilin University in 2018 and her PhD from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2022, where she was honoured with the Academic Excellence Award.

Her research focuses on microbial interactions and antibiotic resistance, employing advanced omics tools and molecular biology techniques. Motivated by the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance, her current work aims to discover novel antimicrobial resistance genes and track their transmission in both human and environmental contexts.

1. Wang R, Zhang W, Ding W, Liang Z, Long L, Wong WC, Qian PY. (2022). Profiling signal transduction in global marine biofilms. Frontiers in Microbiology 12, 768926-768926.
2. Ding W*, Wang R*, Liang Z, Zhang R, Qian PY, Zhang W. (2021). Expanding our understanding of marine viral diversity through metagenomic analyses of biofilms. Marine Life Science & Technology 3(3), 395-404.
3. Wang R, Ding W, Long L, Lan Y, Tong H, Saha S, et al. (2020). Exploring the influence of signal molecules on marine biofilms development. Frontiers in Microbiology 2927.
4. Qian PY, Cheng A, Wang R, Zhang R. (2022). Marine biofilms: diversity, interactions and biofouling. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 1-14.
5. Zhang W, Ding W, Li Y, Tam CK, Bougouffa S, Wang R, et al. (2019). Marine biofilms constitute a bank of hidden microbial diversity and functional potential. Nature Communications 10(1), 1-10.
6. Zhong C, Shun Y, Li Y, Chen J, Wei T, Wang R, et al. (2024). Marine biofilms: cyanobacteria factories for the global oceans. mSystems. e00317-24.
7. Long L, Wang R, Chiang HY, Ding W, Li Y, Chen F, et al. (2021). Discovery of antibiofilm activity of elasnin against marine biofilms and its application in the marine antifouling coatings. Marine Drugs 19.
8. Ding W, Zhang W, Wang R, Sun Y, Pei B, Gao Z, et al. (2019). Distribution, diversity and functional dissociation of the mac genes in marine biofilms. Biofouling 35(2), 230-243.