Jiali Wang

Jiali Wang is a Researcher affiliated with the Institute of Biological Information Processing IBI-3 at Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH and the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences at RWTH Aachen University. Her primary research focus lies in

• Optogenetic actuator engineering for subcellular targeting
• Polarized cell membrane protein localization
• Channelrhodopsin modification with mucin tandem repeats

She has contributed to the development of TR-ChR2XXL constructs showing stable electrophysiological properties while enabling precise subcellular targeting in epithelial and neuronal cells.

Her research (2023) demonstrates that N-terminal mucin motif fusions maintain high photocurrents in polarized cells while achieving compartment-specific expression. Key articles span neuroscience, biomedical engineering, and clinical oncology applications. Scientific awards include

• China Scholarship Council (CSC) financial support
• Helmholtz Association open access funding