Dr. Tang has expertise in environmental microbiology,kinetic modeling,and metabolic flux analysis. Dr. Tang did his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Washington (with Dr. Barbara Krieger-Brockett}. During his postdoctoral period (2004~2008},he worked on genomics projects at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (with Dr. Jay Keasling}. He has worked at Washington University since 2008,where his research focuses on characterizing and engineering nonmodel microorganisms for bio-manufacturing.