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.