Wang Xiaodong

Institution
National Institute of Biological Sciences Beijing

Country
China

Field
Life Sciences

Wang was awarded the 2020 King Faisal Prize for Biology. His laboratory is known for discovering the role mitochondria plays in apoptosis, or cell death, in multicellular organisms.

(Photo: King Faisal Prize)

AWARDS
  • King Faisal Prize

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