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Yu Wang

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Purdue University West Lafayette

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Early career · publishing since 2017
Gut microbiota and healthNutritional Studies and DietDiet and metabolism studiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsClostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research

Publications

78

Citations

2,485

Est. group size

~9

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

10

Publishing since 2017

Research summary
AI-generated

Yu Wang's research centers on the human and environmental microbiome, especially the gut microbiota's role in digestive and inflammatory diseases like colitis and depression, and how probiotics, dietary compounds, and short-chain fatty acids (small molecules made by gut bacteria) affect health. The group also studies soil and plant-associated bacteria for traits like antimicrobial activity and heavy-metal resistance, and applies genomic and metabolomic (large-scale gene and metabolite profiling) methods across these projects.

Gut microbiota and diseaseProbiotics and fermented foodsMicrobiome-based therapeutics (fecal transplants, macrophage regulation)Plant/soil microbiology and biotechnologyGenomic and metabolomic profiling

Publication output rose sharply from 2019 to a peak in 2022, then has gradually declined through 2025, though it remains fairly active with an average of about 10 papers per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications17182019: 11 publications192020: 4 publications202021: 8 publications212022: 19 publications19222023: 11 publications232024: 9 publications242025: 8 publications252026: 3 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Current Developments in Nutrition×10
  • Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology×5
  • Frontiers in Microbiology×4
  • Nutrients×4
  • Advances in Nutrition×3
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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