Texas A&M University College of Dentistry

Qian Wang, PhD

Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences | College of Dentistry
Contact Groups and Affiliations

Biography

 

Career History

  • Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX. Since September 2021.
  • Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX. January 2015 – August 2021
  • Associate Professor of Anatomy, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA.  July 2013 - December 2014
  • Assistant Professor of Anatomy, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Mercer University School of Medicine, Macon, GA.  January 2007 - June 2013
  • Assistant to the Curator (part time), FossilDome, School of Anatomical Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 2002
  • Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1998-1999

Education

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Biomedical Sciences Texas A&M University System Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX, 2003-2006
  • Postdoctoral Fellow School of Anatomical Sciences University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1999- 2002
  • Recipient of French Government grant for training in paleoanthropology and human biology. Institute de Paléontologie Humaine, Paris, Sept 1997- Jan 1998
  • D. in Physical Anthropology. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 1995-1998
  • Sc. in Paleontology Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1992-1995
  • Sc. in Paleontology Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, 1988-1992

Awards & Honors

  • 2019 TAMU College of Dentistry Teacher of the Year
  • 2020 TAMU College of Dentistry Basic Science Faculty Research Award
  • 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award (Teaching), College Level, Texas A&M Association of Former Students
  • 2024 TAMU College of Dentistry Premier Performance Award

Teaching Interests

  • Gross Anatomy, Neuroanatomy, Skeletal Pathology, Functional Head & Neck Anatomy

Recent Grants

  1. NSF BCS: Paleodemographic and Ancient DNA Study of a Potential Epidemic Site. $309,983. 2021-2026. PI: Wang. Co-PI: Sharon DeWitte.
  2. NIH-NIDCR R01: miR-23-27-24 cluster coupled osteo/angiogenesis for complex craniofacial bone regeneration. $1,781,589. 2021-2026. PI: Xianghong Luan. Role of Wang: Co-Investigator.
  3. NSF RIDIR Collaborative Research: A Skeletal Study to Determine Environmental and Familial Effects on Health and Life Expectancy. $ 410,213. 2019-2025. PI: Wang.
  4. TAMU T3 Initiative (Triads for Transformation): The Global History of Health Project - Oral health in Eastern Asia during the past 10,000 years. $32,000. 2018-2020. PI: Wang; Co-PIs: Sheela Athreya and Lori Wright.
  5. NSF Collaborative Research: Integrative analysis of hominid feeding biomechanics - Morphology and biomechanics of craniofacial sutures. $ 137,122. 2007-2013. PI: Wang.

Websites

Publications

2025 History of Health at Cayo Santiago – An investigation of Environmental and Genetic Influences on the skeletal remains of the introduced Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) colony
George Francis, Qian Wang. 2025. History of Health at Cayo Santiago – An investigation of Environmental and Genetic Influences on the skeletal remains of the introduced Rhesus Macaque (Macaca mulatta) colony. American Journal of Primatology. 87: 87:e23722. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23722
2025 Red Princess of the Silk Road - The First-and-only Known Case of Cinnabar-stained Teeth in Antiquity from the Iron Age Western Regions (202BCE - 8CE)
Sen You, Meng Ren, Li Sun, Anqi Wang, Long Wang, Quanchao Zhang, Qian Wang. Red Princess of the Silk Road - The First-and-only Known Case of Cinnabar-stained Teeth in Antiquity from the Iron Age Western Regions (202BCE - 8CE). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 17, 69. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02188-5
2025 Bite force production and the origin of Homo
Justin A. Ledogar, Stefano Benazzi, Amanda L. Smith, Paul C. Dechow, Qian Wang, Rebecca W. Cook, Dimitri Neaux, Callum F. Ross, Ian R. Grosse, Barth W. Wright, Gerhard W. Weber, Craig Byron, Stephen Wroe, David S. Strait. Bite force production and the origin of Homo. Submitted to Royal Society Open Science. Accepted.
2025 CSViewer for Analysts: I. Building an Integrative Database and Knowledge Model for the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaque Colony and its Derived Skeletal Collections
Martin Q. Zhao, Cooper T. Novak, Rui Gong, Mehakpreet Kaur, Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Terry B. Kensler, George Francis, Elizabeth Maldonado, Luci A.P. Kohn, Qian Wang. 2025.CSViewer for Analysts: I. Building an Integrative Database and Knowledge Model for the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaque Colony and its Derived Skeletal Collections. American Journal of Primatology. 87:e70015. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.70015
2025 CSViewer for Analysts: II. Analytic Tools and Visualization towards Founder Lineages, Social Groups and Reproduction Dynamics of the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaque Colony
Martin Q. Zhao, Rui Gong, Mehakpreet Kaur, Soumik Kundu, George Francis, Terry B. Kensler, Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Elizabeth Maldonado, Luci A.P. Kohn, Qian Wang. 2025. CSViewer for Analysts: II. Analytic Tools and Visualization towards Founder Lineages, Social Groups and Reproduction Dynamics of the Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaque Colony. American Journal of Primatology.
2025 Revisiting linear enamel hypoplasia in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): How a stress marker relates to environment and maternal lineage in a rare rhesus colony with known life history
Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Julianna Watson, Liya Samuel, Emma Showalter, Finn Lerner, Emilie Dixon, Terry B. Kensler, George Francis, Elizabeth Maldonado, Luci A.P. Kohn, Martin Q. Zhao, Qian Wang. 2025. Revisiting linear enamel hypoplasia in Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta): How a stress marker relates to environment and maternal lineage in a rare rhesus colony with known life history. American Journal of Primatology. 87:e23692. DOI: 10.1002/ajp.23692
2025 Enhancing Data Analytics and Visualization Support in CSViewer for Analysts - Version 1.1: Access to an Integrative Database and Knowledge Model of Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques
Martin Q. Zhao, Cooper Novak, Ethan R. Widener, Raj Patel, Rui Gong, George Francis, Qian Wang. 2025. Enhancing Data Analytics and Visualization Support in CSViewer for Analysts - Version 1.1: Access to an Integrative Database and Knowledge Model of Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques. Journal of Data Science and Intelligent Systems. POL. DOI:10.47852/bonviewJDSIS42023383
2025 Coming to the Caribbean: Eighty-five years of Rhesus macaques at Cayo Santiago - A rare non-human primate model for the studies of adaptation, diseases, genetics, natural disasters and resilience
Qian Wang, George Francis. 2025. Coming to the Caribbean: Eighty-five years of Rhesus macaques at Cayo Santiago - A rare non-human primate model for the studies of adaptation, diseases, genetics, natural disasters and resilience. American Journal of Primatology. 87:e23659. DOI: 1002/ajp.23659
2025 The use of platelet concentrates in the reconstruction of the alveolar cleft defect: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Mariana Vásquez-Álvarez, Qian Wang, Uriel Zapata. 2025. The use of platelet concentrates in the reconstruction of the alveolar cleft defect: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The Cleft Palate Craniofacial Journal. POL. DOI: 10.1177/10556656231222076.
2024 Pterion variation in the skulls of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago: Inheritance, development and pathology
George Francis, Qian Wang. 2024. Pterion variation in the skulls of rhesus macaques from Cayo Santiago: Inheritance, development and pathology. Anatomical Record. 307(9):3139-3151. DOI: 10.1002/ar.25417
2024 Patterns of entheseal changes and other activity markers in an ancient population from Neolithic to Bronze Age (8000–2300BP) at the Houtaomuga site, Northeast China with special references to climate changes, subsistence strategies, sex-based labor divisions, and regional variations
Ruiqi Zou, Haiyang Xing, Xiaofan Sun, Shuxin Kong, Lixin Wang, Zhe Zhang, Quanchao Zhang, Qian Wang. 2024. Patterns of entheseal changes and other activity markers in an ancient population from Neolithic to Bronze Age (8000–2300BP) at the Houtaomuga site, Northeast China with special references to climate changes, subsistence strategies, sex-based labor divisions, and regional variations. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 34:e333533. 23 pages. DOI: 10.1002/10.1002/oa.3335
2024 Surviving punishment by body reduction in a hierarchical society: A bioarcheological study of two punitive amputation cases in Eastern Zhou Dynasty (771–256 BCE) with references to the penal and medical systems of ancient China
Yawei Zhou, Yanmei Liu, Fei Yan, Qian Wang. 2024. Surviving punishment by body reduction in a hierarchical society: A bioarcheological study of two punitive amputation cases in Eastern Zhou Dynasty (771–256 BCE) with references to the penal and medical systems of ancient China. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.16:55. DOI:10.1007/s12520-024-01961-2
2024 A Rare Case of Both Bone Forearm Fracture with a 90° Angulation of the Radius from the North Shenjiaqiao Cemetery of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Warring States Period, Xi’an, China (475-221 BCE)
Yawei Zhou, Huiying Liu, Xiangyu Zhang, Yanpeng Wang, Qian Wang. 2024. A Rare Case of Both Bone Forearm Fracture with a 90° Angulation of the Radius from the North Shenjiaqiao Cemetery of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty Warring States Period, Xi’an, China (475-221 BCE). Asian Journal of Paleopathology. 6: 7-15. DOI: 10.32247/ajp2024.6.03.
2024 Talon Cusp Expression in Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta)
Debbie Guatelli-Steinberg, Terry B. Kensler, George Francis, Elizabeth Maldonado, Luci A.P. Kohn, Martin Q. Zhao, Qian Wang. 2024. Talon Cusp Expression in Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 183:172-177. DOI:10.1002/ajpa.24855
2023 A Shaman's Surgical Art? A Neurosurgical and Osteoarchaeological Study of a Therapeutic Trepanation from the Yanghai Cemetery in Turpan Basin, China
Sun X, Zhang Q, Wang P, Wang A, Guo Y, Wang Q. 2023. A Shaman's Surgical Art? A Neurosurgical and Osteoarchaeological Study of a Therapeutic Trepanation from the Yanghai Cemetery in Turpan Basin, China. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15, 155. DOI:10.1007/s12520-023-01856-8
2023 Added Hardship to Nomadic Life: Leg Impairment in an Early Iron Age Individual from Northwestern China (ca. 375 BCE) with Special References to Lower Limb Splint Use
Zhang W, Wang A, Zou Z, Jakob T, Zhu Y, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2023. Added Hardship to Nomadic Life: Leg Impairment in an Early Iron Age Individual from Northwestern China (ca. 375 BCE) with Special References to Lower Limb Splint Use. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15, 150. DOL:10.1007/s12520-023-01852-y
2023 The Largest Headhunting Event in Prehistoric Asia: Evidence of Mass Decapitation at the 4100-Year-Old Neolithic Age Honghe Site, Heilongjiang, China
Gao G, Zhang Q, Sun X, Zhang W, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2023. The Largest Headhunting Event in Prehistoric Asia: Evidence of Mass Decapitation at the 4100-Year-Old Neolithic Age Honghe Site, Heilongjiang, China. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 15, 144. DOI:10.1007/s12520-023-01845-x
2023 Coming to the Caribbean – Acclimation of Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Cayo Santiago
Francis G, Wang Q. 2023. Coming to the Caribbean – Acclimation of Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) at Cayo Santiago. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 181:271-295.
2023 In search of earliest records of Plague endemic: Past research and new endeavors
Simon M, Zhang Q, Sikora M, Willmott H, DeWitte S, Wang Q. In search of earliest records of Plague endemic: Past research and new endeavors. Asian Journal of Paleopathology. 5:21-29.
2023 Skull: Function – New Directions
Wang Q, Menegaz RA. 2023. Skull: Function – New Directions. In: Larsen CS, editor. Companion to Biological Anthropology, 2nd edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. p. 559-571.
2023 Building a Knowledge Model of Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques: Engaging Undergraduate Students in Developing Graphical User Interfaces for an NSF Funded Research Project
Zhao MQ, Widener ER, Francis G, Wang Q. Building a Knowledge Model of Cayo Santiago Rhesus Macaques: Engaging Undergraduate Students in Developing Graphical User Interfaces for an NSF Funded Research Project. In: Daimi, K., Al Sadoon, A. (eds) Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Innovations in Computing Research (ICR’23). ICR 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 721. Springer, Cham. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-35308-6 29
2023 Sagittal suture strain in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus and Cebus) during feeding
Byron C, Reed D, Iriarte-Diaz J, Wang Q, Strait D, Laird M, Ross C. 2023. Sagittal suture strain in capuchin monkeys (Sapajus and Cebus) during feeding. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 180: 633-654.
2023 Delayed Closure of the Anterior Fontanelle in Iron Age Children from Zaghunluq
Li H, Song Q, Huo J, Hao S, Zhou C, Zhang H, Wang B, Xiao X, Wang Q. 2023. Delayed Closure of the Anterior Fontanelle in Iron Age Children from Zaghunluq. Anthropologischer Anzeiger. Anthropol Anz. 80(4):471-480.
2023 A Commoner With Advanced Surgery: A Bioarcheological Study of a Trepanation Case With Special Reference to the Medical Care System During the Western Zhou Dynasty of China (1045 – 771 BCE)
Sun X, You S, Wang J, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2023. A Commoner With Advanced Surgery: A Bioarcheological Study of a Trepanation Case With Special Reference to the Medical Care System During the Western Zhou Dynasty of China (1045 – 771 BCE). Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. Volume 47, 103830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.103830.
2023 Trepanation during the Late Neolithic Age from the Mapai Cemetery in the Gan-Qing Region, Northwestern China – A Bioarcheological -and Experimental study
Yang S, Sun Y, Dong H, Sun X, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2023. Trepanation during the Late Neolithic Age from the Mapai Cemetery in the Gan-Qing Region, Northwestern China – A Bioarcheological -and Experimental study. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 33:70-82.
2022 Male Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) tend to have greater molar wear than females at comparable ages: exploring two possible reasons why
Guatelli-Steinberg D, Guerrieri T, Kensler T, Maldonado E, Francis G, Kohn L, Zhao M, Wang Q. 2022. Male Cayo Santiago rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) tend to have greater molar wear than females at comparable ages: exploring two possible reasons why. American Journal of Biological Anthropology. 178:437-447.
2022 Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus
Ledogar JA, Senck A, Villmoare BA, Smith AL, Weber GW, Richmond BG, Dechow PC, Ross CF, Grosse IR, Wright BW, Wang Q, Byron C, Benazzi S, Carlson KJ, Carlson KB, Pryor McIntosh LC, van Castere A, Strait DS. 2022. Mechanical compensation in the evolution of the early hominin feeding apparatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289 289: 20220711. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.0711.
2022 The canine fossa and the evolution of the midface in humans
Ribot F, Bartual MG, Altamirano JA, Wang Q. 2022. The canine fossa and the evolution of the midface in humans. Acta Anthropologica Sinica. 41:193-217. https://doi.org/10.16359/j.cnki.cn11-1963/q.2020.0016.
2022 First Case of Boring-and-Cutting Trepanation in Ancient China
Li H, Xiao X, Huang Y, Zhang H, Lv E, Wang Q. 2022. First Case of Boring-and-Cutting Trepanation in Ancient China. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 14, 11. DOI: 10.1007/s12520-021-01486-y.
2022 First case of juvenile bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 CE)
Sen You, Mocen Li, Xiaogang Hou, Pengzhen Li,Yang Sun, Quanchao Zhang, Qian Wang. 2022. First case of juvenile bone malignant neoplasm in ancient China: A skeleton from the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534 CE). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 32 (1):182-191.
2022 Sex-Based Differences in Age-Related Changes of the Vertebral Column from a Bronze Age Urban Population in Ancient Anthropological Review
Han T, Zhang W, Xie Y, Zhou X, Zhu H, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2022. Sex-Based Differences in Age-Related Changes of the Vertebral Column from a Bronze Age Urban Population in Ancient Anthropological Review. 85(1):107-139.
2022 A Nomadic Individual with Knee Ankylosis from Jiaerkenjiaga, Xinjiang, China (6th-5th centuries BCE)
Zhang W, Wang A, Zou Z, Jakob T, Chen P, Alifujiang N, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2022. A Nomadic Individual with Knee Ankylosis from Jiaerkenjiaga, Xinjiang, China (6th-5th centuries BCE). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 32: 493-508.
2021 Social Stratification during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China (771-476 BCE) - Mortuary and Stable Isotopic Analyses of the Shangshihe Cemetery
Zhou Y, Fu R, Zheng L, Yan F, Wang Q. 2021. Social Stratification during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty of China (771-476 BCE) - Mortuary and Stable Isotopic Analyses of the Shangshihe Cemetery. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 31: 1001-1029.
2021 Eternal Love Locked in an Embrace and Sealed with a Ring: A Xianbei Couple’s Joint Burial in North Wei Era China (386 - 534 CE)
Zhang Q, Hou X, Yang S, Ruan S, Wang A, Li P, Sun X, Zhu H, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2021. Eternal Love Locked in an Embrace and Sealed with a Ring: A Xianbei Couple’s Joint Burial in North Wei Era China (386 - 534 CE). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 31:966-974.
2021 A Bronze Age Mandibular Anomaly from Gansu, China
Yang S, Mao R, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2021. A Bronze Age Mandibular Anomaly from Gansu, China. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 31:475- 484. DOI:10.1002/oa.2965.
2021 Hiding a leaf in the forest: Uncovering a 1300-year-old homicide case in a 2000-year-old cemetery
Zou Z, Wang Z, Wang C, Zhang Z, Sun X, Yang S, Zhu C, Zhu H, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2021. Hiding a leaf in the forest: Uncovering a 1300-year-old homicide case in a 2000-year-old cemetery. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13, 200 (2021). DOI:10.1007/s12520-021-01459-1
2021 Handprints on Bricks from the Jin-Yuan Period (1127-1368 CE) Inner Mongolia, China
Li P, Yang S, Qi Y, Zhu H, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2021. Handprints on Bricks from the Jin-Yuan Period (1127-1368 CE) Inner Mongolia, China. 2021. Journal of Archaeological Sciences: Reports. 37 (2021), 102983. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102983.
2021 Violence in the Early Iron Age Eurasian Steppe: Cranial Trauma in Three Turpan Basin Populations from Xinjiang, China
Zhang W, Zhang Q, McSweeney K, Han T, Man X, Yang S, Wang L, Zhu H, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2021.Violence in the Early Iron Age Eurasian Steppe: Cranial Trauma in Three Turpan Basin Populations from Xinjiang, China. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 175:81-94.
2021 Footbinding and Non-Footbinding Han Chinese Women in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 CE) Xifengbu Cemetery: A Skeletal and Mortuary Analysis
Sun X, Man X, Liao X, Yang J, Cao J, Zhu H, Zhang Q, Wang Q. 2021. Footbinding and Non-Footbinding Han Chinese Women in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912 CE) Xifengbu Cemetery: A Skeletal and Mortuary Analysis. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13(1), 18. DOI:10.1007/s12520-020-01241-9.
2020 Osteons and Osteocytes in Belanger’s Tree Shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) – A Qualitative Image Comparative Study
Molli VLP, Jain A, Fu J, Wu Y, Feng JQ, Wang Q. 2020. Osteons and Osteocytes in Belanger’s Tree Shrews (Tupaia belangeri chinensis) – A Qualitative Image Comparative Study. Acta Anthropologica Sinica. 39 (4): 592-603.
2020 Global History of Health Project Asia Module - A Big Dada Research on Health, Disease, and Lifestyle in Ancient Asia Populations
Wang Q, Zhang Q. 2020. Global History of Health Project Asia Module - A Big Dada Research on Health, Disease, and Lifestyle in Ancient Asia Populations. Acta Anthropologica Sinica. 39(4): 727-732.
2020 Another interpretation about of Homo antecessor
Ribot F, Bartual MG, Gracia-Nos E, Enciso A, Nevgloski A, Wang Q. 2020. Another interpretation about of Homo antecessor. Journal of Anthropological Sciences. 98 (e): 1-10. DOI:10.4436/jass.98016.
2020 Biomechanical differences between inner and outer cortical layers of the primate parietal bone
Zapata U, Wang Q. 2020. Biomechanical differences between inner and outer cortical layers of the primate parietal bone. PLOS ONE 15(3): e0229244.