James C. Wang

James C. Wang
Born (1936-11-18) November 18, 1936
Jiangsu, China
CitizenshipUSA (Chinese by birth)
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
South Dakota State University (MS)
University of Missouri (PhD)
Known forDiscovery of topisomerases
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsCalifornia Institute of Technology
University of California, Berkeley
Harvard University

James C. Wang (Chinese: 王倬; pinyin: Wáng Zhuō; born November 18, 1936) is a Taiwanese-American biochemist and molecular biologist known for his discovery of the topoisomerases class of enzymes. He is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Harvard University.