Form I and II Rubiscos Exhibit Temperature Dependent Carbon Kinetic Isotope Effects
Wang, R.Z., Liu, A.K., Shih, P.M., Stolper, D.A. (2026) "Form I and II Rubiscos Exhibit Temperature Dependent Carbon Kinetic Isotope Effects." bioRxiv.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Version Control Theory, GitHub University, 2018 (expected)
- M.S. in Jekyll, GitHub University, 2014
- B.S. in GitHub, GitHub University, 2012
Work experience
- Spring 2024: Academic Pages Collaborator
- GitHub University
- Duties includes: Updates and improvements to template
- Supervisor: The Users
- Fall 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Merging pull requests
- Supervisor: Professor Hub
- Summer 2015: Research Assistant
- GitHub University
- Duties included: Tagging issues
- Supervisor: Professor Git
Skills
- Skill 1
- Skill 2
- Sub-skill 2.1
- Sub-skill 2.2
- Sub-skill 2.3
- Skill 3
Publications
Diverse microbial communities show uniform respiration response to nitrogen addition in simulated early-stage leaf litter decomposition experiments
Wang, R.Z., Albright, M.B.N., Suazo, D., Gallegos-Graves L.V., Yoshida, T., Dunbar, J., Kroeger, M.E. (2026) "Diverse microbial communities show uniform respiration response to nitrogen addition in simulated early-stage leaf litter decomposition experiments." Biogeochemistry, 169(24).
A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape
Prywes, N., Philips, N.R., Oltrogge, L.M., Lindner, S., Taylor-Kearney, L.J., Tsai, T.C., de Pins, B., Cowan, A.E., Chang, H.A., Wang, R.Z., Hall, L.N., Bellieny-Rabelo, D., Nisonoff, H.M., Weissman, R.F., Flamholz, A.I., Ding, D., Bhatt, A.Y., Mueller-Cajar, O., Shih, P.M., Milo, R., Savage, D.F. (2025) "A map of the rubisco biochemical landscape." Nature, 638, 823-828.
Cyanobacteria from marine oxygen deficient zones encode both form I and form II Rubiscos
Jaffe, A.L., Harrison, K., Wang, R.Z., Taylor-Kearney, L.J., Jain, N., Prywes, N., Shih, P.M., Young, J., Rocap, G., Dekas, A.E. (2025) "Cyanobacteria from marine oxygen deficient zones encode both form I and form II Rubiscos." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(49), e2418345121.
Simulated nitrogen deposition and precipitation events alter microbial carbon cycling during early stages of litter decomposition
Kroeger, M.E., Wang, R.Z., Suazo, D., Yoshida, T., Albright, M.B.N., Dunbar, J. (2024) "Simulated nitrogen deposition and precipitation events alter microbial carbon cycling during early stages of litter decomposition." Sustainable Microbiology, qvae031.
Evolution and origins of rubisco
Taylor-Kearney, L.J., Wang, R.Z., Shih, P.M. (2024) "Evolution and origins of rubisco." Current Biology, 34(16), R764-R767.
Widespread detoxifying NO reductases impart a distinct isotopic fingerprint on N2O under anoxia
Wang, R.Z.*, Lonergan, Z.R.*, Wilbert, S.A., Eiler, J.M., Newman, D.K. (2024) "Widespread detoxifying NO reductases impart a distinct isotopic fingerprint on N2O under anoxia." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(25), e2319960121.
Carbon isotope fractionation by an ancestral rubisco suggests that biological proxies for CO2 through geologic time should be reevaluated
Wang, R.Z., Nichols, R.J., Liu, A.K., Flamholz, A.I., Artier, J., Banda, D.M., Savage, D.F., Eiler, J.M., Shih, P.M. and Fischer, W.W. (2023) "Carbon isotope fractionation by an ancestral rubisco suggests that biological proxies for CO2 through geologic time should be reevaluated." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(20), e2300466120.
A bacterial form I’ Rubisco has a smaller carbon isotope fractionation than its form I counterpart
Wang, R.Z., Liu, A.K., Banda, D.M., Fischer, W.W. and Shih, P.M. (2023) "A bacterial form I' Rubisco has a smaller carbon isotope fractionation than its form I counterpart." Biomolecules, 13(4), 596.
Source to sink: Evolution of lignin composition in the Madre de Dios River system with connection to the Amazon basin and offshore
Feng, X., Feakins, S.J., Liu, Z., Ponton, C., Wang, R.Z., Karkabi, E., Galy, V., Berelson, W.M., Nottingham, A.T., Meir, P. and West, A.J. (2016) "Source to sink: Evolution of lignin composition in the Madre de Dios River system with connection to the Amazon basin and offshore." Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121(5), 1316-1338.
Talks
Conference Proceeding talk 3 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Conference proceedings talk at Testing Institute of America 2014 Annual Conference, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Talk 2 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at London School of Testing, London, UK
Tutorial 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Tutorial at UC-Berkeley Institute for Testing Science, Berkeley, CA, USA
Talk 1 on Relevant Topic in Your Field
Talk at UC San Francisco, Department of Testing, San Francisco, CA, USA
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Currently signed in to 43 different slack teams