Jiajing Wang

About

Jiajing Wang is a Vice President of Strategic Risk Management at Citigroup, where she leverages her expertise to enhance enterprise-wide risk management practices. In this role, she spearheads the Lessons Learned Program, collaborating across departments to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate strategic risks, and develops actionable insights for strategic planning. She also leads the quarterly Risk Appetite Assessments for Citigroup, CBNA, and five core businesses, ensuring a robust understanding of the firm's risk profile. Prior to Citigroup, Jiajing was a Senior Investment Banking Analyst at CastleOak Securities L.P., involved in high-profile IPOs such as Airbnb, DoorDash, and Uber, as well as major debt, equity, and advisory transactions. She graduated as a Top-5 student from Columbia University's Enterprise Risk Management program and holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from New York University. She held FINRA Series 79, Series 63, and Securities Industry Essentials certifications. As a lecturer, she is dedicated to bridging the gap between theoretical concepts and practical application, drawing on her diverse experiences in global financial institutions and boutique investment banks. She is passionate about equipping students with the skills and knowledge necessary to excel in Finance and beyond. Besides her professional commitments, Jiajing is passionate about community service and animal welfare, having fostered and adopted multiple pets.

Research topics

• Biology
• Botany
• Biotechnology
• Genetics
• Engineering
• Ecology
• Pulp and paper industry
• Biochemistry
• Computational biology
• Cell biology

Selected publications

• Advances in lignocellulosic feedstocks for bioenergy and bioproducts

  Nature Communications · 2025-02-01 · 160 citations

  reviewOpen accessSenior author

  Lignocellulose, an abundant renewable resource, presents a promising alternative for sustainable energy and industrial applications. However, large-scale adoption of lignocellulosic feedstocks faces considerable obstacles, including scalability, bioprocessing efficiency, and resilience to climate change. This Review examines current efforts and future opportunities for leveraging lignocellulosic feedstocks in bio-based energy and products, with a focus on enhancing conversion efficiency and scal…

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• Multiplex CRISPR editing of wood for sustainable fiber production

  Science · 2023 · 110 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  The domestication of forest trees for a more sustainable fiber bioeconomy has long been hindered by the complexity and plasticity of lignin, a biopolymer in wood that is recalcitrant to chemical and enzymatic degradation. Here, we show that multiplex CRISPR editing enables precise woody feedstock design for combinatorial improvement of lignin composition and wood properties. By assessing every possible combination of 69,123 multigenic editing strategies for 21 lignin biosynthesis genes, we deduc…

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• MYB Transcription Factor161 Mediates Feedback Regulation of <i>Secondary wall-associated NAC-Domain1</i> Family Genes for Wood Formation

  PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2020 · 90 citations

  exhibited phenotypes similar to the wild type, suggesting that PtrMYB161's activator functions are redundant among many TFs. Our work demonstrated that PtrMYB161 binds to multiple sets of target genes, a feature that allows it to function as an activator as well as a repressor. The balance of the two functions may be important to the establishment of regulatory homeostasis for normal growth and development.

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• Woody plant cell walls: Fundamentals and utilization

  Molecular Plant · 2023-12-14 · 63 citations

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• Monolignol Benzoates Incorporate into the Lignin of Transgenic <i>Populus trichocarpa</i> Depleted in C3H and C4H

  ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering · 2020-02-06 · 56 citations

  articleOpen access

  Lignin, an abundant renewable aromatic biopolymer, is an essential macromolecule in terrestrial vascular plants. Genetic modifications affecting monolignol biosynthesis, which produces lignin monomers, alter the metabolic flux through the pathway and are becoming increasingly explored for improving the lignin and biomass quality and for producing high-value commodity chemical feedstocks. Benzoate (BA) conjugates are important metabolites in plants that have not been adequately characterized as c…

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Frequent coauthors

• Richard N. Pierson

  Massachusetts General Hospital

  250 shared

• Steven B. Heymsfield

  Louisiana State University

  196 shared

• Donald P. Kotler

  Albert Einstein College of Medicine

  194 shared

• Dympna Gallagher

  135 shared

• Vincent L. Chiang

  Northeast Forestry University

  123 shared

• John C. Thornton

  Columbia University

  118 shared

• Carl Grünfeld

  San Francisco VA Health Care System

  112 shared

• Subhasree Raghavan

  106 shared

Education

• Ph.D., Forestry and Environmental Resources

  North Carolina State University

  2012

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