Zheqin Wang joined King’s College London in October 2025 as a PhD student at the Centre for Host–Microbiome Interactions, supervised by Dr James Garnett and Professor Marie-Therese Hosey. His doctoral research focuses on the pathogenic microorganisms associated with severe early childhood caries (SECC), with an emphasis on understanding disease mechanisms using multi-omics approaches and in vitro experimental models.

He obtained both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Stomatology from Jilin University, China, graduating in 2022. During his postgraduate training, he was involved in clinically oriented research, which provided a solid foundation in research methodology and quantitative analysis.

Motivated by the desire to bridge clinical questions with fundamental biological mechanisms, his current research aims to integrate clinical perspectives with experimental and systems-level approaches to better understand microbial pathogenicity in early childhood caries.