Dr. Jianlan Wang is an assistant professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Texas Tech University. Dr. Wang has a master’s degree in condensed matter physics and a doctoral degree in science education. He has rich experience in designing, implementing, and researching inquiry-based and argumentation-leveraged science units from Elementary to College. He has taught inquiry-oriented physics courses in both high school (AP physics) and college (introductory calculus-based physics). His work also involves reforming instructional methods courses for elementary and secondary science teacher candidates and bridging the theory-practice gap in science teacher education. Dr. Wang is skilled in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. His research at Texas Tech University includes designing and evaluating theory-driven interventions to science teacher preparation, examining students’ reasoning (e.g. computational and causal reasoning) as leveraged by teacher practice, and building models of various kinds (e.g. hierarchical linear model) to connect educational reforms, teacher knowledge, teacher practice, and student performance.