Zhong Wang

Zhong Lin (ZL) Wang is a physicist, materials scientist and engineer specialized in nanotechnology and energy science. He received his PhD from Arizona State University in 1987. He is the Hightower Chair in Materials Science and Engineering and Regents' Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.

                Education

Ph.D. in Physics, Arizona State University, 1987.

B.S. in Applied Physics, Xidian University, Xian, China, 1982.

                Career

Wang was employed a visiting Lecturer at Stony Brook University from 1987 to 1988. After working as a research fellow in the following year at Cavendish Laboratory in the University of Cambridge, Wang joined Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Institute of Standards and Technology as a research scientist from 1990-1994. He was hired by Georgia Institute of Technology as an associate professor in 1995; he was promoted to full Professor in 1999, Regents’ professor in 2004, and the Hightower Chair in Materials Science and Engineering in 2010. Wang was the Director of the Georgia Tech’s Center for Nanostructure Characterization from 2000-2015. He is the founding director and director of the Beijing Institute of Nanoenergy and Nanosystems, Chinese Academy of Sciences since 2012.

                Awards and Honors

Wang has received numerous honors award. They include: Thomson-Reuters Citation Laureate in Physics (2015);Distinguished Professor Award (Highest faculty honor at Georgia Tech) (2014); NANOSMAT prize (United Kingdom) (2014); China International Science and Technology Collaboration Award (2014); The James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials from American Physical Society (2014); ACS Nano Lectureship (2013); Edward Orton Memorial Lecture Award, American Ceramic Society (2012); MRS Medal from Materials Research Society (2011); Purdy award, American Ceramic Society (2009); John M. Cowley Distinguished Lecture, Arizona State University (2012); NanoTech Briefs, Top50 award (2005); Sigma Xi sustain research awards, Georgia Tech (2005); Georgia Tech faculty outstanding research author award (2004); S.T. Li Prize for Distinguished Achievement in Science and Technology (2001); Outstanding Research Author Award, Georgia Tech (2000); Burton Medal, Microscopy Society of America (1999).

Wang was elected as a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009, member of European Academy of Sciences in 2002, fellow of American Physical Society in 2005, fellow of AAAS in 2006, fellow of Materials Research Society in 2008, fellow of Microscopy Society of America in 2010, fellow of the World Innovation Foundation in 2002, and fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry. Wang’s research has been broadly covered by various media such as CNN and Reuters. Wang is the founding editor and chief editor of an international journal Nano Energy. Citations of his research and h-index can be found at. Wang is a member of the Advisory Board of the newly launched Veruscript Functional Nanomaterials