Professor Huanting Wang is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Associate Dean (International) of Faculty of Engineering.
He received his B.Eng. in Inorganic Materials Engineering from the East China University of Science and Technology (1988), M.S. in Polymer Chemistry (1994) and Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering (1997) from the University of Science and Technology of China. He then undertook a postdoctoral research fellowship in Chemical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology and the University of California Riverside from 1998 to 2002. In 2004, he was awarded an ARC QEII Fellowship.
Professor Wang's research is focused on the development of nanomaterials and membranes for advanced fuel cells, energy-efficient seawater desalination and gas separation. Dr Wang has published over 100 refereed journal papers, most of which appeared in the top 10% of journals in the field. He has over 1400 ISI publication citations. His work has led to five patents and one patent application. In addition, Prof Wang has attracted over $6.2 million in external research funding, including four ARC Discovery Grants and one CSIRO national research flagship grant. He has also received numerous invitation to provide contributions to prestigious journals, organise international conferences, give keynote lectures and presentations to more than 50 international conferences and research institutions.
In recent years, Prof Wang has been a key researcher in a multi-million dollar research collaboration with CSIRO and nine Australian Universities to develop the next generation of water recycling and desalination technologies to ensure water sustainability for the future. His research is focusing on the use of membranes to filter out salt and water contaminants that will lead to improved materials which reduce the amount of greenhouse emissions, making the process more environmentally friendly and cost-effective.