Prof. Wang is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Stony Brook University. Before joining Stony Brook, he worked as a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) with Professor Mary C Boyce.  He received his B.E. (2001) and Ph.D. (2006) from Tsinghua University, majoring in Solid Mechanics. Prof. Wang received National Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of P.R. China (2008) and Natural Science Award from Ministry of Education of China (2009). His research has been reported in the media, including MIT Homepage Today's Spotlight, MIT News, NBC News, Nature News, Material Views, and PhysOrg. In 2023, Prof. Wang was named in the World’s Top 2% of Scientists List, Stanford University.