Dr. Zhong Lin 'ZL' Wang Regents’ Professor and COE Distinguished Professor Director, Center for Nanostructure Characterization & Fabrication (CNCF) ANNOUNCING ICON 2009 3rd International Conference on One-dimensional Nanomaterials December 7-9,2009  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS Georgia Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering 771 Ferst Drive, N.W. Atlanta, GA 30332-0245 Office:  IPST 273A Phone: 404.894.8008  |   Fax: 404.894.9140 email: zhong.wang@mse.gatech.edu Website: www.nanoscience.gatech.edu/zlwang B.S. Northwest Telecommunication Engineering Institute   (currently Xidian University), China, 1982 Ph.D. Arizona State University, 1987 Summary of Accomplishments Dr. Z.L. Wang received his Ph.D in Physics from Arizona State University in 1987, and he is a now a Regents’ Professor, COE Distinguished Professor and Director, Center for Nanostructure Characterization (CNC), at Georgia Tech. He served as a Visiting Lecturer in SUNY (1987-1988), Stony Brook, as a research fellow at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge (England) (1988-1989 ), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1989-1993) and at National Institute of Standards and Technology (1993-1995). Dr. Wang has authored and co-authored four scientific references and textbooks, published over 600 peer reviewed journal articles, 55 review papers and book chapters, edited and co-edited 14 volumes of books on nanotechnology, and held 28 patents and delivered over 600 keynote/plenary/invited talks/seminars worldwide. His entire publications have been cited for over 30,000 times. The H-index of his publications is 85. Leadership Under Dr. Wang's leadership and extremely hard work, the Georgia Tech Electron Microscopy Center was established in 1999. This Center not only links numerous research programs and groups on campus, but also is becoming a center for education and collaboration. This Center has been extensively developed and expanded to include 15 major research equipment, and it is now becomes a Center for Nanostructure Characterization and Fabrication (CNCF). Dr. Wang is the founding Director for the Center on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Georgia Tech, which is playing the most crucial role in organizing GT and other universities for national competition on nanotechnology initiatives launched by federal government. Dr. Wang is also very active in initiating and driving the join research, education and degree programs between Georgia Tech and Peking University (China). He was the founding Chair of the Department of Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology at Peking University. Honors and Awards Dr. Wang has received the 1999 Burton Medal from Microscopy Society of America, 2009 Purdy award from American Ceramic Society, 1998 NSF CAREER award, 1998 China-NSF Oversea Outstanding Young Scientists Award, 2000 and 2005 Georgia Tech outstanding research award, 2005 Sigma Xi Sustained Research Award, 2001 S.T. Li prize for outstanding contribution in nanotechnology, and has also received five best paper awards. He is a fellow of AAAS, Materials Research Society, and American Physical Society. He is the world’s top 5 most cited authors in nanotechnology. He has also received research fellowships from Univ. Cambridge, US Department of Energy and ORISE. He is a member of the editorial boards of over 10 major journals. He is an honorable and guest professor of over 10 universities. Two symposiums (May 7, 2003; Oct. 12, 2005) organized by the University of Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris) and sponsored by the L'Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) in the honor of Prof. Wang for his outstanding contribution in nanotechnology. Research Grants and Funding Dr. Wang is PI or co-PI on numerous proposals. He has received funding from NSF, DOE, DARPA, NASA, NIH, Airforce, and industry. The total value of contracts awarded in which he has either been PI, co-PI or an investigator is $20M for supporting his own research over the past 15 years at Georgia Tech. Community Service Dr. Wang is actively participating in the activities and services in scientific professional societies. He has served as chair and co-chair for 14 local, national and international conferences organized 10 symposia and chaired over 15 sessions in national and international conferences. He has served as a member for the review panel for NSF, NASA and DOE and advisory board for numerous centers on nanotechnology. He is a referee for numerous prestigious journals, such as Nature, Science, Physical Review Letters, Nature Materials and J. American Chemical Soc. Return to top