Yuan Wang

Dr Yuan Wang’s research focuses on advanced manufacturing of functional materials and devices for biomedical and renewable energy applications. He is currently an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow at the School of Mechanical and Mining Engineering, where he collaborates with a multinational medical device manufacturer to develop advanced manufacturing solutions for personalised medical devices.

Yuan's research has attracted >3300 peer citations from 79 countries. 54.5% of his papers are the global top 10% most cited papers, and 97% were published in Q1 journals including 10 in prestigious Nature-indexed journals. He has published 4 in Adv. Mater. (IF=27.4), 2 in Adv. Energy Mater. (IF=27.8), 2 in J. Am. Chem. Soc. (IF=14.5), 3 in Chem. Eng. J. (IF=13.4), Adv. Funct. Mater. (IF=18.99), ACS Nano (IF=15.8), Biomaterials (IF=12.8), Bioact. Mater. (IF=18), Addit. Manuf. (IF=10.3), Curr. Opin. Solid State Mater. Sci. (IF=12.2), Nano Energy (IF=16.8), Small (IF=13), Nano Today (IF=13.2), J. Magnes. Alloys (IF=15.8), and Acta Biomater. (IF=9.7). He also contributes to his field as a regular reviewer for leading journals such as Nat. Commun., Prog. Mater. Sci. (IF=33.6) and Adv. Mater (IF=27.4). As lead/solo CI, Yuan has secured competitive grant funding totalling >$520,000. He has been awarded several research excellence and leadership awards.

Yuan conducted his PhD at UniSQ working on thermoelectrics and graduated in 2020 with the UniSQ Research Excellence Award (supervisor: Prof Zhigang Chen). He obtained his bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from Northeastern University (China) in 2016, with his third year at UQ where he received the Dean’s Commendation for Academic Excellence Award.

Yuan is a lecturer for multiple UQ courses, where he has received high SECaT scores for his teaching quality and student engagement. He is also responsible for a variety of supervision and service duties.