Professor Wang Rong is a Full Professor and President’s Chair at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. She also serves as the Executive Director of the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI) at NTU. In recognition of her contributions, she was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore (SAEng), where she has been serving as Secretary since June 2024.

Professor Wang has over 30 years of experience in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, with a strong focus on water and energy-related research and innovation. She served as Chair of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) at NTU from 2014 to 2020 and was President of the Aseanian Membrane Society (AMS) from 2022 to 2023. Professor Wang has published more than 380 SCI-indexed journal articles, with over 41,000 citations and an h-index of 112 on Google Scholar, and over 30,000 citations with an h-index of 95 on Web of Science. She holds 30 patents and technical disclosures related to novel membrane fabrication technologies. Her innovations have contributed to the establishment of three membrane-based spin-off companies in Singapore.

Professor Wang has served as an Editor of the Journal of Membrane Science (JMS), a flagship journal in the global membrane community, since 2014 and was appointed Editor-in-Chief in 2020. In 2013, she was named one of the world’s top 25 leading water researchers by Lux Research and received Singapore’s Minister for National Development R&D Award in the same year. In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious ‘Alternative Water Prize’ by the Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) in Saudi Arabia and received the Nanyang Research Award in 2018. In recognition of her contributions, Professor Wang was listed among Singapore’s 100 Women in Tech (SG100WIT) in 2021, received the National Day Award – Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2022, and was honored with the President’s Technology Award in 2022, Singapore’s highest accolade for exceptional achievements in science and technology.

Professor Wang Rong , Full Professor and President’s Chair at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. Executive Director of the Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI) at NTU.Editor of the Journal of Membrane Science (JMS)

Dr. Rong Wang

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