Peng Wang

Dr. Peng Wang is a professor at Sun Yat-Sen University in China. He joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia in 2009 as a founding faculty member. He was the chair of Environmental Science & Engineering program at KAUST from 2013 to 2017. He spent four years at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University from 2019 to 2023 while on a no-pay leave from KAUST. His research focuses on renewable energy driven clean water production and wastewater treatment and sustainable water-energy nexus. Dr. Wang is the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He was awarded The Mohammed Bin Rashid Global Water Award (3rd cycle) in the category of ‘Distinguished Researcher’ in 2023, ‘Zijin Quanxing Distinguished Alumni Award’ of Nanjing University in 2021, 9th Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) in 2020, and Nanova Frontier Research Award from the Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES) in 2020. Dr. Wang serves as an Executive Editor and Associate Editor of Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T), an academic journal published by American Chemical Society (ACS) since 1967. He is a member of Advisory Committee on Water Supplies at Hong Kong.