Sustainable and Emerging Energy Technology Challenges, Opportunities, and Perspectives

Xiaolin Wang, Ph.D.,
is a Professor in the School of Engineering, University of Tasmania. He worked as a Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the National University of Singapore from 2002 to 2005. In 2003, he was a visiting scientist at the University of Siegen, Germany, funded by DAAD, Germany. In 2005, Prof. Wang joined the School of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering at the University of Western Australia. In 2012, he joined the School of Engineering, University of Tasmania, where he is now a Professor and Deputy Director of the Centre for Renewable Energy and Power Systems. His research interests include cooling and power engineering, energy storage and conversion, desalination, and utilization of renewable energy. Prof. Wang is a Fellow of Engineers Australia and was named a Field Leader in Thermal Science by 
The Australian’s Research Magazine
 in 2018. He is listed among the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists in 2024. His national and international reputation in thermal science is evidenced by his achievements and awards, including the DAAD visiting fellowship by DAAD Germany in 2003 and the Ludwig Mond Prize 2005 by the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), the Australian China Young Scientist Exchange Program award in 2009, and the Australian Japan Emerging Research Leader Program award in 2016 from the Australia Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE). He received the Dean’s Award for outstanding research performance in 2016 and the College Research Excellence Award in 2023 at the University of Tasmania and the Editor’s Choice Award from
Applied Thermal Engineering
. Prof. Wang is a subject editor of 
Applied Thermal Engineering
, Associate Editor of the
 IMechE, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering
; 
Scientific Reports; 
and 
Frontiers in Built Environment
, and Guest editor of 
Applied Sciences, Energies, Sustainability, and Thermo
. He has completed many national/international research projects with a total value of around $7.5 million. He is also a member of the Blue Economic CRC ($329 million). To date, he has published more than 300 journal and conference papers.