Yang Wang is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University. He obtained a B.S. degree in Chemical Process Machinery at Tianjin University, and continued his studies to obtain a joint Ph.D. degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Tianjin University. He then did his postdoctoral work at IMDEA Energy in Spain, and joined Tianjin University shortly after. Dr. Wang pursues a broad range of research interests that lie in the characterization and application of electroactive interfaces and functional nanomaterials. The activities focus on electrochemical energy storage(supercapacitors) and electrochemical water treatment(capacitive deionization). He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles in top journals including Chemical Engineering Journal, Desalination, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, etc. Dr. Wang is a member of American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemsitry and Electrochemical Society. He currently serves as the guest editor for Coatings. He has been granted 3 projects from National Natural Science Foundation of China and also serves as the reviewer for NSFC.