Dr. Can Wang, is currently a Professor and a head of the department of Environmental Engineering at Tianjin University, China. He received a Diploma (B.S) from Tongji university and a PhD degree from Tsinghua University in 2009, both in Environmental Engineering. He worked in Georgia Institute of Technology (US) as a visiting scholar from 2017-2018. 

His research interests includes biofiltration of VOCs, odor control system, and the microbial community structure/function analysis. Prof. Wang is the first author or corresponding author of over 100 refereed international journal publications, 3 book publications, and more than 50 invited and regular conference presentations. He has organized more than 10 international & national acdemic conference and served as the session chair/co-chair of more than 20 conference.

Prof. Wang has 10 years of industrial experience (consultant for several VOC&Odor control company) and was granted 24 patents. He is serving as the chair of the volatile organic compounds & odor pollution control committee (2021-now) and the director of a province-level key technology center (2022-now). He was the committee member of China Youth Committee of IWA, and the committee member of several academic associations in China, including Chinese Civil Engineering Society, Chinese Environmental Science Association. Moreover, He is currently the editorial abroad member of 7 international & national journals.

Prof. Wang was honored as: Outstanding Youth Profession in Enivronment Sector (Young Changjiang Scholars) and Tianjin Talent of Science and Technology. He won the Research Award of Chinese Environmental Science Society, 1 National-level prize and 4 Province-level prize. He was in charge of more than 20 scientific research projects in last 10 years, including the projects supporting by both international and chinese national agencies/companies.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

l Chair of volatile organic compounds & odor pollution control committee

Tianjin society for sustainable development, Specialist Group, 2021-present

l Director of the province-level key technology center

Tianjin Science and Technology Bureau, 2022-present

l Academic committee member of Tianjin University

Tianjin university, 2023-present

l Head of environmental engineering department

Tianjin university, 2021-present

l Committee member of China Youth Committee of IWA

International Water Association, Specialist Group, 2014-2021

Vice secommittee member of Industrial Water Supply and Drainage Committee of Chinese Civil Engineering Society

He is fellow of the International Water Association (IWA) and committee member of China Youth Committee of IWA

committee member of China Youth Committee of IWA, and the committee member of several academic associations in China, including Chinese Civil Engineering Society, Chinese Environmental Science Association