Professor Q. Wang received his B.S. from Zhejiang University in 1988, his M.Eng. in 1991 and Ph.D. in 1994 both from Peking University. He used to be the Executive President of Shantou University. He has been an assistant professor, an associate professor, a professor and a chair professor at the National University of Singapore, the University of Central Florida, University of Manitoba, City University of Hong Kong, and Southern University of Science and Technology since 1999 respectively.

Prof. Q. Wang was inducted into the Canadian Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society of Canada, the European Academy of Science, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019 respectively. He was also recognized as a fellow of other international professional societies such as the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and Institute of Physics. He was awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal of the European Academy of Sciences in 2019. Prof. Wang is an influential scholar in his research areas of energy harvesting, smart materials, and nanotechnology. Among top 2% influential global scientists, Prof. Wang was ranked the 103th in the area of materials science by the team of Dr. John P.A. Ioannidis of Stanford University. He was also recognized as the highly ranked scholar (top 0.05%) in lifetime career by ScholarGPS in 2025. In addition, he has served as a Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mechanical Sciences.