基本情况介绍（Biography）

王鹏，中山大学校学术委员会委员、中山大学工学部学术委员会副主任、中山大学碳中和与绿色发展研究院创院院长、国际空气集水协会共同创会主席、国家级重大(海外)人才工程入选者，Environmental Science & Technology（ES&T）执行主编，科睿唯安2023/2025年度全球“高被引科学家” 、英国皇家化学学会会士。迄今已发表学术文章>140篇，包括Environmental Science & Technology、Nature Water、Joule、Nature Sustainability、Nature Food、Nature Communications、Science Advances, Energy & Environmental Science、J. Am. Chem. Soc.、Angewandte Chemie、Advanced Materials等权威期刊，出版英文著作3部。2009年作为首批创校者加盟沙特阿拉伯的阿卜杜拉国王科技大学(KAUST)，2013到2017年间担任KAUST环境科学和工程系主任，2019到2023年间为KAUST和香港理工大学双聘。2025年获得安捷伦ACT-UR科学研究奖，2023年获得阿联酋迪拜国际水奖（The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award，3rd Cycle），在2021年被授予南京大学紫金全兴“杰出校友”奖，2020年获得苏尔坦王子国际水奖（9th）（The Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water），2020年获华人环境教授协会科研先锋奖 （CAPEES/Nanova Frontier Research Award），2022-2024年间受邀担任香港特别行政区水务署咨询委员会委员。任2024和2025年国际水创新大奖（Global Prize for Innovation in Water， GPIW）评委，2025年 3 月开始担任奖金总额高达1亿1900万美元的XPRIZE Water Scarcity评委，2025 年 5 月开始担任国际水协会（IWA) 和盖茨基金(Gates Foundation)共同组织的下一代卫生系统（NGSS) 的专家组成员。

Dr. Peng Wang is Chair Professor and Founding Director of Institute of Carbon Neutrality and Green Development at Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), China. He is a member of the University Academic Council and serves as Vice Chair of the Academic Committee of the Faculty of Engineering at SYSU.

Dr. Wang is the Executive Editor of Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T). He currently serves as a judge for the XPRIZE Water Scarcity, a $119 million, five-year global competition (2025–2029) focused on advancing breakthrough innovations in seawater desalination. He is also an expert panel member of the Next Generation Sanitation Systems (NGSS) Program, jointly led by the International Water Association (IWA) and the Gates Foundation.

In 2024, Dr. Wang served as a Board Jury Member—and subsequently Head Jury—of the Global Prize for Innovation in Water (GPIW). He was the Founding Co‑President of the International Atmospheric Water Harvesting Association (IAWHA) (2024–2025). In addition, he served on the Advisory Committee on Water Supplies of the Hong Kong SAR Government from 2022 to 2024.

Dr. Wang joined King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia, in 2009 as a founding faculty member and later served as Chair of the Environmental Science and Engineering Program from 2013 to 2017. From 2019 to 2023, he was at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University while on non-pay leave from KAUST. He returned to Sun Yat-sen University full-time in July 2023, where he now leads a large and internationally active research group.

Dr. Wang is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and was named a Clarivate ‘Highly Cited Researcher’ in 2023 and 2025. His major accolades include the Agilent ACT-UR Award (2025), the Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Water Award (3rd Cycle, 2023), the Zijin Quanxing Distinguished Alumni Award from Nanjing University (2021), the Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (9th Award, 2020), and the Frontier Research Award from the Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES) (2020).

 

研究领域（Research Areas）

海水(咸水)淡化，重要资源回收、废水处理与资源回收、空气中水收集、光热过程及其应用、膜法分离、电化学、清洁能源、环境管理、低碳技术、现代农业、设施农业、

(Sea)water desalination, recovery of resources with strategic importance, wastewater treatment and reclamation, atmospheric water harvesting, photothermal processes and applications, membrane-based separation, electrochemical processes for environmental applications, clean and renewable energy, environmental management, low-carbon technologies, water-energy-agriculture-environment nexus 

 

近期代表性论文（Recent Representative Publications）

  1. Wang, C.; Lin C.; Xu K.; Liu Y.; Lao Z.; Cao J.; Liu B.; Baqais, A.; Bandar K.; Aldrees S.; Alhussaini M.; Ghaffour, N.; Gan Q.; Wang W.*; Leu S.*; Wang P.*Engineering High Environmental Robustness in Solar Evaporation to Bridge the Lab-to-Field Performance Gap, Nature Communications, 2026, in press (link)
  2. Liu Y.; Lian Y.; Chen J.; Baqais, A.; Wang, C; Chen, J.; Lin C.; Wang C.; He, Z.; Liu, B.; Al Shamsi, D.; Al Raeesi, A.; Sherif, M.; Cao J.; WangW.*; Wang P.* Simple Mass Transfer Regulation Achieves Scaling-free Zero Liquid Discharge of Seawater Desalination Brine Without Chemical Additive, Science Advances, 2026, 12(12) (link)
  3. Wang Y.; Wang C.; Chen C.*; Wang P.* Renewable-fueled plant factories achieve large-scale food supply but require low-carbon transition for environmental gains, Nature Food, 2025, 6 (link) 
  4. Liu Y.; Wang C.; Chen J.; Lin C.; Kuang W.; LianY.; He. Z.; Wang Z.; Lin J.; Bandar K.; Aldrees S.; Alhussaini M.; ShiY.; Cao J.; Liu B.; Jiang Y.; Tang Y.; Zhang H.*; WangW.*; Wang P.* Diffusion-driven selective crystallization ofhigh-purity salt through simple and sustainable one-step evaporation, Nature Water, 2025, 3, 927–936 (link) 
  5. [Invited news and views, non-peer-reviewed] Wang W.; Huang Y.; Wang P.* Solar-enhanced biological wastewater treatment, Nature Sustainability, 2025, 990-991 (link) 
  6. [Invited voices, non-peer-reviewed] Xu, H.*; Zhu, Y.*; Xu, Z.*; Dasog, M.*; Wang P.* Developing solar evaporation technologies of the future, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2025, 6(1), 102313 (link) 
  7. [Invited viewpoint, non-peer-reviewed] GW Ho*, Y Yamauchi*, L Hu*, B Mi*, N Xu*, J Zhu*, P Wang*, Solar evaporation and clean water, Nature Water, 2025, 3 (2), 131-134 (link)
  8. Li R.; Wang P.* Sorbents, processes and applications beyond water production in sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting. Nature Water, 2023, 573-586 (link)
  9. Chang J.; Shi L.; Zhang M*.; Li R.; Shi Y.; Yu X.; Pang K.; Qu L*.; Wang P*.; Yuan J.* Tailor-Made White Photothermal Fabrics: A Bridge between Pragmatism and Aesthetic. Advanced Materials, 2023, 2209215 (link)
  10. Li R.; Wang W.; Shi Y.; Wang C.; Wang P.* Advanced Material Design and Engineering for Water‐Based Evaporative Cooling. Advanced Materials, 2023, 2209460 (link)
  11. Xu N.; Li J.; Finnerty C.; Song Y.; Zhou L.; Zhu B.; Wang P. *; Mi B. *; Zhu J.* Going beyond efficiency for solar evaporation. Nature Water, 2023, 1, 494-501 (link)
  12. Zhang, H.; Kang Z.; Han J.; Wang P.*; Fan J.; Sheng G.* Photothermal Nanoconfinement Reactor: Boosting Chemical Reactivity with Locally High Temperature in a Confined Space, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, 134(26) e202200093 (link)
  13. Li, R.; Wu M.; Aleid S.; Zhang, C.; Wang, P.* An Integrated Solar Driven System Produces Electricity with Freshwater and Crops in Arid Regions, Cell Reports Physical Science, 2022, 3, 100781 (link)
  14. Wang, W.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, C.; Li, R.; Wu, M.; Zhuo, S.; Aleid, S.; Wang, P.* Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy for Cooling, Energy and Environmental Science, 2022, 15, 136-145 (link)
  15. Wang, W.; Aleid, S.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, C.; Li, R.; Wu, M.; Zhuo, S.; Wang, P.* Integrated Solar-driven PV Cooling and Seawater Desalination with Zero Liquid Discharge, Joule, 2021, 5(7), 1873-1887 (link)
  16. Zhang, C.; Shi, Y.; Shi, L.; Li, H.X.; Li, R.Y.; Hong, S.; Zuo, S.F.; Zhang, T.J.; Wang, P.* Design of Next Generation Solar Crystallizer for Real Seawater Desalination Brine Treatment, Nature Communications, 2021, 12, 998 (link)
  17. Li, R.; Shi, Y.; Wu, M.; Hong, S.; Wang, P.* Photovoltaic Panel Cooling by Atmospheric Water Sorption-Evaporation Cycle. Nature Sustainability 2020, 3, 636-643 (link)
  18. Wang, W.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, C.; Li, R.; Wu, M.; Zhuo, S.; Aleid, S.; Wang, P.* Solar Seawater Distillation by Flexible and Fully Passive Multistage Membrane Distillation, Nano Letters, 2021, 21, 12, 5068-5074 (link)
  19. Wang, W.; Shi, Y.; Zhang, C.; Hong, S.; Shi, L.; Chang, J.; Li, R.; Jin, Y.; Ong, C.; Zhuo, S.; Wang, P.* Simultaneous Production of Fresh Water and Electricity via Multistage Solar Photovoltaic Membrane Distillation. Nature Communications 2019, 10 (1), 1-9 (link)
  20. Hong, S.; Ming, F.; Shi, Y.; Li, R.; Kim, I. S.; Alshareef, H. N.*, Tang, C. Y.;Wang, P.* Two-Dimensional Ti3C2Tx MXene Membranes as Nanofluidic Osmotic Power Generators. ACS Nano 2019, 13 (8), 8917-8925 (link)
  21. Jin, Y.; Qamar, A.; Shi, Y.; Wang, P.* Preferential Water Condensation On Superhydrophobic Nano-Cones Array. Applied Physics Letters 2018, 113 (21), 211601 (link)
  22. Shi, Y.; Zhang, C.; Li, R.; Zhuo, S.; Jin, Y.; Shi, L.; Hong, S.; Chang, J.; Ong, C.; Wang, P.* Solar Evaporator with Controlled Salt Precipitation for Zero Liquid Discharge Desalination Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52 (20), 11822-11830 (link)
  23. Li, R.; Shi, Y.; Alsaedi, M.; Wu, M.; Shi, L.; Wang, P.* Hybrid Hydrogel with High Water Vapor Harvesting Capacity for Deployable Solar-Driven Atmospheric Water Generator Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52 (19), 11367-11377 (link)
  24. Shi, Y.; Li, R.; Jin, Y.; Zhuo, S.; Shi, L.; Chang, J.; Hong, S.; Ng, K.-C.; Wang, P.* A 3D Photothermal Structure toward Improved Energy Efficiency in Solar Steam Generation Joule 2018, 2 (6), 1171-1186 (link)
  25. Wang, P.* Emerging Investigator Series: the Rise of Nano-Enabled Photothermal Materials for Water Evaporation and Clean Water Production by Sunlight Environmental Science: Nano 2018, 5 (5), 1078-1089 (link)
  26. Li, R.; Shi, Y.; Shi, L.; Alsaedi, M.; Wang, P.* Harvesting Water from Air: Using Anhydrous Salt with Sunlight. Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52 (9), 5398-5406 (link)
  27. [Invited critical review] Chang, J.; Zhang, L.;* Wang, P.* Intelligent Environmental Nanomaterials. Environmental Science: Nano 2018, 5 (4), 811-836 (link)
  28. Li, R.; Zhang, L.; Shi, L.; Wang, P.* MXene Ti3C2: an Effective 2D Light-to-Heat Conversion Material. ACS Nano 2017, 11 (4), 3752-3759 (link) (Cited > 1800 times) 

 

英文专著（含编撰书籍）(Books and Chapters)

  1. Wang P.* Chang, J., Zhang, L.B. Artificially Intelligent Nanomaterials for Environmental Engineering, Wiley-VCH Publishing, ISBN: 978-3-527-34494-9, 2019

  2. Wang P.* (编撰), Rational Design of Next-Generation Nanomaterials and Nanodevices for Advanced Water Applications (edited), International Water Association (IWA) Publishing, 2016.

    备注：国际水协会出版社将本书专门设为完全开放获取(下载链接).IWA publishing has granted this book a full open access (free download link).

  3. Wang P.* (编撰), Smart Materials for Advanced Environmental Applications (edited), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishing, 2016.

 

招贤纳士 (We Are Hiring)：

我们的团队是在国家海外高层次引进人才平台基础上建立的，开展水-能源-环境低碳技术交叉学科的基础和应用科学和技术研究。团队经费充足，实验空间充裕，仪器设备齐全先进，现有各类材料（无机和有机）制备和表征、水质分析、气体吸脱附、各类光源、液相原子力显微镜、QCM-高压，各类电化学，催化反应，表界面表征相关设备等等。

团队长期招聘教授、副教授、硕士、博士、博士后以及研究助理。欢迎具有环境、材料、（电）化学、物理、高分子、生物化学、热能工程等背景和/或研究经历的人才加入我们的团队。

如果你认为自己性格刚毅，爱自己爱生活爱家庭爱国家，热爱科研和渴望创新，有好的团队协作精神，同时又想在一个崭新的充满活力的交叉学科的平台上挑战自己，我们的团队可能就是你最好的选择之一。在你成长的道路上，我们与你同行。我们必将竭尽全力让优秀的你变得更加优秀。

The research group is a vibrant and very interdisciplinary research group, consisting of many dare-to-change-the-world minds and hosted within a spacious laboratory equipped with the-state-of-the-art facilities and instruments. 

We are hiring Professors, Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, postdocs, PhD students, master students, undergraduate students, research assistants with diverse backgrounds (e.g., environmental science, environmental engineering, chemistry, chemical engineering, physics, biochemistry, thermal engineering, mechanical engineering, polymer science and engineering, electronical engineering, materials science and engineering) and in broad research directions. Interested parties should send their CV along with other useful documents to wangp363@mail.sysu.edu.cn (Peng Wang).

·中山大学现已全面实施“预聘-长聘”制教研岗位招聘。预聘助理教授直接认定为博士生导师。博士生导师到岗前两年里会有2-3名博士生指标，待遇好，起点高。资历好的申请人，鼓励申请更高职位。（点击了解详情）

·我们团队常年招聘中山大学“逸仙博士后”(https://rcb.sysu.edu.cn/article/635) 。

 

联系方式 (Contact Information)

广州市大学城外环东路132号中山大学环境科学与工程学院

School of Environmental Science and Engineering 

Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou East Campus 

University Megacity 

Guangzhou, P.R. China, 510006 

邮箱 (email)：wangp363@mail.sysu.edu.cn