Professor Joseph Wang
Joseph Wang is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at New Mexico State University (NMSU). He holds a Regents Professorship and the Manasse Chair at NMSU. He obtained his higher education at the Israel Institute of Technology, being awarded his D. Sc. in 1978. From 1978 to 1980 he served as a research associate at the University of Wisconsin (Madison). Since 1980 he has been a faculty member at New Mexico State University.
Prof. Wang's research focuses on field of nanobioelectronic in which nanomaterials are appiled to the analysis of biomolecules. Nanobioelectronics is a rapidly developing field aimed at integrating nano- and biomaterials with electronic transducers. These include bioelectronic detection of proteins and nucleic acids, microfabrication, microfluidic devices (Lab-on-a-chip), nanoparticle-based bioassays, bionanomaterials, management of diabetes, point-of-care clinical testing, the development of electrochemical sensing devices for clinical and environmental monitoring, implantable in vivo glucose biosensors, the development and characterization of new surfaces and interfaces, sensor/recognition coatings, remote sensing, the development of techniques for ultratrace measurements and the design of on-line flow detectors. Prof. Wang's contributions in these directions have been of major importance in the growing popularity of electroanalytical techniques.
He has authored over 625 research papers, eight patents, twelve chapters and seven books including, "STRIPPING ANALYSIS", "ELECTROANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES IN CLINICAL CHEMISTRY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE", "BIOSENSORS AND CHEMICAL SENSORS", "ANALYTICAL ELECTROCHEMISTRY", and "BIOSENSORS FOR DIRECT MONITORING OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS". Since 1980, 20 Ph.D. candidates and 70 research associates have studied with Professor Wang. His enthusiasm and willingness to collaborate with colleagues have made him a very popular member of the international electrochemical community. Prof. Wang has presented more than 130 invited and plenary lectures in 40 countries.
He is the recipient of the 1999 American Chemical Society Award for chemical instrumentation and of the ISI 'Citation Laureate' Award for being the Most Cited Scientist in Engineering in the World (during 1991-2001). The Westhafer Award for Research (NMSU's highest academic award) was awarded to him in 1990. He is currently holding the Manasse Chair of NMSU. Professor Wang is also the awardee of the 1994 Heyrovsky Memorial Medal (of the Czech Republic) for his contributions to voltammetry and of the Young Faculty Award of the Society of Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh in 1981. He was awarded a Honorary Doctor from National University (Cordoba, Argentina) in 2003, a Visiting Scientist Fellowship to PR China from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1986, and served as a fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science in 2000. In 1995 and 1997, he became the most cited electrochemist in the world, and at the 17th place in the ISI's list of 'Most Cited Researchers in Chemistry' for the 1992-2002 period.
He
is currently serving as the Chief-Editor of the international journal Electroanalysis
and has been a member of the Advisory Editor Board of several international journals
including Analytica Chimica Acta, Analyst, Talanta, Analytical Letters,
Electrochemistry Communications, Analytical Instrumentation, Anal. Communications, Analysis Europa, Encyclopedia
of Analytical Sciences, Current Topics in Analytical Chemistry and Croatia Chimica Acta,
Current Analytical Chemistry. He
has also served as the instructor
of the ACS Short Course "Electrochemical Sensors," and as a member
of the commission for electroanalytical chemistry of IUPAC.
Contact Information:
Prof. Joseph Wang
Phone: (505) 646-2140
Fax: (505) 646-6033
E-mail: joewang@nmsu.edu