2012 - 2018 Ph.D. (Mechanical Engineering), The Penn State University, USA

2008 - 2012 B.E. (Measurement, Control Technology and Instruments), Tsinghua University, CHINA

2018-2022 Postdoctoral Fellow (Mechanical Engineering), University of Michigan, USA

The goal of my research is to use bio-inspired interfacial and material science and engineering approaches to develop sustainable solutions to global problems related to water, health, and energy. Towards this goal, I have designed and developed a number of novel surface coatings for reducing waste generation, collecting water from air, harvesting solar energy, enhancing heat transfer, and reducing marine fouling.

- Interfacial Science & Engineering
- Bio-inspired Engineering
- Micro- &Nanomanufacturing
- Mechanics
- Environment and Sustainability

We invite applications from creative, passionate, and highly motivated postdoctoral researchers, graduate and undergraduate students to join our research group!

Five Representative Publications:
1. Jing Wang, Brian Macdonald, Tae H. Cho, Taylor Repetto, Kai Sun, Anish Tuteja*, Neil P. Dasgupta*, "Bioinspired Zwitterionic Nanowires with Simultaneous Biofouling Reduction and Release". Small, (2024)
2. Jing Wang, Bingyu Wu, Abhishek Dhyani, Taylor Repetto, Andrew Gayle, Tae H. Cho, Neil P. Dasgupta*, Anish Tuteja*, “Durable Liquid- and Solid-Repellent Elastomeric Coatings Infused with Partially Crosslinked Lubricants”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 14 (19) (2022).
3. Abhishek Dhyani?, Jing Wang?, Alex Kate Halvey?, Brian Macdonald?, Geeta Mehta, and Anish Tuteja*, “Design and Applications of Surfaces that Control the Accretion of Matter”, Science, Vol. 373, 6552, eaba5010 (2021). (?equal contribution)
4. Qianqian Ding?, Jing Wang?, Xueyan Chen?, Wanlin Li, Yanling Wang, Min Zhou*, Shikuan Yang*, “Quantitative and Sensitive Analyte Identification in Complex Environments”, Nano Letters (2020). (?equal contribution)
5. Jing Wang, Lin Wang, Nan Sun, Ross Tierney, Hui Li, Margo Corsetti, Leon Williams, Pak Kin Wong, and Tak-Sing Wong*, “Viscoelastic solid-repellent coatings for extreme water saving and global sanitation”, Nature Sustainability, 2, pages1097–1105 (2019). [Featured in BBC, The Times, and Scientific American]

Other Publications:

18. Lin Yao*, Xiaoai Yang, Yiming Liu, Kai Wang, Ligang Xu, Tingting Ren, Yi Long, Jing Wang*, "Precision-Engineered Thermochromic Hydrogels: Achieving High Optical Clarity and Antishrinkage in Solar Modulation", ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, (2025).

17. Shuaidong Qi?, Jing Wang?*, Decui Cheng, Tingting Pan, Ruoming Tan, Hongping Qu, Li-Min Zhu, "Rational Design of Microbicidal Inorganic Nano-Architectures", Small. (2025). (?equal contribution)

16. Yi Tang, Jialu Xu, Qiutong Liu, Xiaodan Hu, Wenhao Xue, Zuirui Liu, Ziyi Lin, Hancong Lin, Yili Zhang, Zhuang Zhang, Xuezhi Ma, Jing Wang*, Junwen Zhong*, Dangxiao Wang*, Hanqing Jiang*, Yuan Ma*,"Advancing Haptic Interfaces for Immersive and Commercialized Experiences in the Metaverse". Device. (2024)
15. Brian Macdonald, Fan-Wei Wang, Brian Toblemann, Jing Wang, Jason Landini, Nipuli Gunaratne, Jospeh Kovak, Anish Tuteja*, "Design of Abrasion Resistant, Long-lasting Anti-Fog Coatings". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. (2024).
14. Zhongbao Wang, Yixin Chen, Yuan Ma*, Jing Wang*, "Bioinspired Stimuli-responsive Materials for Soft Actuators". Biomimetics. (2024)
13. Alondra M. Ortiz-Ortiz, Andrew J. Gayle, Jing Wang, Hannah R. Faustyn, Daniel Penley, Caleb Sherwood, Anish Tuteja, Neil P. Dasgupta*, "Scaling-up seeded hydrothermal nanowire synthesis on non-planar surfaces using a flow reactor", ACS Applied Engineering Materials. (2023).
12. Andrew J. Gayle?, Julia Lenef?, Park Huff, Jing Wang, Fenghe Fu, Gayatri Dadheech, Neil P. Dasgupta*, "Visible Light-Driven Photocatalysts for Self-Cleaning Transparent Surfaces". Langmuir. (2022).
11. Yue Liu, Na Peng, Xianqi Peng, Liyan Zhao, Jing Wang, Min Yue*, and Shikuan Yang*, “Breaking the Nanoparticle’s Dispersible Limit via Orientation-Tailorable Surface Ligands”, Nature Communications (2022).
10. Jing Wang, Sudarat Lee, Ashley R. Bielinski, Kevin Meyer, Abhishek Dhyani, Alondra M. Ortiz-Ortiz, Anish Tuteja*, Neil P. Dasgupta*, “Rational Design of Transparent Nanowire Architectures with Tunable Geometry for Preventing Marine Biofouling”, Advanced Materials Interface, 2000672 (2020).
9. Lin Wang, Francesca R. Wang, Jing Wang, Tak-Sing Wong*, “Compact Nanoscale Textures Reduce Contact Time of Bouncing Droplets”, Science Advances, Vol. 6, no. 29, eabb2307 (2020).
8. Hui Li, Eugene Shkolyar, Jing Wang, Alan C. Pao, Joseph C. Liao, Tak Sing Wong, and Pak Kin Wong*, “SLIPS-LAB – A Multiplex Bioanalysis System for Metabolic Evaluation of Urinary Stone Disease”, Science Advances, Vol. 6, no. 21, eaba8535 (2020).
7. Yuxin Chen, Nicholas J. Ginga, William S. LePage, Eric Kazyak, Andrew J. Gayle, Jing Wang, Robin E. Rodríguez, M. D. Thouless, Neil P. Dasgupta*, “Enhanced Interfacial Toughness of Thermoplastic–Epoxy Interfaces Using ALD Surface Treatments”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b15193 (2019).
6. Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Luke Gockowski, Hannah Feldstein, Houston Claure, Jing Wang, and Tak-Sing Wong*, “Free-standing liquid membranes as unusual particle separators”, Science Advances, eaat3276 (2018). [Featured in Science]
5. Xianming Dai*, Nan Sun, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Jing Wang, Shikuan Yang, and Tak-Sing Wong*, “Hydrophilic Slippery Rough Surfaces for Water Harvesting”, Science Advances, 4: eaaq0919 (2018). [Highly cited paper; Featured in Nature Materials]
4. Shikuan Yang*, Nan Sun, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Jing Wang, Yu Huang, and Tak-Sing Wong*, “Ultra-antireflective Synthetic Brochosomes”, Nature Communications, vol. 8, 1285 (2017).
3. Yu Huang, Birgitt Boschitsch Stogin, Nan Sun, Jing Wang, Shikuan Yang, and Tak-Sing Wong*, “A Switchable Cross-Species Liquid-Repellent Surface”, Advanced Materials, vol. 29, 1604641 (2017).
2. Jing Wang, Keiko Kato, Alexandre Blois, and Tak-Sing Wong*, “Bioinspired Omniphobic Coatings with Thermal Self-Repair Function on Industrial Materials”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol. 8, pp. 8265 – 8271 (2016). [Top 20 most-read article in April 2016; Featured in Chemical & Engineering News and Gizmodo]
1. Xinjun Liu*, Jing Wang, Weiyang Yu, JinHua Wu, “Analysis and optimum design of rider-bicycle mechanisms: Design of bicycle parameters for a specified rider", Science China Technological Sciences 54 (11) (2011).

1. Durable Multifunctional Omniphobic Polymer Coatings (2020), US Provisional, Inventors: Jing Wang, Neil P. Dasgupta, Anish Tuteja
2. Transparent Nanowire Architectures for Marine Anti-Fouling (2020), US Provisional, Inventors: Neil P. Dasgupta, Jing Wang, Anish Tuteja
3. Crosslinked hydrophilic coatings for simultaneous anti-icing, icephobic and anti-fog properties (2019), US Provisional, Inventors: Abhishek Dhyani, Brian Macdonald, Jing Wang, Anish Tuteja
4. Zero-Power Biochemical Analysis Platform (2018), US Patent Pending, PSU 2016-4556. Inventors: Pak Kin Wong, Tak Sing Wong, Jing Wang, Hui Li, Yi Lu, and Ying Wan.
5. Methods of Forming Slippery Surfaces on Common Substrate (2018), US Patent Pending, Application No. 62/671,054. Inventors: Jing Wang, Tak Sing Wong, and Birgitt Boschitsch. (licensed to spotLESS Materials Inc.)
6. Liquids and Viscoelastic Solids Repellent and Anti-biofouling Coatings (2016). US Patent Pending. Application No. 62/424,062. Inventors: Jing Wang and Tak-Sing Wong. (licensed to spotLESS Materials Inc.)
7. Slippery Rough Surfaces (2015). US Patent Number: 10,434,542. Inventors: Xianming Dai, Birgitt Boschitsch, Jing Wang and Tak-Sing Wong, Nan Sun.
8. Self-healable Coatings and Methods of Making the Same (2014). US Patent Number: 10,329,510. Inventors: Jing Wang and Tak-Sing Wong.

Journal reviewer: Science, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Scientific Reports, Advanced Materials, Advanced Materials Interfaces, ACS Nano, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Physics of Fluids, Applied Physics Letters, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, Materials Advances, IMECE conference

Webinar organizer: EASF (Engineering and Applied Science Forum)

2019 3rd place, Rice Business Plan Competition 2019 (out of > 300 teams)

2018 Cleantech University Prize National Competition: Top 3 Team (Dept. of Defense)

2018 Wherry Graduate Fellowship, Penn State University

2018 1st place, Allegheny Cleantech Competition ($50,000)

2018 Inventor Incentive Award, Penn State University

2017 1st place, Materials Research Society (MRS) iMatSci Innovator ($2,000)

2017 Inventor Incentive Award, Penn State University

2016 NASA iTech Top 10 Innovation (SLIPS-LAB)

2015 3rd place, PPG Industries Annual Pitch Competition

2013 PPG Industries Foundation Ph.D. Fellow

2011 1st Prize, 2011 Student Research Training (SRT) Project (out of >1000 projects)

2010 1st Prize, 11th Machine Innovative Competition, Tsinghua University (out of > 50 teams)

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