Wei Wang#
| Membership Number: | 7496 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRALIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.ecu.edu.au/schools/medical-and-health-sciences/our-staff/profiles/professors/professor-wei-wang |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-1430-1360 |
| Publication Link: | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1430-1360 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2017 - 2024 Pro-Vice- Chancellor (China), Edith Cowan University (ECU), Australia
- 2012 - present Professor, Postgraduate Medicine. Research Fellow, School of Medical and Health Sciences, ECU, Australia
- 2007 - 2011 Dean/Professor, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, Capital University of Medical Sciences, China
- 2003 - 2006 Professor/Vice Director, Department of Biology, Graduate School, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- 2002 - 2003 Director in Research and Development, Medical Centre, Peking University - Hong Kong University of Science Technology, China
- 1997 - 2001 Post-Doctoral Fellow (Lecturer Level A), Centre for Human Genetics, ECU
- 1992 - 1997 Research Associate, Department of Forensic Medicine, Oita Medical University, Japan
- 1990 - 1991 Lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, China
- 1987 - 1990 Assistant Lecturer, Department of Forensic Medicine, China Medical University, China
Fields of Scholarship
- Glycomics
- Interdisciplinary studies
- Health and wellbeing
- Biochemical and biology
- Predictive, preventive and personalised medicine
Honours and Awards
- 2026 Member of The Order of Australia (Governor-General, Australia)
- 2021 European Association for Predictive, Preventive & Personalised Medicine (EPMA) Highest Recognition of Exceptional Achievements in International Networking in the field of Biomedical Sciences
- 2020 ACAA Award, Inaugural Australia China Alumna Award for Contributions to Australia-China Relationship
- 2019 Fok Ying-Tung Prize (World Outstanding Chinese Doctor Award)
- 2018 Vice President of World Association of Chinese Doctors
- 2012 President of Global Association of Chinese Medical Scientists and Scholars.
- 2010 Visiting Professor, University of Edinburgh, UK.
- 2005 Research Professor in Social and Preventive Medicine, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA.
- 2004 Adjunct Professor, Global Health Program, North-Western University, USA.
- 2003 Merit Scientists -100 Talent Program, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
- 1991 Research Fellowship, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
- 1987 Visiting Scholar, Department of Forensic Medicine, Zurich University
- 1986 Diploma of the Jurisprudence Awarded by the Royal London Hospital Medical School, The University of London
- Significant EU funding, e.g., EU-FP-7, EU Horizon-2020, Connecting Australia-Europe Science and Innovation Excellence-Priming Grant (CASIE)
