Cong Wang is currently Professor and Head of Department of Metallurgical Engineering, School of Metallurgy, Northeastern University, China. Prior to joining the faculty of his alma mater, he had worked in Northwestern University, Saint-Gobain and Alcoa, all in the US. He obtained his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University, MS from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and BS (with honors) from Northeastern University. He is now leading a group dedicated to Oxide Metallurgy.
He is an active member and a prolific scholar in the global metallurgy community. He has been recognized with distinctions such as ASM Silver Medal Award, TMS Early Career Faculty Fellow Award, CSM Youth Metallurgy S&T Prize, Newton Advanced Fellowship, JSPS Invitational Fellowship, TÜBİTAK Fellowship and SME Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award.
He serves as the Key Reader and Chair for the Board of Review for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, Review Editor for Journal of Materials Science and Technology, Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials as well as Journal of Iron and Steel Research, International, and Corresponding Expert for Engineering. He chaired the TMS Energy Committee from 2016-2018. He is the inaugural chair for the ASM Shenyang Chapter, and faculty advisor for MaterialAdvantage Northeastern University. He initiated International Metallurgical Processes Workshop for Young Scholars (IMPROWYS), and organized major conferences/symposia of technical significance.