Liwei WANG Liwei is a professor and vice dean for Mechanical Engineering School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She had gotten her PhD degree in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) in 2005. After that she worked in SJTU for five years. Then she worked in the Warwick University as a Research Fellow for the Royal Society International Incoming Fellowship in 2010, and worked in the Newcastle University for one year as a Research Fellow that was founded by the EU Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship. She was promoted to a professor in SJTU in 2013.

Sorption technology for refrigeration, energy storage and electricity generation; Low grade heat recovery and utilization；

The research experience of Prof. Wang mainly focuses on the conversion of low grade heat with the technology of solid sorption and the novel type power cycles. As the PI she had gotten the projects for Excellent Young Scholars from NSFC (National Science Foundation of China) and the Program for New Century Excellent Talents from the Ministry of Education. The awards she had gotten include the Science and Technology Award for Chinese Youth, National Second Award for the Natural Science Research, National 100 Outstanding PhD Theses, IIR Young Researchers Award (James Joule Award), First Award of Natural Science Research in Shanghai City, Royal Society International Incoming Fellowship in UK, EU Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship, etc.