Professor Quan Wang is now the Executive Vice-President of Shantou University. He is currently a Fellow of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. He is selected as a Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, as well as a Member of the European Academy of Science. Prof. Wang is an influential scholar in his research areas of energy harvesting, smart materials and nanotechnology. He was awarded the Blaise Pascal Medal of the European Academy of Sciences in Engineering in 2019.