Jun Wang has been named the departmental executive officer (DEO) of the Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (CBE).
Wang, James E. Ashton Professor of Engineering, joined the College of Engineering in 2016 and holds the rank of professor. He served as interim DEO of CBE since 2022 and is assistant director of the Iowa Technology Institute.
Renowned in the fields of aerosols and remote sensing, Wang had 25 active external grants totaling $10 million in 2022 and 2023 alone. He has been a science team member of 10 NASA satellite missions, including the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO), which Time magazine named a 2023 Invention of the Year.
Wang has received the College of Engineering’s Faculty Excellence Award for Research, the University of Iowa’s Scholar of the Year Award, and the Regents Award for Faculty Excellence.