Bio
Dr. Xiaoping Wang is a distinguished scientist in the Neutron Scattering Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in chemistry from Nanjing University, China, and his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from Texas A&M University in 1998. His dissertation research focused on the synthesis and structural characterization of early transition metal complexes, followed by postdoctoral research (1998-2000) on metal-metal bonding in materials with extended linear chains of metal centers, both under the guidance of Professor F. Albert Cotton. Dr. Wang then completed a second postdoctoral fellowship at Argonne National Laboratory (2000-2001), focusing on neutron crystallography under the mentorship of Dr. Arthur J. Schultz.
From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Wang served as the Director of Crystallographic Computing at the Laboratory for Molecular Structure and Bonding at Texas A&M University. He then became the Director of the X-ray Diffraction Laboratory at the University of North Texas from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, Dr. Wang joined ORNL, where he is now a lead scientist responsible for the TOPAZ single crystal diffractometer at the Spallation Neutron Source.
Dr. Wang’s work has appeared in more than 220 peer-reviewed scientific publications. He publishes broadly in chemistry, materials science, and physics. Recognized as an internationally established leader in chemical and neutron crystallography, Dr. Wang is a Fellow of the American Crystallographic Association. He is actively involved in mentoring the next generation of scientists. His research interests encompass various aspects of the field, including structural chemistry, magnetism, hydrogen bonding interactions in functional materials for sustainable energy and carbon capture applications, and advancing software tools for single crystal neutron diffraction with the integration of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and high-performance computing.
Awards
Fellow of the American Crystallographic Association (2019)