was also the Dean of Engineering from 2000 to 2002 at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Research interests Nanoelectronics and Nanoarchitectures Spintronics and Nanomagnetics Nanoscale Science Devices and Quantum Systems Nonvolatile Electronics and Low dissipation Devices Molecular Beam Epitaxy Optoelectronics and Solar Cells Appointments 2006 – Present Raytheon Chair Professor of Physical Electronics 2006 – Present Director, Western Institute of Nanoelectronics (WIN) 2011 – 2014 Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology (TNANO) 2007 – 2013 Associate Director, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) 2003 – 2013 Director, Marco Focus Center on Functional Engineered Nano Architectonics (FENA) 2000–2002 Dean, School of Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1993–1996 Chair, Electrical Engineering Department, University of California, Los Angeles 1979 – Present Professor, University of California, Los Angeles 1972–1979 Physicist/Engineer, General Electric Corporate Research and Development Center 1970–1972 Assistant Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Awards and recognition 2018: Magnetism award and Nēel Medal, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics 2018: Laureate of Industrial Technology Research Institute, Taiwan 2018: Dr. Dan S. Louie lifetime achievement award 2017: J.J. Ebers award by IEEE International Electron Devices Society 2017: Fellow, APS (American Physical Society) 2016: Academician of Academia Sinica, Taiwan 2015: Pan Wen Yuan Outstanding Research Award, Hsinchu, Taiwan 2012: Outstanding Alumni Award of National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan 2009: Semiconductor Industry Award Research Award 2007: IBM Faculty Award 1996: Semiconductor Research Corporation Technical Excellency Award 1992: Fellow, IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics) 1987-88: Guggenheim Fellow Award, Max Planck Institute, Germany Books Wang, K.L. and Ovchinnikov, I., "Nanoelectronics and Nanospintronics: Fundamentals and Materials Perspective", In: Advances in Electronic Materials, Kasper, E., Mussig, H- J. and Grimmeiss, H. (Eds.), Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland, Vol. 608, pp. 133– 158 (2009) Wang, K.L., Galatsis, K., Ostroumov, R., Ozkan, M., Likharev, K. and Botros, Y., "Chapter 10: Nanoarchitectonics: Advances in Nanoelectronics", In: Handbook of Nanoscience, Engineering, and Technology, Second Edition, Goddard, W., Brenner, D.W., Lyshevski, S.E. and Iafrate, G.J. (Eds.), CRC Press, pp. 10.1-10.24 (2007) Eshaghian-Wilner, M. M., Flood, A. H., Khitun, A., Stoddart, J. F., Wang, K.L., "Chapter 14. Molecular and Nanoscale Computing and Technology", In: Handbook of Nature- Inspired and Innovative Computing: Integrating Classical Models with Emerging Technologies, Zomaya, A.Y. (Ed.), USA: Springer-Verlag, 477-510 (2006) Wang, K.L. and Balandin, A.A., editors, The Handbook of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Nanodevices, America Scientific Publishers, 2005 See also Evelyn Wang, Wang's daughter, a professor of mechanical engineering at