Research Interests: Dr Wang’s research areas include the optical properties of rare earth or transition metals doped phosphor materials, dynamical processes of excited states in these materials, and their applications in illumination and biomedical imaging. In past few years, His group has concentrated on LED phosphors and full colored persistent phosphors. He has collaborations with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The University of Georgia, CIOMP of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Northeast Normal University in China in conducting the research. Dr. Wang has also enthusiastically been involved in the research of advanced physics laboratories with undergraduate students.