Dec. 2008 -  Dept. of Physics, Xiamen University  Professor
Nov. 2007 – Oct 2008 Dept.  of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Univ. of Minnesota    Postdoc Fellow
May 2007 – Nov. 2007 Oak Ridge National Lab, USA Postdoc Fellow
Sep. 1997 –  July 2007 Medical College of Suzhou Instructor
July 1992 – July 1994 The 4th geological brigade of Hubei Province, China Assistant Engineer

Education
Aug. 2000 – May 2007    Dept. of Physics, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park     Ph.D. in Physics
Sep. 1994 – July 1997     Dept. of Physics, Peking University       M.S. in Physics
Sept. 1988 – July 1992    Dept. of Mineral Exploration, Chengdu College of Geology       B.E.

1. Z. Zhou, Z. Zhao, H. Zhang, Z. Wang, X. Chen, R. Wang, Z. Chen, J. Gao, Interplay between longitudinal and transverse contrasts in fe3o4 nanoplates with (111) exposed surfaces. Acs Nano 8, 7976-7985 (2014).
2. X. Dong, Z. Wang, R. Wang, Deep sub-nanosecond reversal of vortex cores confined in a spin-wave potential well. Appl. Phys. Lett. 104,  (2014).
3. Z. Zhao, Z. Zhou, J. Bao, Z. Wang, J. Hu, X. Chi, K. Ni, R. Wang, X. Chen, Z. Chen, J. Gao, Octapod iron oxide nanoparticles as high-performance t-2 contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. Nat. Commun. 4,  (2013).
4. R. Wang, X. Dong, Sub-nanosecond switching of vortex cores using a resonant perpendicular magnetic field. Appl. Phys. Lett. 100,  (2012).
5. E. E. Nuxoll, M. A. Hillmyer, R. F. Wang, C. Leighton, R. A. Siegel, Composite block polymer-microfabricated silicon nanoporous membrane. Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces 1, 888-893 (2009).
6. T. Kubo, R. F. Wang, D. A. Olson, M. Rodwogin, M. A. Hillmyer, C. Leighton, Spontaneous alignment of self-assembled abc triblock terpolymers for large-area nanolithography. Appl. Phys. Lett. 93,  (2008).
7. X. Ke, J. Li, C. Nisoli, P. E. Lammert, W. McConville, R. F. Wang, V. H. Crespi, P. Schiffer, Energy minimization and ac demagnetization in a nanomagnet array. Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 4 (2008).
8. R. F. Wang, C. Nisoli, R. S. Freitas, J. Li, W. McConville, B. J. Cooley, M. S. Lund, N. Samarth, C. Leighton, V. H. Crespi, P. Schiffer, Artificial 'spin ice' in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands (vol 439, pg 303, 2006). Nature 446, 102-102 (2007).
9. R. F. Wang, J. Li, W. McConville, C. Nisoli, X. Ke, J. W. Freeland, V. Rose, M. Grimsditch, P. Lammert, V. H. Crespi, P. Schiffer, Demagnetization protocols for frustrated interacting nanomagnet arrays. J. Appl. Phys. 101, 3 (2007).
10.C. Nisoli, R. F. Wang, J. Li, W. F. McConville, P. E. Lammert, P. Schiffer, V. H. Crespi, Ground state lost but degeneracy found: The effective thermodynamics of artificial spin ice. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 4 (2007).
11.R. F. Wang, C. Nisoli, R. S. Freitas, J. Li, W. McConville, B. J. Cooley, M. S. Lund, N. Samarth, C. Leighton, V. H. Crespi, P. Schiffer, Artificial 'spin ice' in a geometrically frustrated lattice of nanoscale ferromagnetic islands. Nature 439, 303-306 (2006).
12.S. J. Potashnik, K. C. Ku, R. F. Wang, M. B. Stone, N. Samarth, P. Schiffer, S. H. Chun, Coercive field and magnetization deficit in ga1-xmnxas epilayers. J. Appl. Phys.93, 6784-6786 (2003).
13.K. C. Ku, S. J. Potashnik, R. F. Wang, S. H. Chun, P. Schiffer, N. Samarth, M. J. Seong, A. Mascarenhas, E. Johnston-Halperin, R. C. Myers, A. C. Gossard, D. D. Awschalom, Highly enhanced curie temperature in low-temperature annealed ga,mn as epilayers. Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 2302-2304 (2003).
14.S. J. Potashnik, K. C. Ku, R. Mahendiran, S. H. Chun, R. F. Wang, N. Samarth, P. Schiffer, Saturated ferromagnetism and magnetization deficit in optimally annealed ga1-xmnxas epilayers. Phys. Rev. B 66, 4 (2002).
15.P. Ma, S. Z. Wang, R. F. Wang, S. G. Wang, J. Z. Li, R. J. Nie, X. D. Hu, Y. D. Dai, Ditch-typed step-edge grain boundary junction and rf squid. Physica C 282, 2479-2480 (1997).