Professor Kezhi Wang
Professor
Summary
- Royal Society Industry Fellow
- Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Web of Science (2023, 2024, 2025)
- IEEE Communications Society Leonard G. Abraham Prize
- IEEE Communications Society Heinrich Hertz Award
- IEEE Communications Society Fred W. Ellersick Prize
- Top 2% Scientist of the World
- Rising Star of Science Award, Research.com, 2025
- ScholarGPS (2025): Highly Ranked Scholar - Prior Five Years, All Fields: #863; Engineering: #398; Computer Science: #88; UAV: #18
- Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, The Royal Academy of Engineering
- EU MSCA Doctoral Networks ANT
- EU MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship S-ISAC
- Chancellor’s International Scholarship, University of Warwick
- JSPS Invitational Fellowship
- 150+ IEEE Journals, citation 15,000+, h-index: 59 (Google Scholar)
- Committee on Drones Member, IEEE Vehicular Technology Society
- Workshops and Symposia Officer, IEEE Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces Emerging Technology Initiative
- 5+ Clarivate ESI hot papers (0.1%); 18+Clarivate ESI highly cited papers (1%), 25+ Popular papers (IEEE Explore), 4 Patents
- Nomination for Young Author Best Paper Award by MLST TC, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2023
- Nomination for Best Paper Award by SAM TC, IEEE Signal Processing Society, 2024
- Publication in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing has been Highlighted by the IEEE Signal Processing Society
- PhD examiner for the KCL, Glasgow, Sheffield, Aberdeen, Exeter, Aston, Essex, KTH, IIIT-Delhi, UNSW-Australia, etc
- Proposal Reviewer for the Austrian Science Fund, Israel Science Foundation, UKRI, EPSRC, Royal Society, RGC, etc
- IEEE Senior Member, HEA Fellow, EPSRC Associate College Member, and UKRI Talent Peer Review College Member
- (Co-) supervised several PhD students to completion, most of whom are now working at prestigious Universities/Industries across the UK and the world. External supervisor for many students, e.g., @Newcastle University and QMUL, UK.
- Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Wireless Communications Letters, and IEEE Access; serves/served as a Lead/Guest Editor for many international journals and TPC Track Chair/Publicity Co-Chair/Session Chair/TPC member for many conferences. Invited as a reviewer for many international journals, e.g., IEEE Transactions, and for Books from Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Wiley, Springer, etc.
- Invited to talk at 20+ universities and organizations, such as IEEE ComSoc School Series UK and Ireland, University of Exeter, University of Tunis, and SAP.
All the students/research fellows in my group will have a lot of opportunities to collaborate with our national and international partners in Europe, Canada, and Australia. The students will conduct Secondments (up to 12 Months in their study, fees will be covered) to prestigious universities including KTH, Sweden, University of Göttingen, Germany, TU/e and TU Delft, Netherlands, University of Alberta, Canada, University of Sydney, Australia and many others, via our EU Horizon Europe HarmonicAI and COVER, and Royal Society International exchange projects.