Editorship:
Associate Editor, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (SCI)
Associate Editor, Journal of Fluid Engineering (ASME, SCI, 2014~2022)
Associate Editor, Energy (Elsevier, SCI, 2012-2014, 2015-2017)
Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth (AGU, SCI, 2014~2022)
Associate Editor, Journal of Porous Media (Begellhouse, SCI, 2010~)
Associate Editor, Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media (Begellhouse, SCI, 2010~)
Associate Editor, Journal of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources (Elsevier, 2015~2019)
Editorial Board Member, Energy Science and Engineering, (Wiley, SCI, 2014~)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (Elsevier, SCI, 2015~)
Editorial Board Member, Transport in Porous Media (Springer, SCI, 2012~)
Session Editor-in-Chief, Fluids (MDPI, SCI, 2025~)
Editor-in-Chief, Open Journal of Optimization (2012-2020)
Membership:
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (2003~),
American Physics Society (2005~)
American Geophysical Union (2009~)
InterPore (2012~, lifetime member)
Chinese Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics
Published over 200 scientific articles on international journals, which have been cited over 17000 times by peers. The H index is 65 (Google Scholar). Prof. Wang published 7 book chapters and 4 textbooks.
Representative publications
Review papers (selected 5)
• M. Wang, N. Pan. Predictions of Effective Physical Properties of Complex Multiphase Materials. Material Science and Engineering-R: Reports. 63(1): 1-30, 2008 [IF=17.731]
• H. Tian, M. Wang*. Electrokinetic mechanisms of wettability alternation at oil-water-rock interface. Surface Science Reports 72: 369-391, 2017
• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Phonon hydrodynamics and its applications in nanoscale heat transport. Physics Reports. 595: 1-44, 2015 [IF =22.91]
• W. Lei, X.K. Lu and M. Wang*. Multiphase displacement mechanism by micro/nanoparticle suspension in porous media via microfluidic experiments: From interface science to multiphase flow patterns. Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 311: 102826, 2023
• Y. Huang and M. Wang*. Electrokinetic Multiphase Hydrodynamics. Applied Physics Reviews. 12: 031322, 2025
Micro/nano gas flows (selected 5)
• Z.G. Tian, D. Zhang, Y. Wang, G. Zhou, S. Zhang, M. Wang*. Inertial solution for high-pressure-difference pulse decay measurement through microporous media. Journal of Fluid Mechanics –Rapids, 971: R1, 2023
• Z.Y. Wang, M. Wang* S. Chen. Coupling of high-Knudsen and non-ideal gas effects in microporous media. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 840: 56-73, 2018
• M. Wang, X. Lan and Z. Li*. Analysis of Gas flows in Micro- and Nanochannels. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer. 51(13-14): 3630-3641, 2008
• M. Wang, Z. Li*. Simulations for gas flows in microgeometries using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Int. J. Heat Fluid Flow, 25(6): 975-985, 2004
• M. Wang *, Z. Li. Nonideal gas flow and heat transfer in micro- and nanochannels using the direct simulation Monte Carlo method. Physical Review E. 68: 046704, 2003
Micro/nano electrokinetic flows (selected 5)
• W. Liu, Y.F. Huang and M. Wang*. Flow Instability and Scaling Transition near Strongly Polarized Surfaces. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1024: A8, 2025
• A. Alizadeh and M. Wang*. Flexibility of inactive electrokinetic layer at charged solid-liquid interface in response to bulk ion concentration Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 534: 195-204, 2019
• L. Zhang, M.A. Hesse and M. Wang. Transient solute transport with sorption in Poiseuille flow. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 828: 733-752, 2017
• J. Liu, M. Wang, S. Chen and M. Robbins*. Uncovering Molecular Mechanisms of Electrowetting and Saturation with Simulations. Physical Review Letters. 108: 216101, 2012
• M. Wang*, and S. Chen. Electroosmosis in homogeneously charged micro- and nanoscale random porous media. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 314(1): 264-273, 2007
Complex fluids(selected 5)
• X.K. Lu, M. Zhang, W. Lei, Y. Liu, Y. Yu, T. Jiang and M. Wang*. Spreading versus non-spreading of wetting films: controlling multiphase flow in disordered media via nanoparticle adsorption. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1030: R5, 2026
• W.H. Lei, X. Lu, G. Yang, S. Bagheri, M. Wang*. Reverse capillary trapping and self-removal of non-aqueous fluid from dead-end structures by nanoparticle suspension. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1009: A14, 2025
• W.H. Lei, X. Lu, W. Gong, M. Wang*. Triggering interfacial instabilities during forced imbibition by adjusting the aspect ratio in depth-variable microfluidic porous media. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120(50): e2310584120, 2023
• W. Lei, X.K. Lu, F.L. Liu, and M. Wang*. Nonmonotonic wettability effects on displacement in heterogeneous porous media. Journal Fluid Mechanics -Rapids, 2022
• C.Y. Xie, W. Lei, M. Balhoff, M. Wang* and S. Chen. Self-adaptive preferential flow control using displacing fluid with dispersed polymers in heterogeneous porous media. Journal Fluid Mechanics 906: A10, 2021 (cover page)
Physio-chemical transport in microporous media (selected 5)
• Y.K. Yang, X.D. Zhang, Z.G. Tian, G. Deissmann, D. Bosbach, P. Liang* and M. Wang*. Ionic Thermodiffusion in Nanoconfined Aqueous Electrolytes. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 619: 331-338, 2022
• A. Alizadeh, X. Jin and M. Wang*. Pore-scale Study of Ion Transport Mechanisms in Inhomogeneously Charged Nanoporous Rocks: Impact of Interface Properties on Macroscopic Transport. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 124: 017200, 2019
• L. Zhang and M. Wang*. Electro-osmosis in inhomogeneously charged microporous media by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 486: 219-231, 2017
• L. Zhang, M. Wang*. Modeling of electrokinetic reactive transports using a coupled lattice Boltzmann method. Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth. 120: 2877-2890, 2015
• M. Wang*, Q. Kang, H. Viswanathan and B. Robinson. Modeling of electro-osmosis of dilute electrolyte solutions in silica microporous media. J. Geophysical Research-Solid Earth 115: B10205, 2010
Microscale Energy flow (selected 5)
• C. Xie, J. Wang N. Pan, D. Wang and M. Wang*. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of thermal conduction in composite materials with thermal contact resistance. Communications in Computational Physics. 17: 1037-1055, 2015
• M. Wang*, X. Wang, J.K. Wang and N. Pan. Grain size effects on effective thermal conductivity of porous materials with internal thermal contact resistance. Journal Porous Media. 16(11): 1043-1048, 2013
• M. Wang*, N. Pan. Modeling and prediction of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Random Open-cell Porous Foams. Int. J. Heat Mass Transfer. 51(5-6): 1325-1331, 2008
• M. Wang, J. He, J. Yu and N. Pan. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of the effective thermal conductivity for fibrous materials. Intentional Journal of Thermal Sciences 46(9): 848-855, 2007
• M. Wang*, J. Wang, N. Pan, and S. Chen. Mesoscopic Predictions of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Microscale Random Porous Media. Physical Review E. 75: 036702, 2007
Quantum Fluid Mechanics (selected 5)
• W.L. Miao, M. Wang*. Nonequilibrium effects on electron-phonon coupling constant in metals. Physical Review B 103: 125412, 2021
• Y.F. Huang and M. Wang*. Nonnegative magnetoresistance in hydrodynamic regime of electron fluid transport in two-dimensional materials. Physical Review B 104: 155408, 2021
• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Phonon hydrodynamics for nanoscale heat transport at ordinary temperature. Physical Review B 97: 035421, 2018
• Y. Guo, D. Jou, M. Wang*. Nonequilibrium thermodynamics of phonon hydrodynamic model for nanoscale heat transport. Physical Review B 2018
• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Heat transport in two-dimensional materials by directly solving phonon Boltzmann equation under Callaway’s dual relaxation model. Physical Review B 96: 134312, 2017
Energy and thermodynamic optimization (selected 5)
• Y.Y. Guo and M. Wang*. Thermodynamics of micro- and nano-scale flow and heat transfer: a mini-review. Journal of Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics (invited), 49: 221-235, 2024
• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Thermodynamic analysis of gas flow and heat transfer in microchannels. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 103: 773-782, 2016
• Y. Guo, Z. Y. Wang, M. Wang*. Thermodynamic extreme principles for non-equilibrium stationary state in heat conduction. Journal of Heat Transfer 139(7): 071303, 2017
• X. Shan, M. Wang* and Z. Guo. Geometry optimization of self-similar transport network. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2011: 421526, 2011
• X. Liu, M. Wang*, J. Meng, E. Ben-Naim and Z. Guo. Minimum dissipation principle for the optimization of transport networks. International Journal of Non-linear Science and Numerical Simulations 11(2): 113-120, 2010
Transport in unconventional oil/gas resources (selected 5)
• W.B. Gong, Y. Liu, C.D. Xi, G. Yang, Y. Ju and M. Wang*. Dynamic characterization of residual oil during long-term waterflooding experiments in heterogeneous porous structures. Fuel 356: 129567, 2024
• W.H. Lei, Q.Q. Li, H.E. Yang, T. Wu, J. Wei and M. Wang*. Preferential flow suppression in heterogeneous porous media by concentration-dependent rheology of microgel particle suspension Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 212: 110275, 2022
• C.Y. Xie, W. Lv, and M. Wang*. Shear-thinning or Shear-thickening Fluid for Better EOR? — A Direct Pore-scale Study. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 161: 683-691, 2018
• Z.Y. Wang, X. Jin, X. Wang, L. Sun, M. Wang*. Pore-scale geometry effects on gas permeability in shale. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 34: 948-957, 2016
• Z.Y. Wang, Y.Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Permeability of high-Kn real gas flow in shale and production prediction by pore-scale modeling. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 28: 328-337, 2016
Multiscale modeling (selected 5)
• Z.Y. Wang, M. Wang* S. Chen. Coupling of high-Knudsen and non-ideal gas effects in microporous media. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 840: 56-73, 2018
• Y.K. Yang, M. Wang*. Upscaling scheme for long-term ion electrodiffusion in microporous media. Physical Review E 96: 023308, 2017
• C.Y. Xie, A.Q. Raeini, Y. Wang, M. Blunt*, M. Wang*. An improved pore-network model with viscous coupling effect via direct simulation by lattice Boltzmann method. Advances in Water Resources. 100: 26-34, 2017
• G. Liu, J. Zhang and M. Wang*. Drop movements and replacement on surface driven by shear force via hybrid atomistic-continuum simulations. Molecular Simulation. 42(10): 855-862, 2016
• S. Chen*, M. Wang, and Z. Xia. Multiscale fluid mechanics and modeling. Procedia IUTAM 10: 100-114, 2014
Mesoscopic algorithms (selected 5)
• X. Ran, M. Wang*. Efficiency improvement of discrete-ordinates method for interfacial phonon transport by Gauss-Legendre integral for frequency domain. Journal of Computational Physics 399: 108920, 2019
• Y. Guo, M. Wang*. Lattice Boltzmann modeling of phonon transport. Journal of Computational Physics 315: 1-15, 2016
• M. Wang*, and Q. Kang. Modeling electrokinetic flows in microchannels using coupled lattice Boltzmann methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 229: 728-744, 2010
• M. Wang*, and N. Pan. Elastic property of multiphase composites with random microstructures. Journal of Computational Physics 228: 5978-5988, 2009
• M. Wang*, J. Wang, and S. Chen. Roughness and Cavitations effects on Electro-osmotic Flows in Rough Microchannels using the Lattice Poisson-Boltzmann Methods. Journal of Computational Physics. 226(1): 836-851, 2007
