Rate My Professor Wei Rao

Wei Rao is a professor at the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She earned a Bachelor of Engineering in Building Environment and Equipment Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2003, a Master of Engineering in Heating, Gas Supply, Ventilation and Refrigeration Engineering from the same institution in 2006, and a Ph.D. in Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering from the Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, in 2009. Her doctoral thesis focused on alkali metal based tumor minimally invasive ablation therapy. She has held positions including assistant professor at the Laboratory of Cryogenic Biomedicine at TIPC CAS, research scientist at Virginia Commonwealth University, and post-doctoral researcher at The Ohio State University.

Professor Rao’s research centers on bioheat transfer, nanomedicine, liquid metals, micro/nanomaterials, cryogenics, and related applications in biomedical engineering and flexible electronics. She has authored or co-authored numerous peer-reviewed papers and serves as lead author of books including Nanoscale Liquid Metal Materials and Handbook of Liquid Metals. She directs the Joint Research Center for Liquid Metal Technology. Her honors include the CAB Mid-Career Investigator Award, the China Refrigeration Society Science and Technology Youth Award, and the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences BHP Billiton Mentor Research Award. She has also received earlier recognitions such as the TIPC Director Scholarship and various student excellence awards during her graduate studies.