Rate My Professor Xuewei Wang

Xuewei Wang, Ph.D., serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he also holds the Mary E. Kapp Fellowship. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree from Shanxi University and his Ph.D. from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences. Subsequently, he completed a JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Michigan. Joining VCU in August 2019, Wang established his research laboratory and advanced to associate professor. His affiliations extend to the Department of Biomedical Engineering and membership in the Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center. He is also a member of the American Chemical Society, Society for Biomaterials, and Association for Diagnostics & Laboratory Medicine.

Wang's research specializes in chemical sensors and biosensors, droplet microfluidics, organic nanoparticles, medical diagnostics, biocompatibility, drug release, and medical devices. His innovations include ultrasensitive colorimetric ion sensors for blood analysis, calibration-free sensors for home use, nitric oxide-releasing intravascular catheters, biocompatible implants, wearable infection sensors, and nanoparticles for cancer applications. Key publications feature "Ultrasensitive Ionophore-Based Liquid Sensors for Colorimetric Ion Measurements in Blood" (Analytical Chemistry, 2023), "Self-Calibrated Ion Selective Electrodes" (Analytical Chemistry, 2023), "Ion-Induced Phase Transfer of Cationic Dyes for Fluorescence-Based Electrolyte Sensing in Droplet Microfluidics" (Analytical Chemistry, 2021), and "Ionophore-Based Biphasic Chemical Sensing in Droplet Microfluidics" (Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2019). His laboratory has obtained substantial funding, including NIH R01 grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (2023) and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (2025), an NIH R21 grant (2023), VCU Commercialization Funds, JDRF grants, and support from the Orphan Disease Center. Wang has earned the Virginia State Outstanding Faculty Award - Rising Star (2025), Outstanding Faculty Award from the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (2024), VCU Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award (2024), VCU National/International Recognition Award (2024), JDRF New Faculty Transition Award (2019), and JDRF Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship (2017).