Dr. Jingfeng Wang

Associate Professor

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Biography

Jingfeng Wang is an Associate Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1984 and Master of Science in 1987 from Peking University, followed by a Doctorate in Hydrometeorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in February 1997. Following his doctoral studies, Wang worked as a Post-Doctoral Associate at MIT from February 1997 to January 2000 and then served as a Research Associate at MIT until February 2009. Wang's academic career continued at the University of California, Irvine as an Assistant Researcher from March 2009 to August 2011, before joining Georgia Tech as a Principal Research Engineer in September 2011. He became an Associate Professor at Georgia Tech in 2012 and earned tenure in 2018. Wang has also served as an Honorary Visiting Professor at Flinders University, Australia, in July 2016. His research focuses on global water-energy-carbon cycles, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, and regional climate dynamics, among other areas.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

— Present

Georgia Institute of Technology • Atlanta, GA

Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Hydrology and co-teaching Vertically-Integrated-Projects.

Awards

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Plenary Speaker

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AGU Editors’ Citation

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AGU’s Outstanding Reviewers

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Warren Lecturer

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Overseas Scholarships

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Visiting International Research Fellowship

Requirements for Georgia Institute of Technology

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:19
Reading
Required:19
Writing
Required:19
Speaking
Required:19
Total
Required:100
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:5.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7.5
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Official transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Statement of Purpose
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science: GRE scores are optional for Fall 2026.