He's Zhongshan Chief Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at Nanjing Agricultural University (NAU), and Academic Leader of the "Qinglan Project" for Jiangsu Provincial Higher Education Institutions.

He concurrently serves as Director of Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Innovation Center for Electric Agricultural Machinery, Chairman of Jiangsu Provincial Industrial Technology Innovation Alliance for Tractors, Director of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of Modern Facility Agricultural Technology and Equipment, Standing Director of the Chinese Society for Agricultural Machinery (CSAM), Vice President of Jiangsu Provincial Agricultural Machinery Industry Association, and Vice Chairman of Jiangsu Society for Agricultural Machinery.

He has long been dedicated to teaching and research in the fields of electrified, lightweight & simplified, and intelligent equipment for facility agriculture, as well as agricultural robotics. He has led numerous projects including programs funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China. He has published over 200 research papers, including more than 150 SCI-indexed papers, and has been granted over 50 patents, among which more than 30 are invention patents.

His relevant research achievements have earned him honors including the Second Class Award for Technological Invention of the Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award (Science and Technology) (Ministry of Education of China), Second Class Award of Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Award, Second Class Award of Jiangsu Agricultural Technology Extension Award, and First Class Award of Jiangsu Agricultural Machinery Industry Science and Technology Award.

E-mail:wangxiaochan@njau.edu.cn