Bingchen Wang

Bingchen Wang is a Staff Research Engineer at Seagate Technology since June 2022, focusing on recording media R&D for heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR). In addition, Bingchen serves as a Senior R&D Engineer and a member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Ionic Liquids at Elsevier. Prior experience includes a Postdoctoral Scholar position in Chemical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD researcher role in Prof. Lei Li's group at the University of Pittsburgh, where projects included the molecular structures of solid-confined ionic liquids and developing highly fluorinated ionic liquids as next-generation media lubricants. Educational qualifications include a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pittsburgh, a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Florida, a Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry from Dalian University of Technology, and an exchange program at Xiamen University in Chemistry.