Before joining UIUC, he had worked at Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs as a Member of Technical Staff. His research focuses on stochastic control of manufacturing and inventory systems, and network economics that includes pricing, revenue management, and public policy analysis. His work has appeared in Management Science, Operations Research, JSAC, IEEE Transaction on Networking, and other top journals. Professor Wang received his Ph. D in Engineering and Public Policy, and also a master degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University.