Dr Xiaolin (Shannon) Wang is an Associate Professor at the Australian National University. Her academic journey began in 2013 when she embarked on an overseas venture to pursue a PhD degree at ANU. After completing her doctoral studies, she joined ANU in 2018 as an education-focused lecturer. Now she leads a research group focused on carbon capture and storage, gas hydrate sciences, phase change thermal storage, thermal management, and green buildings. In two years out of her PhD, she was awarded ARC DECRA and was granted the ANU Global Research Partnerships Scheme. To date, she has accumulated $2M research funding including a hydrogen storage project funded by ARENA towards commercilisation. She is a recipient of the ANU Vice Chancellor’s Award for Early Career Academics, AIRAH Excellence of HVAC&R Research, CECC Remote Teaching and Student Experience Award, and AIRAH Research Student of the Year. She is the Sub-Dean of Student Experience of the College.