Mo Wang inducted into Florida Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine
Mo Wang, Associate Dean and Lanzillotti-McKethan Eminent Scholar, is among the distinguished inductees into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEM-FL). Wang is one of eight University of Florida faculty members selected for the organization that brings together the collective wisdom of National Academy members who have made significant accomplishments in science, engineering and medicine.
Inductees are selected based on outstanding research contributions and innovations with consequential impacts in the fields of science, engineering or medicine. Wang was selected based on his breakthrough discoveries in the fields of worker aging and retirement, occupational health psychology, newcomer socialization and quantitative research methods.
“I’m deeply honored to be inducted into the Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida,” said Wang. “This recognition reflects not only the work I’ve been fortunate to pursue, but also the incredible support I’ve received along the way. I’m especially grateful to Warrington College of Business for fostering an environment that values impactful research and interdisciplinary collaboration. I share this honor with my students, colleagues and mentors who have made this journey meaningful.”
In addition to ASEM-FL, Wang is an elected Foreign Member of Academia Europaea (MAE) and a Fellow of AOM, APA, APS and SIOP. He was the Editor of The Oxford Handbook of Retirement and currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief for Work, Aging and Retirement. He will start serving as the Editor-in-Chief for Journal of Applied Psychology in 2026.
He served as the President of Society for Occupational Health Psychology (2014-2015), the Director for the Science of Organizations Program at National Science Foundation (2014-2016) and the Presidential Track for Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology (2021-2024).
To date, Wang has published more than 200 peer-reviewed journal articles, 37 book chapters and seven books. Wang has been with the Warrington College of Business since 2011. His research is well recognized and regarded by major federal funding agencies. Wang’s research program has been supported with more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and various other research foundations and agencies.
As a true scientist-practitioner, Wang is also committed to providing students, workers, employers, and policy makers with evidence-based knowledge. His work has been reported extensively by the popular media, such as NPR, BBC, Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and the Washington Post. In 2015, he conducted a Congressional Debriefing on retirement for the U.S. Congress. He also served as an invited speaker for the White House Social and Behavioral Sciences Team twice, giving talks on retirement (2015) and older worker job search (2016).
Wang earned his Ph.D. in I-O and Developmental Psychology and his master’s degree from Bowling Green State University and his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Peking University in China.
