Dr Wenling Wang is an Assistant Professor at the Asian International Rivers Center at Yunnan University in Kunming, China. She received her PhD in Ecology from Yunnan University in 2013 and was a postdoctoral scholar at North Carolina State University, USA in 2013-14. Dr. Wang is an expert on Asian International Rivers. Her research and teaching are in the fields of water governance, transboundary water issues, international cooperation, and how environmental and social policies affect water resources, especially at the water-energy-food nexus. Recent work also has included how policies affect water quality with a focus on exposure to chemicals. She has worked on over 20 transboundary water research projects and is currently PI/co-PI on four projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation China and Ministry of Water Resources China, with a focus on South Asian and Southeast Asian international rivers. Dr. Wang has participated 20 peer-reviewed publications and has given dozens of invited presentations at international conferences and workshops.