Assistant prof., University of Science & Technology of China (1997-1999)
Lecture, University of Science & Technology of China (2000-2003)
Visiting Scholar, The University of Tokyo(2002)
Postdoc, The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology(2003-2005)
Associate Prof., University of Science & Technology of China (2004-2018)
Executive Director of Experimental Facility Division, State Key Laboratory of Fire Science of China (2005-2010)
Visiting Scholar, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2009)
Director of Clean and effective fire suppression section, State Key Laboratory of Fire Science of China (2010-)
Assistant to Director of SKLFS (2014-2019)
Prof., University of Science & Technology of China (2018-)

Principles and applications of clean & effective fire suppression technologies
Principles and applications of clean & effective explosion mitigation technologies
Principles and applications of clean & effective decontamination technologies for flammable and explosive chemistries
Laser-based flow field diagnostic methods and applications

EBM: Case Studies in Thermal Engineering (2017-), Fire Science Research Journal (2019-)
Lifetime Member of the International Association for Fire Safety Science（2011-）
Lifetime Member of the International Society of combustion（2014-）, etc.

In recent years, Prof. Wang Xishi had accomplished about 30 research projects, where he presided over ten projects supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People´s Republic of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the Ministry of Education, etc. He has authored over 120 research papers, most of them were published in many top international journals. He also published three books/chapters and applied over 15 patents. He entered the list of recipients supported by the “New Century Talents Supporting Program” of Chinese Ministry of Education in 2007.

Anhui Teaching Achievement Award, First -class Award（2019）, 1/3
Beijing Science and Technology Award, 3rd -class Award（2018）, 6/15
6th Science and technology innovation award of China Fire Protection Association（2016）, 1/8
Anhui province Science and Technology Progress Award, First -class Award（2010）, 5/10
The 6th  Anhui Provincial Excellent Academic Papers Award in Natural Science, First-class Award（2010）, 1/1
Outstanding contributor in high-tech Olympics（2008）,1/1
Wang Kuan Cheng YuCai Award, First-class Award（2007）,1/1
The 5th  Anhui Provincial Excellent Academic Papers Award in Natural Science, First-class Award（2007）,1/1
The Best Paper Award of the 5th AOSFST, Second Prize（2001）