Wei Deng Solvang is a Professor at the Department of Industrial Engineering at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. She obtained a B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Changchun University of Science and Technology (1986-1990), a M.Sc. in Production Engineering from Narvik University College (HiN) (1995-1997), and a Doctorate in Supply Chain Management from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) (1997-2001). She previously worked as a Deputy board member at Northern Research Institute (Norut), a Professor at Narvik University College (HiN), a Partner in China Nordic AS, the Deputy member of the program board for the Eurasia Program of Norwegian Centre for International Cooperation in Education (SIU), and the Design Engineer of China Wuzhou Engineering Group. Her specialties are performance management and sustainable supply chain management.