Principal Investigator

Zhiping Lai

Professor

Research Interests: Membrane separation, Membrane reactor, Lithium sulfur battery, Zeolites, Metal-organic framework, Covalent-organic framework, Osmotic heat engine, Ionic liquids, Nanofiltration, Ultrafiltration

Postdoctoral Fellows

Yanxiong Ren

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Gas/water purification, Lithium extraction, Membrane separation, Polymer of intrinsic microporosity

Zheyuan Guo

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: COF membrane, Gas/water purification, Lithium extraction

Bingbing Yuan

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Hollow fibre membrane, Interfacial science, Membrane separation, Nanofiltration, Surfactants, polymers and NPs, Ultrafiltration

Kai Qu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Gas/water purification, Membrane separation, Porous organic cage membrane

Ting Xu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Covalent-organic framework, COF membrane

Jiang Xu

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Gas/water purification, Membrane separation, Metal-organic framework, Hollow fibre membrane, MOF membrane, Ultrafiltration

Jiaqiang Li

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Covalent-organic framework, Gas/water purification, Membrane separation, CMP membrane

Shuhao An

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Lithium extraction, Covalent-organic framework, Catalysis

Jun Miao

Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Interests: Catalysis, Ionic liquids, Membrane separation, Metal-organic framework, Nanomaterials

PhD Students

Xin Wang

PhD Student

Research Interests: Metal-organic framework, Membrane separation, Lithium extraction

Vladislav Liamin

PhD Student

Research Interests: COF membrane, Covalent-organic framework, Membrane separation

Liang Feng

PhD Student

Research Interests: Inorganic membrane, Glass-ceramic, Lithium extraction, Membrane separation

Reham Nuaimi

PhD Student

Research Interests: Membrane separation, Ultrafiltration, Surfactants, polymers and NPs, Nanofiltration, Gas/water purification, Interfacial science

Jean-Pierre Benjamin Boross de Levay

PhD Student

Research Interests: Ultrafiltration, Liquid crystal membrane, Hemofiltration, Protein separation

Lubna Rehman

PhD Student

Research Interests: Desalination, Materials engineering, Simulation, Thermodynamics

I-Chun Chen

PhD Student

Research Interests: Ionic liquids, Lithium extraction, Membrane separation, Nanofiltration, Nanomaterials

Ammar Aboalsaud

PhD Student

Research Interests: Zeolites, Gas separation, Surfactants, polymers and NPs, Interfacial science

Research Scientist

Cailing Chen

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Nanomaterials

Li Cao

Research Scientist

Research Interests: 2D materials, Ion conduction, COF membrane, Membrane separation

Zhen Li

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Lithium extraction, Nanofiltration

Xiaowei Liu

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Gas/water purification, Membrane separation, Metal-organic framework, MOF membrane, Gas separation

Ruicong Wei

Research Scientist

Research Interests: Membrane separation, Metal-organic framework, Gas/water purification, Zeolites, Electrochemistry