Members

Principal Investigator | Research Staff | Graduate Student | Undergraduate Student | Visiting Scholar | Visiting Student | Group Alumni


Principal Investigator

Dr. Dan ZHAO

Dean’s Chair Associate Professor

PhD (Inorganic Chemistry), Texas A&M University, USA, 2010
MS (Polymer Chemistry and Physics), Zhejiang University, China, 2006
BS (Polymer Materials and Engineering), Zhejiang University, China, 2003

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Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
National University of Singapore
4 Engineering Drive 4, E5-02-16, 117585, Singapore
Tel: (+65) 6516 4679
Email: chezhao@nus.edu.sg


Dr. Zhao obtained his PhD degree in Inorganic Chemistry under the supervision of Prof. Hong-Cai Joe Zhou at Texas A&M University in 2010. After finishing his postdoctoral training at Argonne National Laboratory, he joined the Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at National University of Singapore in July 2012 as an Assistant Professor, and was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure in July 2018. He started to serve as an Associate Editor of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research in June 2021. His research interests include advanced porous materials and hybrid membranes with the applications in clean energy and environmental sustainability.


Research Staff

Dr. Chengjun KANG

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Polymer Science), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 2016

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Dr. Zhaoqiang ZHANG

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemical Engineering), Zhejiang University, China, 2019

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Dr. Hao YANG

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemical Engineering and Technology), Tianjin University, China, 2019

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Dr. Xiansong SHI

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemical Engineering), Nanjing Tech University, China, 2019

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Dr. Junghoon CHOI

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemical Engineering), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Republic of Korea, 2021

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Dr. Ting CHEN

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemical Engineering), The University of Edinburgh, UK, 2021

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Dr. He LI

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Physical Chemistry), East China University of Science and Technology, China, 2021

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Dr. Junyu REN

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemistry), University of North Texas, USA, 2022

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Dr. Nengxiu ZHU

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Inorganic Chemistry), Sun Yat-Sen University, China, 2020

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Dr. Chunqing JI

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Inorganic Chemistry), Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 2022

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Dr. Wei ZHAO

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemistry), University of Liverpool, UK, 2022

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Dr. Bidhan Chandra PATRA

Postdoctoral Fellow

PhD (Chemistry), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India, 2022

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Rui Ting KOH

Research Engineer

BE (Chemical Engineering), National University of Singapore, Singapore, expected in May 2023

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Graduate Student

Yun ZHAO

PhD Student

Co-Supervised

ME (Materials Science), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China, 2016

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Ziqi YANG

PhD Student

Solely-Supervised

ME (Chemical Engineering), Tianjin University, China, 2018

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Yunchuan PU

PhD Student

Co-Supervised

ME (Chemical Energy), Xiamen University, China, 2019

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Dongchen SHI

PhD Student

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BE (Environmental Engineering), Sun Yat-sen University, China, 2019

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Yidan DUAN

PhD Student

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BE (Materials Science and Engineering), Xiamen University, China, 2021

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Qixing LIU

PhD Student

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BE (Materials Science and Engineering), Zhejiang University, China, 2021

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Haoyuan ZHANG

PhD Student

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BE (Chemical Engineering), National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2022

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Dohyun AHN

PhD Student

Co-Supervised

BS (Chemistry), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, 2022

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Kexin YU

MEng Student

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BE (Polymer Materials and Engineering), Sichuan University, China, 2020

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Akhil DILIPKUMAR

MEng Student

Solely-Supervised

BTech (Chemical Engineering), Anna University, India, 2020

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Undergraduate Student

Dr. Yi Di YUAN

Scientist

Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX)

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Visiting Student

Xiao WANG

PhD Student

Zhejiang University

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Ruotong BAI

Secondary School Student

Hwa Chong Institution

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Group Alumni

  1. Shing Bo PEH | PhD Student & Research Engineer (2017.07 – 2023.06) | Postdoctoral Fellow at Heriot-Watt University, UK
  2. Dan ZHANG | Visiting Student (2022.01 – 2022.12) | Lecturer at Hainan University, China
  3. Shiqiang WANG | Postdoctoral Fellow (2022.03 – 2022.10) | Scientist at Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
  4. Fuqiang CHEN | Visiting Student (2021.10 – 2022.09) | Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University, Japan
  5. Xin YU | Postdoctoral Fellow (2019.09 – 2022.04) | Researcher at Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, Inorganic Membranes Research Center, Japan
  6. Yi Di YUAN | PhD Student & Postdoctoral Fellow (2016.05 – 2022.04) | Scientist at Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX), Singapore
  7. Jamie LEW | Research Engineer (2021.12 – 2022.04) | Process Engineer at Pfizer, Singapore
  8. Dechao WANG | Visiting Student (2021.01 – 2022.01) | Lecturer at Xi’an University of Science and Technology, China
  9. Yunpan YING | Postdoctoral Fellow (2017.08 – 2021.12) | Associate Professor at Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China
  10. Kumaraesh HARIDAS | Research Engineer (2021.07 – 2021.10) | Research Specialist at Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore
  11. Weidong FAN | Postdoctoral Fellow (2019.09 – 2021.09) | Associate Professor at China University of Petroleum (East China), China
  12. Hongye YUAN | Postdoctoral Fellow (2018.01 – 2021.08) | Associate Professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
  13. Jing ZHAO | Visiting Student (2019.08 – 2021.08) | Lecturer at Harbin Engineering University, China
  14. Yuxiang WANG | PhD Student & Postdoctoral Fellow (2015.07 – 2021.07) | Postdoctoral Fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  15. Kungang CHAI | Visiting Scholar (2020.01 – 2021.01) | Associate Professor at Guangxi University, China
  16. Avishek KARMAKAR | Postdoctoral Fellow (2017.10 – 2020.06) | Postdoctoral Fellow at Drexel University, USA
  17. Zhiqiang LIANG | Visiting Scholar (2020.01 – 2020.04) | Associate Professor at Jilin University, China
  18. Youdong CHENG | PhD Student (2015.07 – 2019.12) | Postdoctoral Fellow at KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  19. Shun WANG | Visiting Student (2019.08 – 2019.12) | Associate Professor at Hainan University, China
  20. Guoliang Liu | Postdoctoral Fellow (2016.11 – 2019.09) | Lecturer at Nanjing Tech University, China
  21. Yahui CAI | Visiting Student (2018.08 – 2019.08) | Associate Professor at Nanjing Forestry University, China
  22. Jinqiao DONG | Postdoctoral Fellow (2015.03 – 2019.03) | Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  23. Jian ZHANG | Postdoctoral Fellow (2017.08 – 2019.02) | Associate Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology, China
  24. Sichang LONG | Research Engineer (2017.08 – 2019.01) | Product Manager at Shopee Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore
  25. Bhuvan SHAH | Master Student (2017.07 – 2018.12) | Founder and CEO at SpaceBlack Adsorbents, India
  26. Yuhong QIAN | PhD Student (2014.07 – 2018.11) | Senior Engineer at Micron Technology, Singapore
  27. Linzhi ZHAI | Visiting Scholar (2016.09 – 2018.10) | Associate Professor at Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, China
  28. Jian WANG | Visiting Scholar (2017.09 – 2018.09) | Associate Professor at Jiangsu Normal University, China
  29. Zhihong WANG | Visiting Scholar (2017.08 – 2018.08) | Associate Professor at Southwest Petroleum University, China
  30. Tanay KUNDU | Postdoctoral Fellow (2016.07 – 2018.08) | Assistant Professor at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India
  31. Xuerui WANG | Postdoctoral Fellow (2015.04 – 2017.05) | Professor at Nanjing Tech University, China
  32. Hongsheng LU | Visiting Scholar (2016.03 – 2017.02) | Professor at Southwest Petroleum University, China
  33. Linius BOLINOIS | Master Student (2015.07 – 2016.12) | Marketing Assistant at Arkema K.K., Japan
  34. Chenglong CHI | Reseach Engineer (2015.03 – 2016.08) | PhD student at The University of Manchester, UK
  35. Shaoming YING | Visiting Scholar (2015.08 – 2016.07) | Professor at Ningde Normal University, China
  36. Zhigang HU | PhD Student (2012.07 – 2016.04) | Associate Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
  37. Yongwu PENG | Postdoctoral Fellow (2014.04 – 2016.03) | Professor at Zhejiang University of Technology, China
  38. Zixi KANG | Postdoctoral Fellow (2014.03 – 2015.03) | Associate Professor at China University of Petroleum (East China), China
  39. Mei ZHANG | Research Engineer (2013.04 – 2014.07) | Lecturer at Shanghai High School, China
  40. Zhengang GUO | Postdoctoral Fellow (2013.06 – 2014.06) | Lecturer at Fujian Jiangxia University, China
  41. Qing XU | Visiting Scholar (2013.12 – 2014.03) | Associate Professor at Ningbo University, China