Visiting Professors and Scientists
Current - 2023
Professor Huacheng Zhang
Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and an Associate Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at RMIT University
Focuses on bioinspired sub-nanofluidic membranes for efficient separation, controlled release, biosensing, energy harvesting, and stimuli-responsive ion adsorbents for water desalination and ion extraction
Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow and an Associate Professor in Chemical and Environmental Engineering at RMIT University
Focuses on bioinspired sub-nanofluidic membranes for efficient separation, controlled release, biosensing, energy harvesting, and stimuli-responsive ion adsorbents for water desalination and ion extraction
Professor Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Environmental Science and Biomedical Studies;
Director of Environmental Health Science | Baylor University, Waco, TX, US
Director of Environmental Health Science | Baylor University, Waco, TX, US
•Water quality & reuse,
•Environmental & aquatic eco-toxicology,
•Comparative pharmacology & toxicology
•Environmental health & contaminants,
•Hazard & risk assessment,
•Harmful algal blooms urbanization
Professor Biao Huang
University of Alberta Engineering Research
University of Alberta Engineering Research
Reaesrch Interests:
- Process data Analytics and Machine Learning
- Neural network learning
Professor Hervé Gallard
Institut de Chimie et Matériaux
University of Poitiers (France)
Research Interest:
University of Poitiers (France)
Research Interest:
- Water, Organic Contaminants and Biomarkers
- Reactivity of natural organic matter
- Transformation of micropollutants with various oxidants
- Reactivity of natural organic matter
- Transformation of micropollutants with various oxidants
Professor Hu Jianying
College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University
developing methods to high-throughout identify the toxic chemicals in environment and in human, and evaluating the toxicity of chemicals using organoid models.
Prof Kim Jaehong
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering,
Yale University
- Application of nanomaterials and single atom catalysts for water treatment
- Advanced Materials-Based Approaches toward Solar Water Disinfection (photochemical and photothermal)
- Photocatalytic and electrochemical Processes for Environmental and Energy Application
Professor Joydeep Mukherjee
Ex‐Director, School of Environmental Studies,
Jadavpur University
Research Interest:
• Microbial diversity,
• Bioplastic production, and bioremediation
Professor Min Yang
Chinese Academy of Science
Research Interest:
• Behavior of hazardous pollutants in water
• Risk assessment and management for drinking water
• Water and wastewater treatment technologies & Microbial ecology
Associate Professor Olivier Lefebvre
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
NUS Singapore
- Industrial wastewater treatment
- Environmental electrochemistry
- Advanced oxidations processes
- Technology transfer
- Water reuse
- Engineering education and pedagogy
Professor Philip John Binning
Department of Environmental Engineering
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
- Flow and contaminant transport in porous media,
- risk assessment of contaminated sites,
- environmental modelling, multiphase flow and transport in porous media,
- remediation technologies,
- soils and the unsaturated zone,
- urban water resources.
Professor Prodromos Daoutidis
College of Science and Engineering Distinguished Professor, Amundson Chair Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota
College of Science and Engineering Distinguished Professor, Amundson Chair Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science University of Minnesota
Research Interest:
- control & optimization of complex networked systems
- engineering and economics of green ammonia
- sustainable engery and applications
Prof Sarper Sarp
Associate Professor in Water Engineering
Loughborough University
Associate Professor in Water Engineering
Loughborough University
Research Interest:
• Waste quality, Water treatment systems
• Advanced water monitoring of micro pollutants
• Advanced water monitoring of micro pollutants
Professor Yongshuo H Fu
Vice-Dean,
College of Water Sciences
Beijing Normal University (China)
Research interest:
- climate change ecology and ecohydrology
- vegetation phenology / plant science
- ecohydrological process and improves hydrological models
- Remote sensing