Membrane-based Environmental & Sustainable Technology (MembEST) Group
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Principal Investigator
Prof. Chuyang Y. Tang
Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering
Inaugural RGC Senior Research Fellow
Inaugural HKU Innovator Award
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry
Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
Office: HW 619B, Haking Wong Building
Tel: +852-28591976 Fax: +852-25595337
Email: tangc@hku.hk
Education
BEng (First Class Honors), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
MEng, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
PhD, Stanford University, U.S.A.
Research interests
Membrane technology; Desalination; Water reuse; Water and wastewater treatment; Resource recovery; Clean energy production; Nano-/bio-technology enhanced separation; Water chemistry
Current Members
Research Staff
Dr. Lingyue Zhang
Research Assistant Professor
BEng, Jilin University, China
PhD, Tsinghua University, China
Email: zly17@hku.hk
Dr. Lu Elfa Peng
Research Assistant Professor
BEng, Hunan University, China
MSc, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Email: elfapeng@connect.hku.hk
Dr. Hai Zhu
Research Assistant Professor
BEng, Wuhan Institute of Technology, China
MEng, Hubei University, China
PhD, China University of Geosciences, China
Email: zhuhai@hku.hk
Dr. Pulak Sarkar
Postdoc Fellow
BEng, University of Kalyani, India
MEng, University of Kalyani, India
PhD, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, India
Email: pulaks@hku.hk
Dr. Yan Guo
RGC Postdoc Fellow
BEng, Chang’an University, China
PhD, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Research Assistant, Tsinghua University
Email: guoyan22@hku.hk
Dr. Shenghua Zhou
Postdoc Fellow
BEng, Qingdao University of Science and
Technology, China
MEng, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology
and Engineering, University of Chinese Academy
of Science, China
PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR, China
Email: shenghuazhou@connect.hku.hk
Dr. Xueling Wang
Hong Kong Scholar
BEng, Zhengzhou University, China
MSc, Guangxi University, China
PhD, Dalian University of Technology, China
Email: xuelingwang@zzu.edu.cn
Dr. Li Wang
Postdoc Fellow
BEng, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, China
MEng, Shenzhen University, China
PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Email: wlhku@connect.hku.hk
Dr. Qimao Gan
Postdoc Fellow
BEng, Wuhan University, China
MEng, Zhejiang University, China
PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
SAR, China
Email: u3007354@connect.hku.hk
Dr. Zhe Shu
Postdoc Fellow
BEng, Wuhan Textile University, China
PhD, Zhejiang University of Technology, China
Email: zheshu@hku.hk
Dr. Yangbo Qiu
Postdoc Fellow
BEng, Nanjing Tech University, China
MEng, Zhejiang University of Technology, China
PhD, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Email: ybqiu@hku.hk
Dr. Jianan Gao
Postdoc Fellow
BEng, Qingdao University of Technology, China
MSc, Qingdao University of Technology, China
PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology, United States
Email: jngao@hku.hk
Ms. Hui Guo
Research Assistant
BEng, Shandong University of Science and Technology, China
MEng, Hubei University, China
Email: guohui3@hku.hk
Ms. Shuaiyu Chen
Research Assistant
BEng, Donghua University, China
MSc, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
Email: csyecho@hku.hk
Mr. Zhichao Xiao
Research Assistant
BEng, University of Science and Technology
of China, China
Email: zhichaox@hku.hk
Graduate Students
Mr. Bowen Gan
PhD Candidate (2021- )
BEng, Changsha University, China
MEng, Zhejiang University of Technology,
China
Email: bowengan@connect.hku.hk
Ms. Wenyu Liu
PhD Candidate (2021- )
BEng, Zhejiang University, China
MSc, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.
Email: wenyuliu@connect.hku.hk
Ms. Ke Jiang
PhD Candidate (2021- )
BSc, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
MSc, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Email: kjiang_2021@connect.hku.hk
Ms. Yaowen Hu
PhD Candidate (2021- )
BEng, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Email: yaowenhuhyw@connect.hku.hk
Ms. Chenyue Wu
PhD Candidate (2022-)
BEng, Chang'an University, China
MSc, The University of Hong Kong, Hong
Kong SAR, China
Email: chenyuew@connect.hku.hk
Ms. Ruiying Li
PhD Candidate (2022-)
BEng, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
MSc, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology
Email: lry223@connect.hku.hk
Ms. Bin Liu
PhD Student (2023-)
BEng, Nanjing University, China
MEng, Nanjing University, China
Email: lb980616@connect.hku.hk
Mr. Yuantian Cai
PhD Student (2023-)
BEng, Dalian University of Technology, China
MSc, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.
Email: timcai@connect.hku.hk
Visiting Scholar
Prof. Qingzhi Liu
Associate Professor
Qingdao Agricultural University, China
BEng, Qilu University of Technology， China
MSc, Ocean University of China, China
PhD, Ocean University of China, China
Visiting scholar, University of South Florida, US
Email: qzliu@qau.edu.cn
Visiting Student
Ms. Shanshan Lu
MEng Student
Guangxi Normal University, China
BSc, Nantong University, China
Email: 2818423728@qq.com