http://www.wenresearch.com/visiting-scholars.html
On 01/26/2025, we held a family party at Professor Zhang’s home to say goodbye to our three group members, Dr. Ge, Hongmei, Dr. Jiahui Hu and Lili Li.
Dr. Ge is a lecturer at Hubei University of Technology and her research areas include emerging contaminants removal by microalgae, and microalgal removal and harvesting. She has been here with Dr. Zhang’s group as a visiting scholar from 02/2024 to 02/2025.
Dr. Jiahui Hu is a postdoctoral researcher who joined Zhang’s group in February 2025 and conducts research on microplastics/PFAS detection in food waste and membrane distillation. After leaving Zhang’s group this spring, she will begin a postdoctoral position at the U.S. Salinity Laboratory (USDA-ARS) in Riverside, California, focusing on PFAS in agricultural systems.
Lili Li is a doctoral student from the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and has been conducting research in algae-laden water separation technologies and their engineering application. She stayed in Zhang’s group as a visiting student from 02/2023 to 02/2025 and conducted research in magnetic separation of algae and CO2 nanobubbles for enhanced algal growth.
A heart-felt wishes to these scholars for their prosperous future and careers!
Meanwhile, we recently accepted three new visiting scholars this spring:
Dr. Mu Hui, professor from Jinan University, will start her visiting scholarship in Zhang’s group for one year and will focus on resource recovery for environmental applications.
Dr. Mubarshar Mubashar is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China. His research focuses on mixotrophy-based nutrient recovery from wastewater, carbon neutrality, and carbon capture and utilization using microalgae. Mubashar will stay in Zhang’s group as a visiting scholar, where he will conduct research in CO2 nanobubble-driven mixotrophy-based carbon capture and nutrient recovery.
Haodong Jia, a Ph.D. student from Shanxi University, will work on PMS activation for wastewater treatment, electrochemistry analysis of catalysts, and membrane distillation for desalination and pollution removal. His visiting scholar will start from January to June 2025.
