Ph.D Students

Present Ph.D Students


Yihan Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Spring 2021 –Present

M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2020 

B.S.,  Drainage and Water Supply Engineering, Tongji University, 2019 

Nanobubble, Biofilm, Site Remediation


Guangyu Zhu

Ph.D student, Fall 2022-Present

M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont, 2020

M.S., Environmental Management, Samford Univeristy, 2014
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, 2012

Omniphobic membrane for membrane distillation


Lili Li

Ph.D student, Spring 2023-Present

Candidate Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences


Jiahe Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Fall 2023 -Present
M.S., Environmental Modelling, University College London, 2022
B.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2021


Jingru Wei

Ph.D. Student, Fall 2023 -Present
M.S., Environmental Engineering and Sciences, University of Florida, 2023

B.S., Environmental Science, Yanbian University, 2020


Yajing Li

Ph.D. Student, Fall 2024 -Present
M.S., Environmental Engineering , Beijing University of Technology, 2024

B.S., Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, 2019 

Previous Ph.D Students


Jianan Gao

Former Ph.D student

M.S. Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, 2020
B.S. Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, 2017

Membrane reactor, Catalytic membrane, Membrane filtration


Fangzhou Liu

Ph.D student, Fall 2020-Present

M.S. Civil and Environmental  Engineering, NJIT, 2020

B.S., Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, 2018


Xiaonan Shi

Ph.D Candidate, 2017 Fall – Present
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Shandong University, 2012

Nanobubbles, AFM-SECM, Membrane technology

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Google Scholar


Xiaoyu Wang

Visiting Ph.D. Student, 2019 Fall–2021 spring

M.S., Environmental Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 2018

B.S.,  Environmental Engineering, Hebei University, 2014

Magnetic materials, Algal separation, Membrane Filtration


Zhifeng Hu

Visiting Ph.D. student, 2019 Fall—2021 spring

B.S. Water Supply and Drainage Science & Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2016
Organic-limited wastewater treatment,

Water ecological restoration, Membrane distillation


Dr. Wanyi Fu

Former Ph.D. student

Now postdoctoral in Tsinghua University

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering,  NJIT, 2019


Dr. Likun Hua

Former Ph.D.student

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, NJIT, 2019


Dr. Michael Agbakpe

Former Ph.D student

Now postdoctoral researcher and adjunct instructor
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2015


Dr. Liyuan Kuang

Former PhD student

Now postdoctoral researcher 
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2016


Ahmed K Ahmed
Former PhD student

Graduate in December 2017
Now assistant professor at Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt


Chunzhao Chen

Visiting Ph.D. student,

2018 Fall – 2019 Fall
Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, China


Shaobin Sun

Ph.D. Student, Civil Engineering,

Beijing Jiaotong University, China
B.S., Environmental Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China