Qianhong She

Dr. Qianhong She is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Principle Investigator (PI) in the Singapore Membrane Technology Centre (SMTC). Prior to the current position, he was a Lecturer in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The University of Sydney, Australia (from Mar. 2017 to Jan. 2019). Between Dec 2017 and Feb 2018 he was a visiting researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). From 2010 to 2017 he was a research associate/research fellow in the SMTC at NTU. From 2009 to 2010, he worked as an engineer at PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation and served as a technical consultant for a World Bank financed environment project.

Awards

• North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Young Membrane Scientist Award, 2017
• Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) Travel Award, 2017
• Green Talent Award, by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 2016
• Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad, 2013

Research Interests

Separation technologies for environmental sustainability and circular economy.

Dr She is working on the development of separation technologies to tackle pressing environmental issues, produce clean water via desalination and wastewater reclamation, separate chemical/biological products, and transform waste into value-added materials and/or clean energy. The main research interest in his group is on various membrane separation processes driven by hydraulic pressure, osmotic pressure, temperature and electrochemical potential. His group is also researching other separation processes (such as ion exchange, adsorption, extraction and distillation) and their integration with membrane separation. The objective is to improve the performance and reduce the energy consumption for separation. Currently, he is working and developing on the following topics.

• Fundamental understanding of fouling and mass transport in separation processes
• Novel membranes and integrated systems for energy-efficient separation
• Electrochemically assisted membrane technology

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Environmental Engineering Nanyang Technological University Singapore (2011 - 2014)
• Master of Engineering (MEng) Nanyang Technological University (2007 — 2009)
• Master of Engineering (MEng) Shanghai Jiao Tong University (2006 — 2009)
• Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) Sichuan University (2002 — 2006)

Companies

• Assistant Professor Nanyang Technological University (2019)
• Lecturer University of Sydney (2017 — 2019)
• Research Fellow Nanyang Technological University (2014 — 2017)
• Research Associate Nanyang Technological University (2010 — 2014)
• Engineer PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation Limited (2009 — 2010)

Articles (Journal)

Liu, H.; She, Q., Influence of membrane structure-dependent water transport on conductivity-permselectivity trade-off and salt/water selectivity in electrodialysis: Implications for osmotic electrodialysis using porous ion exchange membranes. J. Membr. Sci. 2022, 650, 120398.

Peters, C. D.; Li, D.; Mo, Z.; Hankins, N. P.; She, Q., Exploring the Limitations of Osmotically Assisted Reverse Osmosis: Membrane Fouling and the Limiting Flux. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56, (10), 6678-6688.

Yuan, Z.; Liu, H.; Yong, W. F.; She, Q.; Esteban, J., Status and advances of deep eutectic solvents for metal separation and recovery. Green Chemistry 2022, 24, (5), 1895-1929.

Long, W.; She, Q., A multifunctional and low-energy electrochemical membrane system for chemical-free regulation of solution pH. Water Res. 2022, 216, 118330.

Mo, Z.; Peters, C. D.; Long, C.; Hankins, N. P.; She, Q., How split-feed osmotically assisted reverse osmosis (SF-OARO) can outperform conventional reverse osmosis (CRO) processes under constant and varying electricity tariffs. Desalination 2022, 530, 115670.

Bao, X.; Long, W.; Liu, H.; She, Q., Boron and salt ion transport in electrically assisted reverse osmosis. J. Membr. Sci. 2021, 637, 119639.

Peters, C. D.; Ng, D. Y. F.; Hankins, N. P.; She, Q., A novel method for the accurate characterization of transport and structural parameters of deformable membranes utilized in pressure- and osmotically driven membrane processes. J. Membr. Sci. 2021, 638, 119720.

Bao, X.; She, Q.; Long, W.; Wu, Q., Ammonium ultra-selective membranes for wastewater treatment and nutrient enrichment: Interplay of surface charge and hydrophilicity on fouling propensity and ammonium rejection. Water Res. 2021, 190, 116678.