Visiting Professors and Scientists

Current - 2023

Prof David Vols
Prof. David Volz
Department of Environmental Sciences
University of California, Riverside

Dr. Volz has authored or co-authored a total of nearly 80 peer-reviewed papers, and authored/co-authored over 150 presentations and invited seminars. Dr. Volz has also served as an ad hoc reviewer on 20 special emphasis panels and study sections for NIH, and currently serves on a handful of editorial boards for journals focused on environmental science and toxicology. 

Professor Sir Konstantin ‘Kostya’ Novoselov
Professor Sir Konstantin ‘Kostya’ Novoselov

Nobel Prize for Physics (2010)
2019 - National University of Singapore as Distinguished Professor
2021 Director of Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials, Singapore.

His research spans across condensed matter physics; mesoscopic transport; superconductivity and ferromagnetism; nanostructures and nanofabrication; graphene and other two-dimensional crystals.

Prof Zhang Huacheng
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
Prof Bryan W. Brooks
Professor Bryan W. Brooks, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor, Environmental Science and Biomedical Studies;
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 



Prof Biao Huang
Professor Biao Huang 
University of Alberta Engineering Research 

Reaesrch Interests:
  • Process data Analytics and Machine Learning
  • Neural network  learning 

Professor Hervé Gallard
Professor Hervé Gallard  
Institut de Chimie et Matériaux 
University of Poitiers (France)

Research Interest:
- Water, Organic Contaminants and Biomarkers
- Reactivity of natural organic matter 
- Transformation of micropollutants with various oxidants  
Prof Hu Jiaying

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
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

Joydeep Mukherjee
Professor Joydeep Mukherjee
Ex‐Director, School of Environmental Studies,

Jadavpur University

Research Interest:
• Microbial diversity,
• Bioplastic production, and bioremediation

Min Yang
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
Prof Olivier Patrick LEFEBVRE
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

 

Prof Philip John Binning
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.


Prof Prodomos Daoutidis
Professor Prodromos Daoutidis
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
Prof Sarper Sarp
Associate Professor in Water Engineering 
Loughborough University

Research Interest:
• Waste quality, Water treatment systems   
• Advanced water monitoring of micro pollutants 

Prof Yongshuo Fu
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