About

About Me

My current focus is applying Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) and artificial intelligence (AI) to water treatment and other environmental challenges. Part of the work is about persuading stubborn contaminants to leave the water; the other part is about using AI to modelling the water purification. In short, I am interested in drinking water purification and make the process be a little smarter.

When the experiments need a break, I am usually playing badminton, tennis, or working out, sometime might tinkering with something fun.

Education

• Queen’s University — PhD, in progress
• The University of Queensland — Master of Engineering Science
• University of Shanghai for Science and Technology — Bachelor of Applied Science in Chemistry; Bachelor of Business Administration

Awards

• Stantec Scholarship — USD 10,000
• The Ian M. Drum Scholarship — CAD 15,000 (2 awards)
• Mitacs Globalink Research Award — CAD 12,000
• The Huntley Macdonald Sinclair Travelling Scholarship — CAD 3,000
• The Paul Semple Memorial Fellowship — CAD 2,000
• Graduate Student Conference Award — CAD 500
• Second Prize Scholarship (3 awards)
• Third Prize Scholarship
• Outstanding Student in University
• High Morality Prize

Work

• Queen’s University | Teaching Assistant Support laboratory teaching, tutorials, assessment, and student feedback in water treatment, engineering chemistry, problem analysis, and experimentation courses, including service as Head TA for Water Treatment.

• Adelaide University | Visiting Researcher Synthesized and characterized highly dispersed single-atom catalysts, investigated their performance and reaction pathways in PFAS degradation, and connected catalyst design with practical water-treatment applications.

• L’Oréal | Advanced Research Intern Conducted fundamental formulation research with novel active ingredients and evaluated their effects on stability, functionality, and consumer benefits.

• Monash University | Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant Researched AI applications in chemical engineering, contributed to research proposals and graduate supervision, and taught Python-based engineering data analysis and transport-demand modelling.

• Beiersdorf | Formula Scientist Led facial-cleanser development from formulation and pilot scale-up through ageing, microbiological, and clinical testing; coordinated with marketing, supply chain, manufacturing, and regulatory teams while evaluating new materials with global suppliers.

• Wison Engineering | Contract Manager Managed EPC subcontracts with a combined value of approximately USD 97 million and handled cost control, changes, billing, progress tracking, and stakeholder coordination for an approximately USD 2.6 million engineering-design project.

Publications

For the complete and continuously updated list, visit Google Scholar.

• The Role of Gas Composition in Nanobubbles: Generation, Characterization, Applications, and Future Directions for Sustainable Technologies
• Cross-Linkable Protein Nanofiber Aerogels for the Removal of Cationic and Anionic Dyes
• Coupling of Engineered High Entropy Alloys with Semiconducting TiO2 Nanofilms for Scalable and Ultrafast Alkaline Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
• Prediction of Cadmium Adsorption Using a Combined Machine Learning Model with a Multi-Hybrid Input Approach: Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Soil Contaminations
• DT-MNLR: A Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Framework for Precise Coke Strength and Reactivity Prediction
• Review of Catalysts, Substrates, and Fabrication Methods in Catalytic Hydrogen Combustion with Further Challenges and Applications

Conferences

• A Novel Application of Ozone Nanobubble Technology: Sustainable Surface Modification for High-Efficiency Water Treatment — Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Conferences and Exhibition, 2026.
• Prediction of Cadmium Adsorption Using a Hybrid Machine Learning Model: Advancing Artificial Intelligence in Soil Contaminations — Canadian Societies for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Conferences and Exhibition, 2026.
• Precision Water Remediation: Leveraging Single-Atom Catalysts for Emerging Contaminant Destruction — Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Annual Conference, 2026.
• Advanced Water Remediation via Single-Atom Catalysis: From PFAS Defluorination to Algal Bloom Mitigation — 14th IWA Micropol & Ecohazard Conference, 2026.
• Precision Water Remediation: Leveraging Single-Atom Catalysts for Emerging Contaminant Destruction — Contaminants of Emerging Concern Research Excellence Network Annual Symposium, 2026.
• A Sustainable Alternative to Conventional Oxidation Process: Ozone Nanobubble Treatment for Activated Carbon Enhancement — BWRC Research Day, 2025 (poster).
• Nanobubble-Inspired Emerging Technologies and Emerging Contaminant Removal for Sustainable Environmental Remediation — PEOPLE International Conference, 2025.
• Exploring Deep Learning for Predicting Cumulative Mass Recovery from Individual Extraction Wells during In-Situ Thermal Remediation — International In-Situ Thermal Treatment Symposium, 2025.
• Surface Modification of Activated Carbon with Ozone Nanobubbles to Improve Contaminant Removal Performance in Water — BWRC Research Day, 2024 (poster).
• Innovative Applications of Nanobubble Technology in Water Treatment: From Biofilm Removal to Dye Removal in Landfill Leachate — Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, 2024.

I welcome conversations and collaborations in artificial intelligence, environmental engineering, advanced water treatment, and sustainable materials. A badminton or tennis invitation is also a perfectly valid opening message.