Organizing Committee Member
Yi Harvey Huang
Assistant Professor
University of Edinburgh
UK
Biography
Dr. Yi Huang is a Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Chemical Engineering at the University of Edinburgh (UoE), Scotland, UK. He received a dual degree from Harbin Engineering University in China and Ph.D. (Chemical Engineering) from the Monash University in Australia. In the period of Ph.D. study, he also worked at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIRO) as a research scientist (2008-2010) and visited the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (US) as a research specialist (2010-2011). Prior joining UoE as a faculty member, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, US. He has published over 35 peer-reviewed paper, many of which were published in Science, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry of Materials, Journal of catalysis, Advanced Materials Interfaces, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Scientific Reports, Journal of Materials Chemistry, Chemical Communications, etc. Currently, he leads a research team at UoE, studying advanced adsorption and membrane separation, novel nanofabrication methods, and nanotechnology to address some of the most challenging issues in many industrial processes, e.g. high-performance mixture separation, gas storage, and clean water supply.
Research Area
Carbon Capture, Separation Processes, Materials Design, Processing and Characterization, studying advanced adsorption, membrane separation, novel nanofabrication methods, and nanotechnology His Specialties are Nanofabrication of porous materials and their growth/crystallization mechanisms Adsorption and membrane materials in 2D/microporous/hierarchical porous forms Preparation of ultra-thin inorganic/hybrid membranes/films/coatings Hydrothermal stability of porous crystalline materials (e.g. Zeolites and Metal-organic Frameworks (MOFs)) Adsorption and membrane separation (gas/liquid) Drinking water purification, wastewater treatment, and desalination Other interests: Hydrothermally stable materials for catalytic bio oil upgrading and novel controlled delivery systems for small drug delivery