EDUCATION
Ph. D, Chemical &
Pharmaceutical Engineering, Singapore-MIT Alliance, National
University of Singapore, 2011
B. Eng, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering,
National University of Singapore, 2007
RESEARCH INTEREST
1) Forward osmosis membrane technology
Forward osmosis is one feasible technology to address the
water scarcity issue faced by the globe. It is able to save
the operation energy in producing pure water from seawater
or wastewater, with novel draw solutes available. My current
research is focused on the following two areas:
- Designing and fabricating novel forward osmosis membranes
with high water flux and high salt rejection for various FO
applications;
- Theoretical studies on the mass transport mechanisms in
forward osmosis;
2) Chiral separation using membranes
My research on chiral separation was done via the following
approaches:
- Designing and modifying the chiral selectors grafted on
membranes for better separation;
- Integration of technologies such as Iso-electric focusing
in membrane chiral separation;
- Exploitation of bio-macromolecules such as proteins as
chiral selectors.