Research staff
Chemical Engineering – Research staff
Dr. Sepideh Afshar
Research Interests:
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Multiphase Modelling, Heat and mass Transfer Modelling, Spray Drying, Image Analysis.
Dr. Anthony Auxilio
Dr. Srikanth Chakravartula Srivatsa
Research Interests:
Heterogeneous catalysis, CO 2 capture, Biomass conversions, Slag viscosity, waste recycling
Dr. Jiang Chen
Research Interests:
Particle/Powder Technology, Multiphase System, Process Modelling, Simulation and Optimisation, Physical Separation, PM2.5 Collection and Clean Coal Technology.
Dr. Bai-Qian Dai
Research Interests:
Coal combustion and gasification; Clean coal technologies, Ash deposition.
Dr. Anthony De Girolamo
Research Interests:
Upgrading of low-rank coals to higher value PCI fuels.
Dr. Sheila Devasahayam
Mr. Hamid Doost Hosseini
Dr. Jieqing Gan
Research Interests:
DEM, CFD-DEM, GPU, packing, fluidisation, heat transfer, non-spherical particles, circulating fluidised bed, catalytic cracking, chemical reaction.
Dr. Bob Guo
Research Interests:
Numerical modelling of electrostatic precipitators (ESP), ion-making blast furnace
Dr. Hanaa Hegab
Research Interests:
Hanaa Hegab's research focuses on graphene-based polymeric composite membranes for waste treatment applications.
Dr. Tahereh Hosseinidashtikhani
Research Interests:
Mineral processing, Hydrometallurgy, CO2 Capture and storage, Process modelling and simulation, Techno-economic analysis, Reactor design and kinetic modelling.
Dr. Jue Hou
Research Interests:
Membrane science, nanochannels, photonic crystals, nanoparticle self-assembly, tailored surface wetting, biosensors, wearable sensors, and conductive hydrogel.
Dr. Qinfu Hou
Research Interests:
Fluidization, granular media, heat and mass transfer, chemical reactions, water treatments, chemical and metallurgical process control and optimization.
Dr. Hengsong Ji
Research Interests:
Biomass and coal ash slagging characteristics.
Dr. Muhammad Kashif
Dr. Seungju Kim
Research Interests:
Membrane separation, Seawater desalination, Wastewater treatment, Gas separation, Polymers, 2D membrane materials, Nanofabrication.
Dr. Shibo Kuang
Dr. Wei Li
Dr. Fan Liang Chan
Research Interests:
Renewable Energy, Biomass Valorization, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Gasification and Pyrolysis, Fuel Cell.
Dr. Lin Lin
Research Interests:
Spray drying, crystallisation of amino acid, shelf-life access of dairy products, powder technology.
Mr. Huiyuan Liu
Research Interests:
Graphene-based membranes for water processing and gas separation.
Ms. Yayun (Katie) Liu
Mr. Julian Lloyd
Dr. Nicholas (Ze-Xian) Low
Research Interests:
Desalination and membrane separation technologies
Mr. Jim Manolios
Dr. Thanh Nguyen
Research Interests:
Wet Granulation (general, re-wetting of powder in spray zone, heterogeneous-wetting), Tabletting (linking the granule properties to the tablet properties) and Particle Technology (general, powder characterisation).
Dr. Priya Samudrala
Research Interests:
Heterogeneous catalysis, Biomass, Glycerol valorisation, Fine chemical synthesis.
Dr. Bhuvana Shanbhag
Research Interests:
Protein and peptide self-assembly, Protein nanoparticles, Downstream Processing, Biocatalysis, Environmental Biotechnology
Dr. Bin Su
Research Interests:
Liquid infused stretchable/pressure sensors and related electronics.
Mr. Swambabu Varanasi
Research Interests:
Cellulose Nanofibres
Dr. Yong Wang
Research Interests:
Novel Food Processing Technology; Food Rheology; Drying Technology; Food Digestion System
A/Professor Xiao Xie
Research Interests:
Bioactive interfaces, novel 2-D materials and their applications, transmission electron microscopy, ultrasensitive biodetection.
Dr. Lei Yang
Dr. Huacheng Zhang
Research Interests:
Bioinspired nanochannel/nanopore materials and membranes, nanofluidic devices, smat ionic transport, metal organic framework membranes, molecular separation, ion sieving.
Dr. Liyuan Zhang
Research Interests:
Interface science and engineering, Powder technology, Nano materials (e.g. nanocellulose, nanocomposite) manufacture and applications, Raman spectroscopy and its surface enhancement.
A/Professor Ruiping Zou
Research Interests:
Powder/particle technology: particle characterisation and data interpretation; particle packing characteristics and porosity prediction; particle-structure-property relations; processing and handling of bulk/particulate materials; simulation of particulate systems, and applications in mineral/metallurgy/material industries.