Dr. Zhikao Li
Dr. Zhikao Li
Senior Lecturer and ARC Industry Early Career Fellow
Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
Room 249, Building 82, 20 Research Way, Monash University - Clayton Campus
Dr. Zhikao Li is a senior lecturer in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Monash University and leads the advanced separation technology group.
Qualifications
- B.S., Dalian University of Technology, 2009
- M.S., King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, 2011
- Ph.D., The University of Western Australia, 2018
Expertise
- Membrane materials development and process optimization
- Adsorption materials development and process optimization
- Physics-informed machine learning
Research Interests
Membrane and adsorption technologies for water treatment and gas processing.
Physics-informed machine learning: its application in process modelling and process control.
Supervision
PHD
Meng Tang
Advanced membrane development of oil/water and organic solvent separation
2020
Ming Yong
Lithium extraction from Salt Lake brine
2021
Liangliang Sun
Adsorption/Membrane simulation
2022
Teaching Commitments
- CHE5110/6110 - Advanced Thermodynamics
- CHE5883/6883 - Nanostructured membranes for separation and energy production
Last modified: 25/05/2026