KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Chuyang Y. TANG<<The University of Hong Kong, China
Professor Chuyang Tang is a
world-leading expert in membrane separation technology with more than
two decades of research and industrial experience in the synthesis of
novel membranes and optimisation of membrane processes.
Professor Tang will be hosted by the Department of Chemical Engineering.
His expertise in the fields of environmental and chemical engineering is
well recognised and has led to the patenting of fifteen inventions,
including the Aquaporin Inside Membranes which has been successfully
commercialised by Aquaporin Asia Singapore. In healthcare, his team
developed nano-functionalized reusable face masks with novel air filters
to fight COVID-19, which won several awards. He is a recipient of the
Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers (Cross-Field) in 2021, with over
20,655 citations.
Professor Tang’s highly regarded achievements in both Healthcare and
Sustainability align well with the University’s priority research in
these fields. During his tenure, Professor Tang will be mentoring young
academics at Bath, as well as lecturing and engaging in a wide range of
courses in the Department of Engineering.
Xueming Chen<<Fuzhou University, China
Prof. Xueming Chen received his PhD degree from The University of Queensland in 2017 and worked as a postdoc/Marie Curie Fellow at Technical University of Denmark from 2017 to 2020. He is currently a full professor and group leader at Fuzhou University. He has been working in the field of Environmental Engineering, with a particular interest in novel wastewater treatment technologies toward carbon neutrality and resource recovery. So far, he has published over 80 SCI papers, leading to an h-index of 26. Besides, he has been an associate editor/editorial board member for over 10 scientific journals including Science of the Total Environment and Journal of Environmental Management and served as an invited reviewer for over 30 SCI Journals.
Ajit Sarmah<<University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dr. Ajit Sarmah is the
professor of University of Auckland, Civil & Environmental Engineering,
Auckland, New Zealand1 Jul 2011 - present. PhD (Soil and Water)
University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; MS (Soil Physics)
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Brisbane, Australia; MEng (Soil and
Water) The Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand;
Bsc.Ag.Eng (Dist), Soil and Water
The University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India. His primary scientific
interests are in Biochar, Waste management, Pyrolysis, Soil water and
Environmental remediation. He integrates many fields, such as Biochar
and Amendment, in his works. His Waste management study incorporates
themes from Modulus, Thermogravimetry, Polypropylene and Elastic
modulus. His work carried out in the field of Pyrolysis brings together
such families of science as Ultimate tensile strength, Charcoal,
Composite number, Biocomposite and Pulp and paper industry. His studies
in Soil water integrate themes in fields like Environmental chemistry
and Agronomy. The Environmental chemistry study combines topics in areas
such as Partition coefficient and Sorption. Ajit K. Sarmah mainly
investigates Biochar, Environmental chemistry, Soil water, Sorption and
Adsorption. His Biochar research includes elements of Composite
material, Polypropylene and Pulp and paper industry. His Total organic
carbon study in the realm of Environmental chemistry connects with
subjects such as Estrone and Hexazinone. In his research on the topic of
Soil water, Water content is strongly related with Agronomy. His
Sorption study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as
Partition coefficient, Hydrophobic effect and Freundlich equation. His
research in Adsorption intersects with topics in Inorganic chemistry,
Zeta potential and Aqueous solution.