Innovating Greener Catalytic Processes for Carbon Dioxide Utilization, Storage and Hydrogen Production
Group Members
Principal Investigator
Prof. Sibudjing KAWI
Associate Professor
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Prof. Kawi obtained his BS, MS, and Ph.D. degrees from University of Texas (Austin), University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and University of Delaware, respectively, and has been attached to the National University of Singapore since 1994. In the past decade, his research has focused on the design and synthesis of nanocatalysts for green and sustainable development, such as CO2 reforming with methane to bio-syngas and hydrogen, CO2 hydrogenation, biomass gasification, and water gas shift reactions via thermal, plasma, photo, and electrocatalysis. His expertise also includes the synthesis of novel inorganic membranes, as well as catalytic membrane reactors. He is a productive researcher who has published more than 400 international peer reviewed journal articles, awarded AIChE Outstanding Principal Investigator Award (2021) and was selected as one of the world’s most highly cited researchers in 2021 and 2022 by Clarivate.
Research Fellows
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Dr. Claudia LI
Research Fellow
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Claudia received her B.Eng.(Chemical, Hons.) and Ph.D. from Swinburne University of Technology in 2017 and 2021. Her Ph.D. work was focused on the development and simulation of oxygen permeation fluxes through CO2-resistant dual-phase mixed ionic-electronic conducting (MIEC) membranes. She was awarded the Swinburne’s competitive Deputy Vice Chancellor (DVC) Travel Award, which supported her research attachments to Curtin University in Australia and then to Tiangong University and Shandong University of Technology in China. Her research interests include dense gas separation membranes, carbon capture technologies, and catalytic membrane reactors.
Dr. Guoqiang SONG
Research Fellow
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Song Guoqiang received his Ph.D. from Taiyuan University of Technology in 2016. His Ph.D. work was focused on the development of zeolite catalysts used for MTO/MTG/MTP. He was awarded the Highest China Doctoral Scholarship Award. He presided over a total of 8 related scientific research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Natural Science Foundation of Guizhou, and Provincial Science and Technology Support Plan, with a total project funding of more than 3 million RMB. His research interests include: 1. Design and preparation of zeolite based and MOFs based catalysts applied in the fields of CO2 photocatalytic reduction, CO2 thermalcatalytic conversion; 2. Development of basalt fiber based industrial products; 3. Recycle and reuse of waste resources like coal fly ash and phosphogypsum.
Ph.D. Students
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Tian WANG
Ph.D. Student
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Tian Wang received her B.ENG. and M.ENG. degrees in Chongqing University, China. She came to NUS and joined the group in 2020 as a Ph.D. student. Her research interest focuses on electrocatalysts for CO2 reduction reaction.
Jiyi CHEN
Ph.D. Student (co-supervised by Prof. Xinbin Ma, Tianjin Univ.)
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Chen Jiyi graduated in B. Eng. (Polymer Science and Engineering) from Donghua University in 2016 and M. S. (Material Physics and Chemistry) from Fudan University in 2020. He worked on investigations on the advanced electrocatalysts for water splitting during his master career and won 2-time National Scholarship for Graduate Students. Upon his graduation, he was awarded Academic Pioneer Prize for his high quality and significant works. His current research focuses on designing practical and novel catalysts for thermal CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.
Jason Zechen YE
Ph.D. Student (co-supervised by Prof. Jiangwen Jiang, NUS)
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Kang Hui LIM
Ph.D. Student
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Kang Hui graduated with First Class Honours (Highest Distinction) in B. Eng. (Chemical) and B. Soc. Sc. (Quantitative Economics) from the National University of Singapore in 2021. He studied contact electrification phenomenon and optimization modelling as an undergraduate researcher, and was awarded 2-time Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Prizes for his contributions. His current research focuses on developing novel materials and processes for thermal and non-thermal catalytic applications for CO2 utilization and H2 production using experimental and data-driven or machine learning strategies.
Ziwen HAO
Ph.D. Student (co-supervised by Prof. Xinbin Ma, Tianjin Univ.)
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Zhenmei ZHANG
Ph.D. Student (co-supervised by Prof. Xinbin Ma, Tianjin Univ.)
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Zhenmei graduated in B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering and Technology) from Qufu Normal University in 2017 and M.S. (Chemical Engineering) from Dalian University of Technology in 2021. She researched on CO2-assisted oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (CO2-ODHE) during her Master’s career and obtained Outstanding Graduate Student Certificates for two consecutive years. Additionally, she joined the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology in 2021 as a Research Assistant working on hydrophobic Fe-NC@SiO2 for C-H bond selective oxidation. Her current research focuses on designing and synthesizing novel catalysts for thermal CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.
Wenyan JIA
Ph.D. Student (co-supervised by Prof. Xinbin Ma, Tianjin Univ.)
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Wenyan graduated in B.Eng. (Chemical Engineering) from Tianjin University in 2020 and M.S. (Chemical Engineering) from Fuzhou University(International Joint Institute of Tianjin University, Fuzhou) in 2023. Her current research focuses on designing and synthesizing novel catalysts for thermal CO2 hydrogenation to methanol.
Tingting YANG
Ph.D. Student (co-supervised by Prof. Jinlong Gong, Tianjin Univ.)
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Tingting Yang received her Master degree from the School of Chemical Engineering & Technology, Tianjin University in 2023. Her current research focuses on the theoretical study of methan reforming to syngas and C-H activation on metal oxides.
M.Sc. and M.Eng. Students
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Jingting YANG
M.Eng. Student
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JingTing received her Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 2022. She joined the research group in 2022 to pursue her M.Eng. for Chemical Engineering in NUS. Her current research focuses on the development of catalytic membrane reactor for methane pyrolysis.
Yuhui HUANG
M.Eng. Student (3+1+1 Program)
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Yuhui finished her first three years of undergraduate studies at East China University of Science and Technology, majoring in chemical engineering. Now she is a senior at National University of Singapore and joined the research group in 2023 to conduct her final year project. Her current research focus on designing and synthesizing novel catalyst with the help of plasma for methane coupling.
Pinli DIAO
M.Eng. Student (3+1+1 Program)
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Pinli Diao studied for his bachelor's degree at Beijing University of Chemical Technology and is currently participating in the 3+1+1 project at the National University of Singapore. His current research focuses on the development of SSZ membrane for the separation of hydrogen and methane gas.
Borui CHEN
M.Sc. (CN5555)
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Chen Borui received his bachelor's degree from East China University of Science and Technology in 2022. He joins the research group for Module CN5555 and now focuses on methane decomposition catalysis process research.
Visiting Students
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Huayu QIU
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Huayu Qiu obtained his bachelor’s degree in Chongqing University, and now he is a Ph.D. candidate of Chongqing University and a visiting Ph.D. student in National University of Singapore. He is now working on dry reforming of methane and methane pyrolysis.
Xiaoyu YAO
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Xiaoyu obtained her Master’s degree from Jiangsu University in 2019. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at East China University of Science and Technology and a visiting Ph.D. student at National University of Singapore. Her current research direction at NUS is the preparation of ionic-liquid modified zeolites for CO2 capture and core-shell catalyst for CO2 conversion via dry reforming.
Dun LI
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Dun Li received his B.ENG. degree from China University of Petroleum in 2017 and then obtained his M.ENG. degree from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2019. He is now a Ph.D. candidate in the Harbin Institute of Technology, China, and an exchange Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore. His current research focuses on designing and synthesizing novel catalysts for methane pyrolysis.
Lianghui XIA
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Lianghui Xia has received his master's degree from Nanchang University in 2020. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Xi 'an Jiaotong University and a visiting Ph.D. student at National University of Singapore. His research is mainly focused on the CO2, CH4, propane activation and utilization (SRM, DRM, methanation), and VOCs catalytic oxidation.
Xiaohan CHEN
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Xiaohan Chen obtained his master’s degree in Nanchang University, and now he is a Ph.D. candidate of Nanchang University and a visiting Ph.D. student in National University of Singapore. His areas of research interest include CO2 reduction, Plasma technology utilization.
Liza Melia Anak TERRY
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Liza graduated from Swinburne University of Technology in Bachelor of Chemical Engineering in 2018 and started her first career as process engineer in solar industry in the same year. In 2020, she decided to pursue her master study in the same institution, which the research focused on the bio-oil production from the catalytic co-pyrolysis of oil palm trunk and polypropylene. In 2023, she continues her PhD research with the same supervisory team. Currently, she is working on the ceramic carbonate membrane synthesis for carbon dioxide separation and reforming with methane and joins Prof Kawi's team as visiting research student under this collaboration project.
Yu GUAN
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Yu Guan is a Ph.D. candidate at the State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University. He was awarded the Chinese national scholarship. Now he is a visiting Ph.D. student in National University of Singapore. His research interests are focused on chemical looping technology, photo/thermal catalysis, dry reforming of methane, hydrogen production from solid waste, and combustion and pollutant control.
Leiting KUAI
Visiting Ph.D. Student
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Leiting obtained her bachelor’s degree from Zhengzhou University in 2017. She is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the East China University of Science and Technology and a visiting Ph.D. student at the National University of Singapore. Her current research direction at NUS is heteroatom-modified zeolite and its application for aromatics alkylation.
Visiting Scholars
Prof. Yinhui LI
Visiting Scholar
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Prof. Yinhui Li obtained her BS, MS and Ph.D degrees from Zhengzhou University (China), Dalian University of Technology (China) and Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China), respectively. She has been a teacher in Hebei University of Technology since 2012 and a visiting scholar in the National University of Singapore from November 2022 to November 2023. In the past decade, her research has focused on the design, synthesis and application of functional materials such as functional membrane materials, advanced adsorption materials and functional catalyst materials.
Dr. Jinghua YAO
Visiting Scholar
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Collaborators
Dr. Yuming WEN
Research Fellow
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Yuming Wen received his B.Eng. in Functional Materials from Northeastern University (China) in 2016. After that, he worked as an Astronomy Guide for a star-gazing company called Earth & Sky in New Zealand from 2016 to 2017. He then earned his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden) in 2019 and 2022, respectively. After completing his Ph.D., he stayed at KTH as a Postdoctoral Researcher for two months before moving to the National University of Singapore as a Research Fellow on Dec. 1st, 2022. He is working on the project of Methane Pyrolysis for Hydrogen and Carbon Nanotube Production via Catalytic Membrane Reactor. His research interests include the production of carbon nanotubes through methane pyrolysis, wastewater treatment, the development of machine learning models for thermal conversion processes, and art expression, etc.
Bella
Research Engineer
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