Special issue on “Membranes and Water Treatment”

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Congjie Gao, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. Professor of Center for Membrane and Water Science & Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, China. Prof. Gao’s research interests are membrane and membrane separation integration technology, seawater desalination, and water treatment technology. He successively led more than 10 key projects, including those funded by the State, Zhejiang Province and/or State Oceanic Administration, China. He has made outstanding contributions to the R&D and engineering application of asymmetric and composite membranes (such as reverse osmosis, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration and ion exchange, etc.) and their modules in China. He has authored more than 500 papers and 300 patent applications, 100 of which have been granted. He is the honorary president of the Chinese Seawater Desalination and Water Treatment Society, a board member of the International Desalination Association (IDA). He has been awarded the first prize of National Sci-Tech Advance Award (1992), the title of National Young and Middle-Aged Expert with Outstanding Contributions (1993), and Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Award (1998).

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Nanping Xu, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering. Director of State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, China. Prof. Xu is one of the pioneers in the establishment of the ceramic membrane industry and the discipline of materials-oriented chemical engineering in China. He technically solved the key problems of microstructure control and formation of ceramic membrane materials, which resulted in the intellectual property and technical foundation for the major application projects of ceramic membrane technology in the fields of energy, water resources, environmental protection and traditional industry transformation. A new industry of ceramic membranes with international competitiveness has been created under his leadership. He established the first doctoral program in materials-oriented chemical engineering and the State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, which focuses on the R&D of membrane technology in China. He has founded more than 10 high-tech enterprises such as Jiangsu Jiuwu, which have produced significant economic and social benefits. He has been honored with the second prize of National Technological Invention Award once, the second prize of the National Sci-Tech Advance Award twice and 17 provincial and ministerial awards. He has published 4 books and more than 300 papers, and been granted over 110 patents.

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Weihong Xing, Vice president of Nanjing Tech University, China. Director of National Engineering Research Center for Special Separation Membranes. Prof. Xing’s research focuses on membrane design, membrane reactor, membrane process and their large-scale industrial applications. She was awarded the National Outstanding Youth Fund Project (2011) and Foundation for Innovative Research Groups (2019) of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. She has been honored with the second prize of the National Sci-Tech Advance Award twice (2011, 2019) and more than 20 provincial and ministerial awards. She has published 2 books and more than 300 papers, and has been granted over 100 patents. She is a Fellow of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China, and the Vice-Chairperson of the Membrane Industry Association of China.

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