Present Ph.D Students

Jiahe Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Fall 2023 -Present
M.S., Environmental Modelling, University College London, 2022
B.S., Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2021

Xiaonan Shi
Ph.D Candidate, 2017 Fall - Present
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Shandong University, 2012

Nanobubbles, AFM-SECM, Membrane technology

Email: xs98@njit.edu

Google Scholar

Wen Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE

Principal Investigator
Professor

Phone: (973) 596-5520 
Fax: (973) 596-5790
Email: wen.zhang@njit.edu

Office Location: Colton Hall 211

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Ahmed K Ahmed
Former PhD student

Graduate in December 2017
Now assistant professor at Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt

Yihan Zhang

Ph.D. Student, Spring 2021 --Present

M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2020 

B.S.,  Drainage and Water Supply Engineering, Tongji University, 2019  

Nanobubble, Biofilm, Site Remediation

Lili Li

Ph.D student, Spring 2023-Present

Candidate Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Yajing Li

Ph.D. Student, Fall 2024 -Present
M.S., Environmental Engineering , Beijing University of Technology, 2024

B.S., Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, 2019 

Jingru Wei

Ph.D. Student, Fall 2023 -Present
M.S., Environmental Engineering and Sciences, University of Florida, 2023

B.S., Environmental Science, Yanbian University, 2020

Dr. Michael Agbakpe
Former Ph.D student

Now postdoctoral researcher and adjunct instructor
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2015

Dr. Likun Hua

Former Ph.D.student

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, NJIT, 2019


Explore the Nano World 

Previous Ph.D Students

Guangyu Zhu

Ph.D student, Fall 2022-Present

M.S., Environmental Engineering, University of Vermont, 2020

M.S., Environmental Management, Samford Univeristy, 2014
B.S., Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric Power, 2012

Omniphobic membrane for membrane distillation 

Jianan Gao

Former Ph.D student

M.S. Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, 2020
B.S. Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology, 2017

Membrane reactor, Catalytic membrane, Membrane filtration

Chunzhao Chen
Visiting Ph.D. student,

2018 Fall - 2019 Fall
Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, China

Dr. Wanyi Fu

Former Ph.D. student

Now postdoctoral in Tsinghua University

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering,  NJIT, 2019



Xiaoyu Wang

Visiting Ph.D. Student, 2019 Fall--2021 spring

M.S., Environmental Engineering, Beijing Forestry University, 2018

B.S.,  Environmental Engineering, Hebei University, 2014

Magnetic materials, Algal separation, Membrane Filtration

 Wen's Research Group​

Dr. Liyuan Kuang

Former PhD student

Now postdoctoral researcher 
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2016

Shaobin Sun
Ph.D. Student, Civil Engineering,

Beijing Jiaotong University, China
B.S., Environmental Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, China

Fangzhou Liu

Ph.D student, Fall 2020-Present

M.S. Civil and Environmental  Engineering, NJIT, 2020

B.S., Environmental Engineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, 2018

Zhifeng Hu

Visiting Ph.D. student, 2019 Fall—2021 spring

B.S. Water Supply and Drainage Science & Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University, 2016
Organic-limited wastewater treatment,

Water ecological restoration, Membrane distillation