Members

Shen Research Group

Shen Research Group members in 2026
Shen Research Group, 2026
People advancing channel materials research

Principal Investigator

Dr. Jie Shen

Dr. Jie Shen

Assistant Professor · School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute (NEWRI), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

Dr. Jie Shen’s research focuses on the molecular-level design and mechanistic understanding of mass-transport channels, nanofluidics, and membrane materials. His work has been published in leading journals, including Science, Nature, Nature Materials, and Nature Reviews Materials. He was selected as an MIT Technology Review Innovator Under 35 Asia Pacific and has received several awards, including the Materials Today Rising Star Award by Elsevier, the AIChE SLS Outstanding Young Faculty Award, the 2D Materials Emerging Young Scientist Award by IOP Publishing, and the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) Young Membrane Scientist Award. He has also been recognized as one of the Global Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists by Stanford University and Elsevier. Before joining NTU, he conducted postdoctoral research at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Nanjing Tech University and was a visiting researcher in Mechanical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.

Research Fellows

Tang Meng

Tang Meng

Research Fellow

Research interests: Membrane crude oil separation, conjugated structure, CVD

Email: meng.tang@ntu.edu.sg

Zhang Hao

Zhang Hao

Research Fellow

Research interests: Membrane separation, confined mass transfer, interfacial polymerization

Email: hao-zhang@ntu.edu.sg

PhD Students

Lu Changan

Lu Changan

PhD Student

Research interests: Membrane materials, cation separation, electrodialysis

Email: CHANGAN001@e.ntu.edu.sg

Li Yanan

Li Yanan

PhD Student

Research interests: Two-dimensional membranes, Membrane separation, Membrane catalysis

Email: YANAN005@e.ntu.edu.sg

MSc Students

Wang Junru

Wang Junru

MSc Student

Research interests: Organic Solvent Nanofiltration

Email: JUNRU002@e.ntu.edu.sg

Li Yuefei

Li Yuefei

MSc Student

Research interests: Electrospinning, MOF

Email: YUEFEI001@e.ntu.edu.sg

Visiting Scholars

Zhang Rui

Zhang Rui

Visiting Scholar

Research interests: Membrane separation, bioseparation, and adsorption

Email: zhangr@hnust.edu.cn

Zhang Pengrui

Zhang Pengrui

Visiting Scholar

Research interests: Ion-Selective Separation, Resource Valorization

Email: CS-PENGRUI.ZHANG@ntu.edu.sg

Liu Yazi

Liu Yazi

Visiting Scholar

Research interests: Environmental Functional Materials, Solar-Driven Energy Conversion

Email: yazi.liu@njnu.edu.cn

Lin Sen

Lin Sen

Visiting Scholar

Research interests: Sulphide composite materials, Piezocatalysis, Photocatalysis

Email: CS-SEN.LIN@ntu.edu.sg

Visiting Students

Liang Xiaozheng

Liang Xiaozheng

Visiting Student

Research interests: Mineral materials, Nanoclay, Two-dimensional membranes

Email: xzliang@csu.edu.cn

Alumni

Ma Guangqiang

Alumni

Current position: Postdoctoral fellow, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Email: guangqiang.ma@kaust.edu.sa