Xiaochuan Huang

Ph.D. Student, 2017-present

M.S. Tsinghua University, China, 2017

xiaochuan.huang@rice.edu

I am a Ph.D. student in Dr. Qilin Li’s lab, specializing in advanced water treatment technologies. My primary research interest is membrane processes in water and wastewater treatment. Currently, I study the impact of material surface properties on scaling and fouling in membrane distillation systems, with a focus on seawater and brackish water desalination systems. I am from China and I obtained my M.S. degree from Tsinghua University, studying the anti-biofouling properties of nanomaterial modified membrane surfaces. Exploring the unknown is exciting. I am delighted to be a member of Dr. Li’ lab and the NSF funded Nanosystems Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) to pursue my research in advanced water treatment technologies.