Name:WANG Liang
Gender: Male Born: 19-03-1979
Nationality: Chinese Marital status: Married
Email: mashi7822@163.com Health: Excellent
Tel: 0086-022-83955892 0086-18602650716
Address: 399 Binshui West Road, Xiqing District, Tianjin,
300387, China
Academic Training:
1997 – 2001 BEng Environmental Engineering, Tianjin University
2001 – 2003 MSc Environmental Engineering, Tianjin University
2003 – 2006 PhD Environmental Engineering, Tianjin University
Positions:
2006 – 2009 Lecturer in the department of Environmental Engineering, School of
Material science and Chemistry, Tiangong University
2009 – 2013 Associate Professor and Dean in the department of Environmental
Engineering, School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering,
Tiangong University
2014 (05-11) Senior visiting scholar at Georgia institute of technology, Atlanta
2014 – 2018 Professor and Deputy Director in Science and Technology Division,
Tiangong University
2015 – now Professor and Deputy Director in State Key Laboratory of Separation
Membranes and Membrane Processes, Tiangong University
2019 – now Deputy Director in Analytical & Testing Center, Tianjin Polytechnic
University
Fields of interest:
⚫ Principles and applications of membrane technology – mechanism of membrane
fouling, applications of membrane technology (material, devices and optimized
operation) in drink water treatment , reclaimed water reuse, brackish water
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Awards/Prices: within recent 5 years
⚫ 2018 – 2st award of Tianjin Science and Technology Progress (ranks the 1st in the name list)
⚫ 2018 – Leader of High-level innovation team of Tianjin
⚫ 2018 – Young Leading Talents of Tianjin Science and Technology Progress
⚫ 2018 – 1st award of Tianjin Teaching Achievement (ranks the 5th in the name list)
⚫ 2017 – 1st level talent of Tianjin “131” Innovative Talents Progress
⚫ 2014 – 1st award of Tianjin Science and Technology Progress (ranks the 8th in the name
list)
⚫ 2014 – Young Science and Technology Talents of Tianjin
⚫ 2013 – 1st award of Tianjin Binhai New Area Science and Technology Progress (ranks the
8th in the name list)
⚫ 2013 – 2nd award of Teaching Achievement Progress by China National Textile And Apparel
Council (ranks the 1st in the name list)
Projects: within recent 5 years
⚫ 2020 – 2023 Controllable preparation of thin film nanocomposite nanofiltration membrane
incorporated with metal-organic frameworks and its mechanism for PPCPs removal
(supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China). Principal investigator
⚫ 2019 – 2022 Controllable preparation of thin film nanocomposite nanofiltration membrane
incorporated with polyelectrolyte - modified MOF and its mechanism for PPCPs removal
(supported by Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin). Principal investigator
⚫ 2017 – 2021 Principle of mesoscopic scale control for drinking water treatment by
membrane method (supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China). Principal
investigator of a sub-project
⚫ 2017 – 2018 Study on the retarded mechanism of adsorption particle dynamic membrane on
ultrafiltration membrane (supported by Tianjin special fund project for scientific and
technological innovation). Principal investigator
⚫ 2016 – 2019 Technology and demonstration of recycling and resource recovering of high
polymer wastewater treatment in textile industry (supported by the National Key Research
and Development Plan). Principal investigator of a sub-project
⚫ 2015 – 2018 Mechanisms of physically irreversible organic fouling control in an integrated
process of magnetic ion exchange resin (MIEX) and ultrafiltration used for drinking water
treatment (supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China). Principal
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⚫ 2014 – 2016 Study and demonstration of drinking water purification for rural residents
(supported by Tianjin special fund project for scientific and technological innovation).
Principal investigator of a sub-project
⚫ 2012 – 2016 Theory of membrane combined process control and optimization in drinking
water purification (supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China). Principal
investigator of a sub-project
SCI Publications: within recent 5 years
[1] Junjing Li*, Huan Wang, ZiYan Qi, Chang Ma, Zhaohui Zhang, Bin Zhao, Liang Wang*,
Hongwei Zhang, Yutong Chong, Xiang Chen, Xiuwen Cheng, Dionysios D. Dionysiou,
Kinetics and mechanisms of electrocatalytic hydrodechlorination of diclofenac on
Pd-Ni/PPy-rGO/Ni electrodes, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2020, 268: 118696.
[2] Zhaohui Zhang, Mengmeng Chen, Junjing Li, Bin Zhao, Liang Wang*, Significance of
transparent exopolymer particles derived from aquatic algae in membrane fouling, Arabian
Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 13: 4577-4585.
[3] Liang Wang, Xuan Huang, Lai Lyu*, Tong Li, Yaowen Gao, Qingyi Zeng, Chun Hu, Efficient
inhibition of photo-generated electron-hole recombination through persulfate activation and
micropollutant degradation over iron molybdate, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 2019,
257.
[4] Liang Wang, Chenyang Yang, Zhao, Bin Zhao*, Xiaona Wu, Zijun Yu, Lixiang Zhao,
HongweiZhang,Nanwen Li*, Hydrophobic polyacrylonitrile membrane preparation and its
use in membrane contactor for CO2 absorption, Journal of Membrane Science, 2019,
569:157-165.
[5] Qidong Wu, Wancen Xie, Haibo Wu, Liang Wang*, Songmiao Liang, Haiqing Changa,
Baicang Liu*, Effect of volatile solvent and evaporation time on formation and performance
of PVC/PVC-g-PEGMA blended membranes, RSC Advances, 2019, 9: 34486-34495.
[6] Yawei Shi, Guozhu Liu, Liang Wang*, Hongwei Zhang, Heteroatom-doped porous carbons
from sucrose and phytic acid for adsorptive desulfurization and sulfamethoxazole removal: A
comparison between aqueous and non-aqueous adsorption, Journal of Colloid and Interface
Science, 2019, 557: 336-348.
[7] Bin Zhao, Xiaojing Sun, Liang Wang*, Lixiang Zhao, Zhaohui Zhang, Junjing Li, Adsorption
of methyl orange from aqueous solution by composite magnetic microspheres of chitosan
and quaternary ammonium chitosan derivative, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering.2019, 27: 1973-1980.
[8] Yawei Shi, Guozhu Liu, Liang Wang*, Hongwei Zhang, Activated carbons derived from
hydrothermal impregnation of sucrose with phosphoric acid: remarkable adsorbents for
sulfamethoxazole removal, RSC Advances, 2019, 9: 17841-17851.
[9] Qidong Wu, Wancen Xie, Haibo Wu, Liang Wang*, Songmiao Liang, Haiqing Changa,
Baicang Liu*, Effect of volatile solvent and evaporation time on formation and performance
of PVC/PVC-g-PEGMA blended membranes, RSC Advances, 2019, 9: 34486-34495.
[10] Yawei Shi, Guozhu Liu, Liang Wang*, Hongwei Zhang, Heteroatom-doped porous carbons
from sucrose and phytic acid for adsorptive desulfurization and sulfamethoxazole removal: A
comparison between aqueous and non-aqueous adsorption, Journal of Colloid and Interface
Science, 2019, 557: 336-348.
[11] Bin Zhao, Xiaojing Sun, Liang Wang*, Lixiang Zhao, Zhaohui Zhang, Junjing Li, Adsorption
of methyl orange from aqueous solution by composite magnetic microspheres of chitosan
and quaternary ammonium chitosan derivative, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering.
2019, 27: 1973-1980.
[12] Liang Wang*, Fan Zhang, Zhenxing Li, Jiayou Liao, Yingda Huang, Yinlin Lei, Nanwen Li*,
Mixed-charge poly(2,6-dimethyl-phenylene oxide)anion exchange membranefor diffusion
dialysis in acid recovery, Journal of Membrane Science, 2018, 549:543-549.
[13] Liang Wang*, Minghui Liu, Yinlin Lei*, Nanwen Li*, Comb-shaped sulfonated poly(ether
ether ketone) as cation exchange membranes for electrodialysis in acid recovery, Journal of
Materials Chemistry A, 2018, 6: 22940-22950.
[14] Liang Wang*, Fan Zhang, Zhenxing Li, Jiayou Liao, Yingda Huang, Yinlin Lei, Nanwen Li*,
Mixed-charge poly(2,6-dimethyl-phenylene oxide)anion exchange membranefor diffusion
dialysis in acid recovery, Journal of Membrane Science, 2018, 549:543-549.
[15] Liang Wang*, Zhenxing Li, Zhaozan Xu, Fan Zhang, Nanwen Li*, Proton Blockage
Membrane with Tertiary Amine Groups for Concentration of Sulfonic Acid in Electrodialysis,
Journal of Membrane Science, 2018, 555:78-87.
[16] Liang Wang, ZhiqiangWang, LiliZhang*, Chun Hu,Enhanced photoactivityof Bi2WO6 by
Iodine doping in the interlayer for water purificationunder visible light, Chemical Engineering
Journal, 2018, 352: 664-672.
[17] Liang Wang, DengbiaoYan, Lai Lyu*, Chun Hu, Notable light-free catalytic activity for
pollutant destruction over flowerlike BiOI microspheres by a dual-reaction-center Fenton-like
4 / 6process, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2018, 527:251-259.
[18] Bin Zhao, Xiuxiu Huang, Xiaona Wu, Liang Wang*, Anqi Liu, Zhaohui Zhang, Junjing Li,
Zijun Yu, Tengyao Xu, Preparation of Fe3O4/polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane and its
adsorption of phosphate from aqueous solution, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2018,
116: 39-48.
[19] Peng Jing, Shi-Yuan Zhang, Wenjie Chen, Liang Wang*, Wei Shi*, Peng Cheng*, A
Macroporous Metal‐Organic Framework with Enhanced Hydrophobicity for Efficient Oil
Adsorption. Chemistry-A European Journal, 2018, 24:3754-3759.
[20] Xiaona Wu, Bin Zhao, Liang Wang*, Zhaohui Zhang, Junjing Li, Xiaojia He, Hongwei Zhang,
Xinhua Zhao, Haitao Wang, Superhydrophobic PVDF membrane induced by hydrophobic
SiO2 nanoparticles and its use for CO2 absorption. Separation and Purification Technology,
2018, 190: 108-116.
[21] Junjing Li*, Huan Wang, Liang Wang*, Chang Ma, Cong Luan, Bin Zhao, Zhaohui Zhang,
Hongwei Zhang, Xiuwen Cheng, Junliang Liu, The Preparation of Pd/Foam-Ni Electrode and
Its Electrocatalytic Hydrodechlorination for Monochlorophenol Isomers, Catalysts, 2018, 8(9):
378.
[22] He Zhao, Liang Wang*, Hongwei Zhang, Xiaona Wu, Bin Zhao, Fei Han. Effect of potassium
permanganate dosing position on the performance of coagulation/ultrafiltration combined
process. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018, 26(1): 89-95.
[23] Lu Wang, Guilin Fan, Xiufang Xu, Diming Chen, Liang Wang*, Wei Shi, Peng Cheng.
Detection of polychlorinated benzenes (persistent organic pollutants) by a luminescent
sensor based on a lanthanide metal–organic framework. Journal of Materials Chemistry A,
2017, 5(11): 5541-5549.
[24] Liang Wang, Yilun Shi, Chun Hu, Lili Zhang*. Silver chloride enwrapped silver grafted on
nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide as a highly efficient visible-light-driven
photocatalyst. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2017, 505:421-429.
[25] Huili Ma, Lu Wang, Jinghuo Chen, Xuejing Zhang, Liang Wang*, Na Xu, Guangming Yang,
Peng Cheng. A multi-responsive luminescent sensor for organic small-molecule pollutants
and metal ions based on a 4d–4f metal–organic framework. Dalton Transactions, 2017,
46(11): 3526-3534.
[26] Zhaohui Zhang, Xiaona Wu, Liang Wang*, Bin Zhao, Junjing Li, Hongwei Zhang. Wetting
mechanism of a PVDF hollow fiber membrane in immersed membrane contactors for CO2
5 / 6capture in the presence of monoethanolamine. RSC Advances, 2017, 7(22): 13451-13457.
[27] Liang Wang*, Anqi Liu, Zhaohui Zhang, Bin Zhao, Yingming Xia, Yun Tan, Catalytic
ozonation of thymol in reverse osmosis concentrate with core/shell Fe3O4@SiO2@Yb2O3
catalyst: Parameter optimization and degradation pathway. Chinese Journal of Chemical
Engineering, 2017, 25(5): 665-670.
[28] Cong Ma, Dongliang Liu, Liang Wang*, Zhaohui Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Influence of the
magnetizing pretreatment on the mitigation of membrane scaling during nanofiltration.
Desalination and Water Treatment, 2017, 96:61-68.
[29] Xiaona Wu, Bin Zhao, Liang Wang*, Zhaohui Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Xinhua Zhao, Xingfei
Guo. Hydrophobic PVDF/graphene hybrid membrane for CO2 absorption in membrane
contactor. Journal of Membrane Science, 2016, 520:120-129.
[30] Wei Zhao, Shuqing He, Lei Liu, Liang Wang*, Nanwen Li. Functionalization of
Polyacrylonitrile with Tetrazole groups for Ultrafiltration Membranes, Rsc Advances, 2016,
6(76): 72133-72140.
[31] Liang Wang*, Jinming Xu, Shushuang Ma, Bin Zhao, Zhaohui Zhang, Xiaoming Zhou,
Hongwei Zhang. Biological nitrogen removal in a modified anoxic/oxic process for piggery
wastewater treatment. Desalination and Water Treatment, 2016, 57(24): 11266-11274.
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