Postdoctoral associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Rice University
Email: Jianhao.Qian@rice.edu; qianjh98@gmail.com
Education and Work
Jan.2025 till now (Postdoc): Rice University (Advisor: Menachem Elimelech)
Sep. 2024 to Dec. 2024 (Postdoc): City University of Hong Kong (Advisor: Alicia AN)
Nov. 2023 to Apr. 2024 (Visiting) : Yale University (Advisor: Menachem Elimelech)
Sep. 2019 to Jun. 2024 (Ph.D) : University of Science and Technology of China; Mechanics (Advisors: Prof. Fengchao Wang, Prof. Hengan Wu)
Sep. 2015 to Jun. 2019 (B.E.) : Dalian University of Technology; Mechanics
Sep. 2012 to Jun. 2015 : Hefei No.6 High School
Research Interests
Confined molecular transport, gas separation, wastewater treatment
Experience
2021 to 2022: President of USTC Photography Club
Honours and Awards
2024: President Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Special Prize) (中科院院长特别奖)
2024: Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Awards of USTC (中国科大优秀博士毕业论文)
2021: National Scholarship (研究生国家奖学金)
2024: "Qiu Shi" Graduate Student Scholarship (求是研究生奖学金)
Publications (Google Scholar)
[1] Qian, J.; Wu, H.*; Wang, F.* A generalized Knudsen theory for gas transport with specular and diffuse reflections. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14 (1), 7386. (highlight article) 10.1038/s41467-023-43104-6
[2] Guo, L.#; Liu, R.#; Qian, J.# (Co-First Author); Hao, G.*.; Guo, J.; Wu, H.; Wang, F.*; Lu, A.* Surface sieving carbon skins for propylene and propane selective separation. Nat. Chem. Eng. 2024, 1, 411–420. 10.1038/s44286-024-00075-9
[3] Wang, R.#; Qian, J.# (Co-First Author); Chen, X.; Low, Z.-X.*; Chen, Y.; Ma, H.; Wu, H.-A.; Doherty, C. M.; Acharya, D.; Xie, Z.; Hill, M. R.; Shen, W.; Wang, F.*; Wang, H.* Pyro-Layered Heterostructured Nanosheet Membrane for Hydrogen Separation. Nat. Commun. 2023, 14 (1), 2161. 10.1038/s41467-023-37932-9
[4] Qian, J.#; Wang, R.#; Wu, H.; Wang, F.*; Elimelech, M.* Molecular Simulations Reveal Gas Transport Mechanisms in Polyamide Membranes. J. Membr. Sci. 2025, 124056. 10.1016/j.memsci.2025.124056
[5] Qian, J.; Li, Y.; Wu, H.*; Wang, F.* Surface Morphological Effects on Gas Transport through Nanochannels with Atomically Smooth Walls. Carbon 2021, 180, 85–91. 10.1016/j.carbon.2021.04.087
[6] Qian, J.; Wu, H.*; Wang, F.* Molecular Geometry Effect on Gas Transport through Nanochannels: Beyond Knudsen Theory. Appl. Surf. Sci. 2023, 611, 155613. 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.155613
[7] Wang, F.; Qian, J.; Fan, J.; Li, J.; Xu, H.; Wu, H.* Molecular Transport under Extreme Confinement. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 2022, 65 (6), 264601. 10.1007/s11433-021-1853-3
Last Updated: Apr. 2025