Principal Investigator
Prof. Alicia K.J. AN
PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, MHKIE, Registered Korea Civil Engineer, Member of the Association of Energy Engineers (MAEE), Certified Carbon Auditor
Dr. Alicia An is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CBE) at HKUST, where she leads the Advanced Membranes for Water and Energy (AMWE) research group. Alicia obtained her PhD from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, HKSUT. She began her academic career as a project assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, and the City University of Hong Kong, where she rose from Assistant to full professor before joining HKUST.
With over 20 years of experience in the field of membrane-based water and wastewater treatment, she has published more than 140 peer-reviewed journal articles on emerging technologies such as Membrane Distillation, Forward Osmosis, and hybrid Reverse Osmosis systems, with a focus on the removal of emerging pollutants and resource recovery.
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Awards and Recognition
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Top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists from the report published by Elsevier and Stanford University since 2020.
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Awarded “RGC Research Fellow” through the Research Fellow Scheme (RFS) by HKRGC in 2022/23
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CityU Outstanding Research Award for 2023 in the Junior Faculty Category
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Section Editor for the Journal of Water Process Engineering.
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Associate Editor for the Journal of Process Safety and Environmental Protection
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Editorial Board member for Desalination
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Advisory board member for XPRIZE Water Scarcity 2024: https://www.xprize.org/prizes/water/people/board
Meet our team
Our Previous Members
Dr. Jiaxin GUO
PhD graduated in 2018 (Professor, Xi'an Jiao Tong university)
Dr. Wei JIA
Postdoc in 2020 (Associate Professor, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Dr. Eui-Jong LEE
Postdoc in 2014~2016 (Assistant Professor, Daegu University, Korea)
Dr. Gang LU
Postdoctoral Fellow in 2024
Dr. Xinning ZHANG
PhD graduated in 2024
Junyi FANG
Master graduated in 2025
Dr. David von Eiff
PhD graduated in 2018 (Director, Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute)
Dr. Shengmin YIN
Postdoc in 2020 (Assistant Professor, Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
Dr. Joonho YEO
PhD graduated in 2021 (Researcher, Green Technology Centre, Korea)
Siyoung BYUN
Visiting Student in 2023 from Pusan National University
Dr. Wentao SHANG
Postdoctoral Fellow in 2025
Yaozhen HU
Master graduated in 2025
Dr. Bhaskar Jyoti DEKA
PhD graduated in 2019 (Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
Dr. Noman Khalid KHANZADA
PhD graduated in 2021 (Postdoc, NYU Abu Dhabi)
Dr. Baoping ZHANG
Postdoc in 2022 (Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Dongjjin SHIM
Visiting Student in 2023 from Pusan National University
Dr. Gitaek BANG
Postdoctoral Fellow in 2025
Dr. Vicki Man Wai YIM
PhD graduated in 2020 (Researcher, Nano and Advanced Materials Institute Limited (NAMI))
Dr. Jehad KHARRAZ
HKPFS graduated in 2021 (Postdoc, Khalifa University)
Dr. Jianhao QIAN
Postdoctoral Fellow in 2024
Dr. Bowen Pak Wai WONG
PhD graduated in 2022 (Project Manager, Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (HKQAA))
Yiwen GUO
Master graduated in 2025