Qilin Gu

Professor

Address：College of Chemical Engineering

Email：gu_qilin@njtech.edu.cn

Education and Work Experience

Nanjing Tech University, Professor    2022-Present

National University of Singapore, Research Fellow    2017-2021

 (Co-supervisors: Prof. John WANG and Prof. How Yong NG)

 Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics,

Ph.D. (Supervisor: Prof. Kongjun ZHU)    2011-2017

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, B.Eng.    2007-2011

Research Interests

Ceramic membranes and functionalization

Water and wastewater treatment

Academic achievements

Dr. Gu has focused on engineering advanced ceramics and ceramic membranes for environmental sustainability, especially water and wastewater treatment. A total of 54 peer-review papers have been published, including 24 papers as the first or/and corresponding author, two ESI highly cited papers and an ESI hot paper, with a total citation of over 1600 times. In addition, twelve patents have been applied in China, USA, Japan and Singapore, and four of them have been issued. Dr. GU also serves as the Guest Editor of Membranes and as the peer-review expert of international academic journals including ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Advanced Ceramics, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, Industry Engineering Chemistry Research, Ceramic International, etc.

Selected Publications

[1] Qilin Gu*, Tze Chiang Albert NG, Weijie POH, Chin Ho KIRK, Zhiyang LYU, Lei ZHANG, John WANG, How Yong NG, 3D Spray-coated Gradient Profile Ceramic Membrane Enables Improved Filtration Performance in Aerobic Submerged Membrane Bioreactor, Water Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118661.

[2] Qian Jiang, Yaxin Wang, Yuling Xie, Ming Zhou, Qilin Gu*, Zhaoxiang Zhong, Weihong Xing*, Silicon carbide microfiltration membranes for oil-water separation: Pore structure-dependent wettability matters, Water Research, 2022, 216, 118270.

[3] Qilin Gu*, Tze Chiang Albert Ng, Yueping Bao, Swee Ching Tan, How Yong Ng, John Wang*, Developing Better Ceramic Membranes for Water and Wastewater Treatment: Where Microstructure Integrates with Chemistry and Functionalities, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 428, 130456.

[4] Qilin Gu*, Masashi Kotobuki, Chin Ho Kirk, Meibo He, Gwendolyn J.H. Lim, Tze Chiang Albert Ng, Lei Zhang, How Yong Ng*, John Wang*, Overcoming the Trade-off between Water Permeation and Mechanical Strength of Ceramic Membrane Supports by Interfacial Engineering, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13(24), 29199–29211.

[5] Qilin Gu*, Tze Chiang Albert Ng, Lei Zhang, Zhiyang Lyu, Zhixiao Zhang, How Yong Ng*, John Wang*, Interfacial Diffusion Assisted Chemical Deposition (ID-CD) for Confined Surface Modification of Alumina Microfiltration Membranes toward High-flux and Antifouling, Separation and Purification Technology, 2020, 235, 116177.

[6] Qilin Gu*, Tze Chiang Albert Ng, Wenjie Zang, Lei Zhang, Zhiyang Lyu, Zhixiao Zhang, How Yong Ng*, John Wang*, Surface Engineered Alumina Microfiltration Membranes Based on Rationally Constructed Core-Shell Particles, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 2020, 40, 5951-5958.

[7] Qilin Gu, Kongjun Zhu*, Jingsong Liu, Jing Wang, Pengcheng Liu, Qiaomei Sun, Jinhao Qiu, One-step Surfactant-free Hydrothermal Synthesis of Plate-like Sodium Niobate Template Powders，Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2014, 97(11), 3360–3362.