Feng Research Group
We Engineer Pores for Circularity & Sustainability, Critical Energy & Materials, Nanorobotics
FENG, Liang
Principal Investigator (PI)
Presidential Young Professor
Assistant Professor
Dr Feng Liang (冯亮) joined NUS-MSE in 2026. He received his Ph.D. in 2020 from Texas A&M under Hong-Cai Zhou, focusing on porous materials for carbon capture. He completed postdoctoral training at Northwestern under Nobel Laureate Fraser Stoddart. He was an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science at Duke from 2023 to 2025. His group engineers pores to solve global challenges in sustainability and energy—from circular materials to critical energy systems and nanorobotics.
XIANG, Luoxing
Lab Manager, Research Fellow
Dr Xiang Luoxing (向洛兴) received his Ph.D. from Shanghai Jiao Tong University under Prof. Yiyong Mai, where he was recognized as an Academic Star (Top 10) and awarded an Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation (<1%), was a visiting scholar at Technische Universität Berlin with Prof. Arne Thomas, and was a postdoctoral fellow at Duke. His research focus on porous materials for critical mineral separation, energy storage, and sustainability, with first-author publications in Nature Water, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie, Advanced Materials, and Accounts of Materials Research.
HUANG, Lin
Safety Lead, Research Fellow
Dr Huang Lin (黄淋) received his B.S. and Ph.D. from Tianjin University and conducted research as a visiting scholar at the University of Zurich (UZH), followed by postdoctoral training at Duke University. He has strong expertise in organic synthesis and organometallic chemistry, with research spanning chiral-at-metal systems, non-planar aromatic hydrocarbons, and radiopharmaceuticals. He has published over 10 high-quality journal articles such as Journal of the American Chemical Society. Currently his research focuses on functional porous materials, precise structural control, and adsorption and separation applications. His work integrates advanced synthesis and characterization toward next-generation materials for energy and environmental sustainability.
WU, Xueke
Research Fellow
Dr Wu Xueke (吴学科) received his MSc and PhD from Beihang University and completed postdoctoral training at Tsinghua University and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). His research interests focus on sustainable personal and building thermal management, as well as ion/carbon capture materials. He has authored 10 first-author publications in leading journals, including Nat. Sustain., Nat. Commun., Nat. Rev. Clean Techn., and Adv. Funct. Mater., with over 1,700 citations (H-index 24). His current research focuses on the design of sustainable ion and carbon capture materials and engineering processes for applied research.
CHENG, Hao
Research Fellow
Dr Cheng Hao (程皓) received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from Central South University, where he was awarded the National Scholarship, First-Class Academic Scholarship, Outstanding Graduate Student Award, and Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award. He also led a Hunan Provincial Graduate Innovation Project. His research focuses on electrochemical interfaces, including electrochemical extraction of critical metals, electrochemical synthesis of functional materials, and aqueous energy-storage systems. He has published > 10 first-author papers in journals including Science Advances and Angewandte Chemie. His current interests center on ion-environment engineering for sustainable electrochemical metallurgy, critical-material separation, and circular energy systems.
JIN, Tenghui
PhD Student
JIN Tenghui (金腾辉) obtained his BSc degree from South China University of Technology and his MSc degree in Environmental Engineering from Shenzhen University. He also conducted research as a visiting student at the National University of Singapore (NUS) previously. He has published several publications (including first-author papers) in journals such as Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials and Small. From 2023 to 2025, he was awarded the First‑Class and Second‑Class Academic Scholarships, along with the title of “Research Star”. His current research focuses on porous materials for transition metal ion capture, energy storage, and sustainability.
ZHANG, Zhibin
Research Engineer
Zhang Zhibin (张志斌) received his Master’s degree from Beijing Normal University. He has conducted research in energy and sustainability and published multiple articles, including Chemical Engineering Journal and Environmental Research. During 2022–2024, he was awarded the First-Class Academic Scholarship and Second-Class Academic Scholarship, and in 2025 received the Graduate Academic Innovation Award. His research focuses on porous materials for rare earth ion capture, energy storage and sustainability.
ZHU, Zhiye
Master's Student
Zhu Zhiye (朱芷叶) received his Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Hunan Normal University and will commence Master’s studies at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He has conducted research and published several papers in journals including Process Safety and Environmental Protection and Environmental Research. From 2021 to 2025, he was awarded the First-Class and Second-Class Academic Scholarships. In 2022, he completed an exchange program at South China Normal University. His research interests focus on the porous materials synthesis and adsorption.