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.
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.
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. 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.
ZHU, Kai
Research Fellow
Dr Zhu Kai (朱凯) obtained BS degree in Applied Chemistry from East China University of Science and Technology, and PhD degree in Chemistry from Tongji University. He has published 17 papers, including 10 first-author papers in journals such as Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, ACS Central Science, Accounts of Materials Research and Materials Horizons, with an h-index of 12. He was awarded the Chinese National Scholarships in 2022 and 2025, 8236 Chemical Innovation Scholarship of Tongji university, and the titles of 19th Academic Pioneer of Tongji University, Outstanding Student Model in 2025 and Outstanding Student in 2022 of Tongji University.
ZHANG, Zhibin
Research Assistant
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.
TBA 2026 Fall PhD Stud.
PhD Student
CHEN, Zhengkai
Former PhD Student