Xiaoxiong ‘George’ Wang

Aug. 2013 - Jul. 2018, Ph.D.in Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Aug. 2009 - Jul. 2013, Bachelor in Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

Jan. 2023 - present, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, China

Oct. 2018 - Oct. 2022, Postdoctoral Associate, Yale University, United States

Reactive electrified membranes and flow-through electrodes for water treatment, resource recovery, and renewable energy production.

Xiaoxiong Wang has published 50 journal papers with nearly 2500 citations (H-index of 24), including first- and corresponding-authored papers on Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Water, PNAS, Environmental Science & Technology, and Water Research.

Selected Publications

[1]. Xuanhao Wu, Xiaoxiong Wang*, Yunshuo Wu, Huimin Xu, Zhe Li, Rongrong Hong, Kali Rigby, Zhongbiao Wu, Jae-Hong Kim. Bilayer electrified membrane with pair-atom tin catalysts for near-complete conversion of ultra-low concentration nitrate to dinitrogen. Nature Communications, 2025, 16: 1122.

[2]. Yingzheng Fan, Xiaoxiong Wang^#, Claire Butler, Amma Kankam, Abdessamad Belgada, Julia Simon, Yuanzuo Gao, Eric Chen, Lea R. Winter. Highly efficient metal-free nitrate reduction enabled by electrified membrane filtration. Nature Water, 2024, 2: 684-696.

[3]. Young-Jun Kim, Zhengyang Huo, Xiaoxiong Wang^#, Haojie Dai, Dong-Min Lee, In-Yong Suh, Joon-Ha Hwang, Youngwook Chung, Hyeon Yeong Lee, Ye Du, Wenbo Ding, Sang-Woo Kim. Walking-induced electrostatic charges enabling in-situ electroporated disinfection in portable water bottles. Nature Water, 2024, 2: 360-369.

[4]. Xiaoxiong Wang, Xuanhao Wu, Wen Ma, Xuechen Zhou, Shuo Zhang, Dahong Huang, Lea R. Winter, Jae-Hong Kim, Menachem Elimelech. Free-standing membrane incorporating single-atom catalysts for ultrafast electro-reduction of low-concentration nitrate. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023, 120(11): e2217703120.

[5]. Chungseok Choi, Xiaoxiong Wang^#, Soonho Kwon, James L. Hart, Conor L. Rooney, Nia J. Harmon, Quynh P. Sam, Judy J. Cha, William A. Goddard III, Menachem Elimelech, Hailiang Wang. Efficient electrocatalytic valorization of chlorinated organic water pollutant to ethylene. Nature Nanotechnology, 2023, 18: 160-167.

[6]. Xiaoxiong Wang^#, Tong Wang, Tianyuan Zhang, Lea R. Winter, Jinghan Di, Qingshi Tu, Hongying Hu, Edgar Hertwich, Julie B. Zimmerman, Menachem Elimelech. Microalgae commercialization using renewable lignocellulose is economically and environmentally viable. Environmental Science & Technology, 2023, 57(2): 1144-1156.

[7]. Zhengyang Huo, Lea R. Winter, Xiaoxiong Wang*, Ye Du, Yinhu Wu, Uwe Hübner, Hongying Hu, Menachem Elimelech. Synergistic nanowire-enhanced electroporation and electro-chlorination for highly efficient water disinfection. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56(15): 10925-10934.

[8]. Meng Sun, Xiaoxiong Wang^#, Lea R. Winter, Yumeng Zhao, Wen Ma, Tayler Hedtke, Jae-Hong Kim, Menachem Elimelech. Electrified membranes for water treatment applications. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2021, 1 (4): 725-752. (Most read article)

[9]. Xiaoxiong Wang, Meng Sun, Yumeng Zhao, Chi Wang, Wen Ma, Michael S. Wong, Menachem Elimelech. In situ electrochemical generation of reactive chlorine species for efficient ultrafiltration membrane self-cleaning. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54 (11): 6997-7007.

[10]. Xiaoxiong Wang, Tianyuan Zhang, Guohua Dao, Zibin Xu, Yinhu Wu, Hongying Hu. Assessment and mechanisms of microalgae growth inhibition by phosphonates: Effects of intrinsic toxicity and complexation. Water Research, 2020, 186: 116333.

(^#Co-first author, *Corresponding author)

National Distinguished Young Scholar of China