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Dr. Zhaoyang Liu
Senior Scientist
Dr. Zhaoyang Liu
Senior Scientist
Educational Qualifications
PhD
Entity
Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute
Divison
Water Center
Biography
Dr. Zhaoyang Liu is a Senior Scientist at Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute's (QEERI) Water Center. He specializes in advancing water treatment technologies, with a number of his research outcomes published in top journals like Energy & Environmental Science, and Advanced Materials, and featured in Nature. Dr. Liu has an h-index of 45 on Google Scholar (Jan. 2023). Leading projects at QEERI, he focuses on addressing local challenges from the perspective of the Water-Energy-Food nexus. His team has developed pilot-scale water treatment prototypes. He is the holder of multiple patents (PCT, US, EU), one of which has been licensed to a commercial company in Singapore. He serves on the editorial boards for the journals of Desalination and Scientific Reports. Dr. Liu's experience extends to mentoring PhD candidates at HBKU.
PhD
Dalian University of Technology, China
2005
- Advancing processes and materials for seawater desalination and wastewater treatment.
- Tailoring methods for treating oil-contaminated water (marine oil spill and oil/gas produced water).
- Sustainable green hydrogen production utilizing non-potable water sources.
- Developing sustainable irrigation systems for green walls and roofs.
Senior Scientist
Water Center/QEERI, HBKU
2014 - Present
Senior Research Fellow and PhD Student Advisor
School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
2006 - 2014
- 2023, Editorial Board Member of Desalination - a water research journal.
- 2017, Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports - a Nature journal.
- 2017, QNRF TDF award for technology promotion and demonstration from lab to pilot scale.
- 2016, QNRF NPRP award for water treatment with 2D nanomaterials.