High School Assistant

Xiao Wang

Cell Phone: 631-***-****, Email: ****.****.****@*****.***

**** ***** ***** ****, ***** Brook, NY, 11790

Membrane Scientist & Polymer Engineer

Over seven year research experience on development of new polymeric materials (films, membranes, fibers and particles)

and applications of those materials in separation, absorption, coating and printing to beat commercial products.

Distinguishing Qualifications

• Strong background of polymer chemistry, polymer physics and polymer characterization.

• Broad knowledge of nanofibers, nanoparticles, natural polymers and photo sensitive polymers.

• Strong background of interfacial science and its application in coating process, interfacial polymerization and

surface modification.

• Experienced in design and set up of lab scale filtration system and scale up of membrane coating process.

• Experienced in various membrane separations including microfiltration (MF), ultrafiltration (UF), nanofiltration

(NF), reverse osmosis (RO), membrane absorption, centrifuge, and pervaporation

• Good at team work and interpersonal communication. Bilingual speaker of Chinese and English.

Skills

NMR, SEM, TEM, FTIR, Raman, XPS, XRD, TOC, TGA, DSC, GPC, AFM, rheometer, AutoCAD, and electro spin.

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. 2008 to Dec., 2013

M.S. in Polymer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. 2005 to 2008

B.S. in Polymer Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. 2001 to 2005

Professional Experience

Research Assistant, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA 2008 present

Developed fibrous substrates with electro spun polymeric fibers and surface modified polysaccharide nanofibers to replace conventional

sponge like substrates for high efficiency.

Prepared NF or RO barrier layers on the fibrous substrates through interfacial polymerization. Improved the membrane performances by

optimizing the formulation of reaction and by introducing additives (ionic liquids, surfactants, comonomers, nanoparticles, and nanofibers).

Introduced direct water channel structure into ultrathin membrane through interfacial polymerization and UV polymerization.

Designed slot die head and achieved quantitative control on NF membrane performance by slot die coating.

Developed coating process to mechanically produce new NF membranes with doubled permeability and the same selectivity on ions,

comparing with commercial NF membrane, NF270 (DOW Filmtec).

Teaching Assistant, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA 2008 present

Organized and supervised students to work on experiments, delivered short and effective lectures, responded to their questions and graded lab

reports in general and physical chemistry labs.

Mentor of High School Students, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA 2008 present

Mentored high school students with independent research projects every summer.

One of my students was Siemens semi finalist in 2009.

Research Assistant, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China 2005 2008

Prepared polyurethane microcapsules with synthesized photo sensitive monomers to encapsulate dyes.

Developed a cost effective film by coating microcapsule emulsion onto printing paper. Images were easily recorded into the

film by UV irradiation and developed by thermal treatment.

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Affiliations

Sigma Xi 2013

present

Member of the North American Membrane Society (NAMS) 2012

present

Member of the New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS) 2012

present

Member of American Chemical Society (ACS) 2011

present

Publications (8)

1. Xiao Wang, Dufei

Fang, Benjamin Hsiao* and Benjamin Chu*. Nano Filtration membranes based on thin film nano composites. Journal

of Membrane Science, to be submitted.

2. Xiao Wang, Benjamin Hsiao* and Benjamin Chu*. Nanofiltration membranes prepared by interfacial

polymerization on thin film nanofibrous composite scaffold. Polymer, submitted.

3. Ran Wang, Sihui Guan, Anna Sato, Xiao Wang, Zhe Wang, Rui Yang, Benjamin S. Hsiao* and Benjamin Chu*.

Nanofibrous microfiltration membrane capable of removing bacteria, virus and heavy metal ions. Journal of membrane

science, 446 (2013), 376 382.

4. Tsung Ming Yeh, Liu

Yang, Xiao Wang, Devinder Mahajan, Benjamin S. Hsiao and Benjamin Chu. Polymeric nanofibrous composite

membranes for energy efficient ethanol dehydration. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 4 (2012), 041406

041415.

5. Hongyang Ma, Kyunghwan Yoon, Lixia Rong, Mina Shokralla, Andrey Kopot, Xiao Wang, Dufei Fang, Benjamin S.

Hsiao* and Benjamin Chu*. Thin Film nanofibrous composite ultrafiltration membranes based on polyvinyl alcohol

barrier layer containing directional water channels, Industry and Engineering Chemistry Research, 49 (2010), 11978

11984.

6. Lewis Yung, Hongyang Ma, Xiao Wang, Kyunghwan Yoon, Ran Wang, Benjamin S. Hsiao* and Benjamin Chu*.

Fabrication of thin film nanofibrous composite membranes by interfacial polymerization using ionic liquids as

additives. Journal of Membrane Science, 365 (2010), 52 58.

7. Gangqiang Li, Jinbao Guo, Xiao Wang and Jie Wei*. Microencapsulation of a functional dye and its UV

crosslinking controlled releasing behavior. Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry, 47 (2009) 3630

3639.

8. Xiao Wang, Gangqiang Li and Jie Wei*. A novel method to control microcapsule release behavior via photo cross

link acrylic polyurea and polyurethane shells. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 113 (2009), 1008 1016.

Presentations (3)

1. Nano Filtration Membranes based on Thin Film Nanofibrous Composites, poster presentation in Advances

in Materials and Processes for Polymeric Membrane Mediated Water Purification (February 24 27, 2013,

Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, CA).

2. Preparation of Thin film Nanofibrous Composite (TFNC) Nanofiltration (NF) Membranes by Reversed

Interfacial (RIP) Polymerization Technique for Water Purification, poster presentation in Gordon Research

Seminar on Membranes: Materials & Processes (July 28 29, 2012, Colby Sawyer College, New London, NH).

3. Trade Off between Rejection and Flux for Thin Film Nano Composite (TFNC) Nano Filtration (NF) Membrane,

poster presentation in Fall 2012 Philadelphia ACS National Meeting (August 19 23, 2012, Philadelphia, PA).

Patents (1)

1. Jie Wei, Gangqiang Li, Xiao Wang, Weiwen Guan. Photosensitive micro capsule and preparing method thereof.

Chinese Patent Publication NO. 101408722.

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