Overview
I am interested in advancing aqueous separation
processes to address critical challenges of sustainability at the
water-energy-food nexus. My research group develops new processes, theories,
and materials to enable more efficient and capable aqueous separations for
water treatment, desalination, brine management, and resource recovery and
extraction.
Awards
-Chancellor Faculty Fellow, Vanderbilt University, 2023
-Invited Speaker, Blavatnik U.S.-Israel Scientific Forum, National Academy of Sciences, 2023
-Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring Award, Vanderbilt University, 2023
-Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers, 2023
-Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate, 2022
-Paul L. Busch Award, Water Research Foundation, 2020
-CAPEES Young Investigator Award, 2020
-ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award,2016
-ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award, 2016
-VINSE High Impact Paper Awards, 2019, 2020, 2021
Selected Publications
Electrodialytic crystallization to enable zero liquid discharge. Zhang X, Yao Y, Horseman T, Wang R, Yin Y, Zhang S, Tong T, Lin S, Nature Water, 1, 547-554, (2023) View Abstract
Multi-pass Nanofiltration for Lithium Separation with High Selectivity and Recovery. Wang R, Alghanayem R, Lin S, Environmental Science and Technology, 57, 14464–14471, (2023) View Abstract
Performance metrics for nanofiltration-based selective separation for resource extraction and recovery. Wang R, He R, Elimelech M, Lin S, Nature Water, 1, 291-300, (2023) View Abstract
Polyamide Nanofiltration Membrane with Highly Uniform Sub-nanometre Pores for Sub-1Å Precision Separation. Liang Y, Zhu Y, Liu C, Lee KR, Hung WR, Wang Z, Li Y, Elimelech,M, Jin J, Lin S , Nature Communications, 11, 2015, (2020) View Abstract
Energy Efficiency of Desalination: Fundamental Insights from Intuitive Interpretation . Lin S, Environmental Science and Technology, 54, 76, (2019) View Abstract
Education
Ph.D., Duke UniversityM.S., Duke University
B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology