Research Interests

• Water and wastewater treatment
• Membrane filtration technologies
• Environmental applications of nanotechnologies
• Synchrotron-based environmental analysis
• Planning and optimization of environmental systems

Awards and Honors

• STARs Award, University of Texas at Arlington, USA (2023)
• Postdoctoral Scholarships, Quebec Merit Scholarship Programs for Foreign Nationals, The Fonds de recherche du Québec, Canada (2022)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, International Society of Environmental Information Sciences (2021)
• PhD Award, Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, University of Regina, Canada (2020)
• Saskatchewan Innovation and Excellence Graduate Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Regina, Canada (2019)
• Best Student Paper Award, Canadian Society for Civil Engineering Conference in Vancouver, Canada (2017)
• CLS Graduate and Post-Doctoral Student Travel Award, Canadian Light Source (CLS) (2017)

Editorships

• Guest Editor, Special Issue "Frontiers in Water Pollution, Control and Treatment", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, (MPDI; Impact Factor = 3.390), ISSN 1660-4601, 2021-2023
• Publishing Director, Journal of Environmental Informatics Letters, (International Society for Environmental Information Sciences), ISSN: 2663-6859, 2019-2022
• Chief-Editor Assistant, Journal of Environmental Informatics, (International Society of Environmental Information Sciences; Impact Factor = 10.22), ISSN: 1726-2135, 2020-2022

Projects

• Choi, H. (PI), Chen, X. (CoPI), Prabakar, S. (CoPI), Contract, "Measurement of the Rheological and Thermal Properties of the CRWS Sludge during the Hydrothermal Process", The Trinity River Authority of Texas, Local, $129,570.00, Funded. (sub: September 2023, start: January 2024, end: December 2025).
• Mistur, E. (PI), Reyes-Sanchez, A. (PI), Kim, U.-J. (CoPI), Hummel, M. (CoPI), Chen, X. (CoPI), Grant, "Participatory Government and Environmental Justice in Informal Neighborhoods", University of Texas at Arlington, The University of Texas at Arlington, $20,000.00, Funded. (sub: April 20, 2023, start: August 2023, end: August 2025).