Ni Yan

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Alumni

Ni is currently affiliated with The Dow Chemical Company located in Freeport, Texas.

Research interests while at UT Austin: Development of energy-efficient methods to provide adequate access to clean water for a variety of applications by using Reverse Osmosis membranes
Investigating fundamental water and salt transport properties in a variety of polymers to develop structure-property relationships to assist in designing and optimizing next generation polymer membranes for water/ion separations; Understanding how polymer structures can be optimized to simultaneously increase water permeability while maintaining or decreasing salt permeability.

Education:

  • Ph.D. (2017): The University of Texas at Austin (Chemical Engineering) - Advisor Benny D. Freeman
  • B.S.: Beijing University of Chemical Technology (Polymer Science and Engineering)