HAN Le, PhD
Professor
Office: 118 at Environment Hall
Email: lehan@cqu.edu.cn
Education
● 2012 – 2015: PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Toulouse, France.
● 2009 – 2012: M.S. in Municipal Engineering, Chongqing University, China.
● 2005 – 2009: B.E. in Water Supply And Drainage, Shandong Jianzhu University, China.
Professional & Research experience
● 2018 – Present: Tenure-tracked Assistant Prof., Chongqing University
● 2016 – 2018: Post-doctoral, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
● 2016 – 2016: Post-doctoral, University of Toulouse, France
Research Description
(i) Research area:
● Membrane process; Environmental Engineering; Water treatment; Resource recovery
(ii) Conference:
● ICOM “12th International Congress On Membrane and Membrane Processes”, 7-11 December 2020, online, (Keynote, Oral presentation).
● “The 6th National Membrane Technology Young Scientists Summit”, Shenzhen, China, 27-29, November, 2020 (Oral presentation).
● “The 4th National Conference On Water Treatment and Reuse of China”, Xi’an, China, 1-2 August, 2020 (Oral presentation).
● “The 10th China Congress On membranes and Membrane processes, CCOM2019”, Beijing, China, 26-29 October, 2019 (Chair).
● IWA “9th Membrane Technology Conference and Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse”, 23-27 June, 2019, Toulouse, France (Oral presentation).
● AMS “11th Aseanian Membrane Society”, 3-6 July, 2018, Brisbane, Australia (Oral presentation).
● IWA Specialist Conference NRR-LWWTP “Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery: Research, Planning, Design and operation”, 7-10 November, 2017, Chongqing, China (Oral presentation).
● ICOM “11th International congress on membrane and membrane processes”, 29 July-4 August 2017, San Francisco, US. (Poster presentation).
● 5th IWA-RMTC “Regional Conference on Membrane Technology”, 22-24 August 2016, Kunming, China (Oral presentation).
● “Desalination for the Environment: Clean Water and Energy”, 22-26 May 2016, Rome, Italy (Oral presentation).
● “Euromembrane”, 6-10 September, 2015 Aachen, Germany (Oral presentation).
● ICOM “10th International congress on membrane and membrane processes”, 21-25 July 2014, Suzhou, China (Oral presentation).
(iii) Peer Reviewer for Journals:
● Journal of Membrane Science, Desalination, Water Research, Environment Science and Technology, Separation and Purification Technology, Journal of Cleaner Production.
(iiii) Academic organization:
● Desalination and Water Reuse Branch of Chinese Ocean Society, Committee member.
● Hydrophobic Membrane Branch of China Membrane Industry Association, Committee member.
● Youth Committee of China Water Association, Committee member.
● International Water Association, Association member.
● European Membrane Association, Association member.
● Aseanian Membrane Association, Association member.
Publications
(i) Journal papers:
● Le Han, Sylvain Galier, Hélène Roux-de Balmann, Ionic hydration and electro-osmosis during desalination of mixed salt by electrodialysis, Desalination, 2015, 373:38-46
● Le Han, Sylvain Galier, Hélène Roux-de Balmann, Transfer of neutral organic solutes during desalination electrodialysis, Journal of Membrane Science, 2016, 511:207-218
● Le Han, Sylvain Galier, Hélène Roux-de Balmann, A phenomenological model to evaluate the electrodialysis performance during the desalination of saline water containing organic solute, Desalination, 2017, 422:17–24
● Le Han, Yong Zen Tan, Tanmay Netke, Anthony G. Fane, Jia Wei Chew, Understanding oily wastewater treatment via membrane distillation, Journal of Membrane Science, 2017, 539: 284–294
● Le Han, Tong Xiao, Yong Zen Tan, Anthony G. Fane, Jia Wei Chew, Contaminant rejection in surface water by membrane distillation with the presence of humic acid, Journal of Membrane Science, 2017, 541:291–299
● Tongxin Ren1, Le Han1, Rui Liu, Chunyan Ma, Xingyu Chen,Siyu Zhao, Yang Zhang, Influence of inorganic salt on retention of ibuprofen by nanofiltration, Separation and purification Technology, 2017, 189: 382–388. 1:First co-author
● Yong Zen Tan, Le Han, Wai Hoong Chow, Anthony G. Fane, Jia Wei Chew, Influence of module orientation and geometry in the membrane distillation of oily seawater, Desalination, 2017, 423: 111–123
● Le Han, Yue Liu, Jia Wei Chew, Boron transfer during desalination by electrodialysis, Journal of Membrane Science, 2018, 547: 64-72
● Sadiye Velioglu, Le Han, Anthony G. Fane, Jia Wei Chew, Understanding of complex interactions at the produced water / PVDF membrane interface via molecular dynamics simulations, Journal of Membrane Science, 2018, 551:76-84
● Yong Zen Tan, Sadiye Velioglu, Le Han, Benson Dannie Joseph, Lekshmi Gopalakrishnan Unnithan, Jia Wei Chew, Effect of surfactant hydrophobicity and charge type on membrane distillation performance, Journal of Membrane Science, 2019, 117168
● Le Han, Yong Zen Tan, Chen Xu, Tong Xiao, Thien An Trinh, Jia Wei Chew, Zwitterionic grafting of sulfobetaine methacrylate (SBMA) on hydrophobic PVDF membranes for enhanced anti-fouling and anti-wetting in the membrane distillation of oil emulsions, Journal of Membrane Science, 2019, 117196
● Minyuan Han, Ting Dong, Deyin Hou, Jingmei Yao, Le Han*, Carbon nanotube based Janus composite membrane of oil fouling resistance for direct contact membrane distillation, Journal of Membrane Science, 2020, 118078
● Cong Chen, Ting Dong, Minyuan Han, Jingmei Yao, Le Han*, Ammonium recovery from wastewater by Donnan Dialysis: A feasibility study, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020, 265, 121838
● Ting Dong, Minyuan Han, Jingmei Yao, Le Han*, On the permselectivity of di- and mono-valent cations: Influence of applied current density and ionic species concentration, Desalination, 2020, 114521
● Yuting Wang, Minyuan Han, Lang Liu, Jingmei Yao, Le Han*, Beneficial CNT Intermediate Layer for Membrane Fluorination toward Robust Superhydrophobicity and Wetting Resistance in Membrane Distillation, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020, 18, 20942-20954
● Le Han*, Ju Tian, Chang Liu, Jiuyang Lin, Jia Wei Chew, Influence of pH and NaCl concentration on boron rejection during nanofiltration, Separation and purification Technology, 2021, 118248
● Wenyu Xiang, Minyuan Han, Ting Dong. Jingmei Yao, Le Han*, Fouling dynamics of anion polyacrylamide on anion exchange membrane in electrodialysis, Desalination, 2021, 115036
● Cong Chen, Minyuan Han, Jingmei Yao, Yue Zhi, Yuanyuan Liu, Changyong Zhang, Le Han*, Donnan Dialysis-Osmotic Distillation (DD-OD) Hybrid Process for Selective Ammonium Recovery Driven by Waste Alkali. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(10).
● Han, M., Wang, Y., Yao, J., Liu, C., Chew, J.W., Wang, Y., Dong, Y. and Han, L. (2021) Electrically conductive hydrophobic membrane cathode for membrane distillation with super anti-oil-fouling capability: Performance and mechanism. Desalination 516, 115199.
(ii) Book Chapters:
● Le Han*, Aging and Degradation of Ion-Exchange Membranes. In Membrane Technology Enhancement for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Industrial Growth, Zhang, Z.; Zhang, W.; Chehimi, M. M., Eds. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2021; pp 27-38.
● Le Han*, Current Strategies for the Design of Anti-fouling Ion-Exchange Membranes. In Membrane Technology Enhancement for Environmental Protection and Sustainable Industrial Growth, Zhang, Z.; Zhang, W.; Chehimi, M. M., Eds. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2021; pp 13-25.
Projects, Patents, and Awards
(i) Research grants:
● Understanding Membrane Fouling Resistance in Micro-Electric Field-Assisted Membrane Distillation Process (National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project; 2020-2023)
● Disposal and Recycling Of Flow Back Waste Liquid From Shale Gas Exploitation Based On Electrodialysis (Entrepreneurship and innovation support program for Returned Overseas Students - key projects; 2018-2020)
● The Influence Of Ionic species Concentration and Membrane Charge Density On Counter-ion Permselectivity (Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; Main research; 2018-2020)
● Public Building Water Supply System Performance Evaluation Methods and Benchmark Index System Under Different Water Supply Modes (National Key Research and Development Plan; Participation; 2018-2021)
● Development of versatile, optimized membrane cascades for the continuous purification of nanoparticulate active pharmaceutical ingredient (NP-API) (Singapore Economic Development Board; Participation; 2017-2020)
● The mechanism research and response of membrane pollution caused by oil-water separation in food processing (Research project of Singapore Ministry of Education; Participation; 2015-2018)
● Innovative methods of amphoteric materials to increase membrane flux in membrane distillation process (Research project of Singapore Ministry of Education; Participation; 2015-2018)
● Changes in the physicochemical conditions of membrane materials and the mass transfer of organics under the influence of salt (French National Research Center; Participation; 2008-2012)
● Research and demonstration of collaborative treatment technology for urban sewage and landfill leachate in the three gorges reservoir area (National water pollution control and governance of science and technology major special; 2008-2013)
(ii) Patents:
● An ammonia nitrogen wastewater treatment system and treatment method based on the coupling of Daonan dialysis and osmotic distillation (202010786921.0), 2020.
● A micro-electric field assisted direct contact membrane distillation device and sewage treatment method (202010066054.3), 2020.
● A membrane material for membrane distillation and its preparation method (201910900629.4), 2019.
● A device and method for sensitively detecting membrane permeation pressure during membrane distillation (201811543492.3), 2018.
● A method for measuring the biodegradation rate of pollutants in urban rivers (201910098573.5), 2019.
● Experimental system and method of high-pressure flat RO membrane tangential filtration (201210038165.9), 2012.
