PEKING UNIVERSITY
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
PEKING UNIVERSITY
College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering
The Fan Lab at Peking University develops separation technologies — turning seawater, brines, and waste streams into clean water and critical resources through multiphysics and artificial intelligence.
We design selective separation processes — and deploy AI to navigate them — to recover clean water and valuable resources from seawater, brines, and industrial waste streams.
Designing high-performance membranes and processes for selective separation — grounded in how water, salts, and target species move through the membrane.
High-recovery, energy-efficient processes that push brines toward zero liquid discharge, closing the loop on industrial and municipal water.
Selective membranes that mine lithium and other critical metals from brines and waste streams — securing supply for the energy transition.
AI that designs and optimizes separation processes, grounded in physical laws.
The lab is being built now — join us if you're interested in separation, resource recovery, and AI for science.
Prof. Hanqing Fan earned his B.S. from Peking University, an M.S. from Stanford, and a Ph.D. from Columbia, followed by postdoctoral research at Yale and Rice. He joined Peking University in 2026 as a Boya Assistant Professor in the College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering.
We're recruiting at every level. Backgrounds in environmental engineering, materials, chemistry, chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, or computer science are all welcome.
