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Principal Investigator

Hanchao Zhang

Orcid：https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4939-3223

Dr. Zhang is the PolyU Academy for Interdisciplinary Research (PAIR) Young Fellow Research Assistant Professor in the School of Fashion and Textiles of PolyU, the Editor of Journal of Materials Science, and the Co-founder of CircuTex Limited. His interdisciplinary research fields include environmental remediation, resource (textile/plastic/dye/ions) recycling, next-generation fiber/dye design, and car-bon capture. He obtained his Ph.D degree from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2021 and has been working at the PolyU until now. He is the early advisory board of the Environmental Science & Technology and obtained the super reviewer award in 2023.

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Email: hanchao.zhang@polyu.edu.hk

Postdoctoral Fellow

Zhaozhi Wang

zhaozhi1016@163.com

Degradable polymer, Intelligent molecule design, Fiber material‌s

Qiang Yang

zhouyy.yang@polyu.edu.hk

Single-atom Catalysis; Electro-Catalysis; Waste Resource Utilisation

Wentao Zhang

wentaozhangnju@163.com

Computational materials science, Machine learning, Energy and environmental catalysis

Kayee CHAN

kayee2.chan@polyu.edu.hk

Polymer recycling, Functional materials, Waste valorization

Ph.D. Student

Yudong Wu

24153175r@connect.polyu.hk

Dye recycle, Plastic recycle

Luobiao Hong

luobiao.hong@connect.polyu.hk

electro-catalysis, carbon materials synthesis, carbon fiber

Jiayu Tong

jtongah@connect.ust.hk

Separation and Surface Engineering; Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs) for Environmental Remediation; Advanced Functional Materials

Dongxian Wen

Dongxian.Wen@outlook.com
cellulose synthesis

Yang Cao

25144768r@connect.polyu.hk

textile recycling, spinning technology

Research Assistant

Yiyi Shen

yiyi.shen11@outlook.com

Former Group Member

Meng Jie

(Research Assistant 2024.09-2025.08, Current Position: PhD student at HKUST)