Xuezhong He
Professor, Deputy Head of Chemical Engineering Program
Office: R818, North Campus
Xuezhong He received both his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Zhengzhou University and his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2011. After that, He continuously worked as a postdoctoral research fellow and Researcher in the Department of Chemical Engineering of NTNU (2011-2016) and focused on membranes for CO2-related separations based on experimental and process simulation. Before joining GTIIT, he was a Principal Investigator at NTNU (2017-2020) leading a large project on carbon membranes for CO2 removal from high-pressure natural gas.
Prof. Xuezhong He’s primary research interest is separation technology, particularly membranes for gas separations, such as membranes for post-combustion carbon capture, biogas upgrading, natural gas sweetening, and hydrogen purification as well as biomass-to-bioenergy. He has a solid background and knowledge in both material development (e.g., polymeric, facilitated transport, nanocomposite, and carbon membranes) and multi-scale simulations (molecular simulation, neural network, process simulation) for studying molecular design, thermodynamic properties prediction, and techno-economic feasibility analysis.
Prof. He has published >100 papers in leading journals (e.g., Nat. Commun., Sci. Adv., AIChE J., Adv. Sci., J. Membr. Sci.), one book, 12 book chapters, and five patents, with a total citation of >6800 times and an h-index of 43(Google Scholar). He serves on the Editorial Board of Separation and Purification Technology and Carbon Capture Science & Technology. He is the Recipient of International Excellent Young Scientists from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the High-End Foreign Experts Program. Has led or participated in 15 research projects, including those funded by NSFC, MOST, Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, Shenzhen Science and Technology Innovation Commission, the Research Council of Norway (RCN), and the European Union’s Sixth Framework Programme (FP6). Prof. He has also established close collaborations with industry partners, including Equinor, Energias de Portugal (EDP), NORCEM Cement, Air Products, China International Marine Containers (Group) Co., Ltd. (CIMC).
- Carbon Hollow Fiber Membranes
- Polymeric Membranes
- Mixed Matrix Membranes
- Membranes for CO2 Capture
- Biogas Upgrading
- Natural Gas Sweetening
- Hydrogen Purification
- Olefin/Paraffin Separation
- Helium Recovery
- MF, UF, NF, RO, FO, MD Processes
- Process Simulations
- Molecular Design
1. Zhihong Lin, Kaifang Wang, Ziyi Yuan, Jiali Tang, Xiaozhen Liu, Liu Chen, Lu Shao, Xuezhong He*, Thermal Cyclotrimerization Bridges Polymer-Filler Interfaces for High-Performance CO2 Separation Membranes, Advanced Science, 2026, 13(26), e20880 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202520880
2. Yang Li, Zhuonan Chen, Hongwei Yuan, Liu Chen, Dario R. Dekel, Xuezhong He*, COF-JLU2 and ionic liquid incorporated PVAm membranes for enhanced CO2 separation with high selectivity under humid conditions, Journal of Membrane Science, 2026, 756,125748, DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2026.125748.
3. Kaifang Wang, Zhongtai Zhu, Yuqi Liu, Weiran Zheng, Ziyi Yuan, Zhihong Lin, Raphael Semiat, Lu Shao, Xuezhong He*, Adsorption-enhanced Carbon Membranes Derived from Copolyimide for Ultrafast Sub-angstrom Discriminating CO2 Separation, Science Advances, 2025, 11(48), eadv8650. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adv8650
4. L. Lei, F. Pan, A. Lindbråthen, X. Zhang, M. Hillestad, Y. Nie, L. Bai, X. He*, M.D. Guiver*. Carbon hollow fiber membranes for a molecular sieve with precise-cutoff ultramicropores for superior hydrogen separation, Nature Communications, 2021,12, 268, DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-20628-9
5. Xuezhong He*, Polyvinylamine based Facilitated Transport Membranes for Post-combustion CO2 Capture: Challenges and Perspectives from Materials to Processes, Engineering, 2021, 7: 124-131 DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2020.11.001