Zhiwei Fang
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Dr. Zhiwei Fang received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Science and Technology of China and his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Rice University working with Professor Haotian Wang. His research focuses on electrochemical engineering for sustainable energy and resource recovery, including carbon capture, lithium extraction, battery recycling, and critical mineral recovery. By combining materials science, electrochemistry, and reactor design, he develops scalable technologies for decarbonization and circular manufacturing of energy materials.
Research Areas
Electrochemical processes for energy materials recovery and chemical manufacturing, Carbon capture, separation, and utilization technologies, Reactor and process design for scalable chemical systems, Analytical chemistry and reaction monitoring (chromatography, spectroscopy, electrochemistry)
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
B.S., Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China
Honors & Awards
2021 MRS Virtual Spring Meeting Graduate Student Awards, Silver
2021 Professional Development Award, University of Texas at Austin
2020 Warren A. and Alice L. Meyer Endowed Scholarship
2019 UT Graduate School (UTGS) Continuing Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2016-2020 UT Graduate School (UTGS) Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin
2015 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship Gold Prize (top 3%)
