Welcome to Prof. Sheng ZHOU's Research Group

The Membrane Engineering for Energy & Environment research group, headed by Prof. Sheng ZHOU, is mainly focusing on the development of new strategies to design and synthesize new membranes for different applications such as gas separation, ion sieving, and energy havesting.

Highlighted Research Projects

Electrifying membrane synthesis

Merged-matrix membranes

Shape-mismatch induced separation

Separation of hydrocarbon mixtures

Continuous carbon capture

Fine-tuning of porous materials

Recent News

July 2026 | Publication

Shizheng's paper has been published in Nature!

Check it out: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10655-9.

News: MOF膜新突破！港科大（广州）周胜团队科研成果见刊Nature.

News: 科普专栏 | 把空气当豆浆滤，这事儿我们研究了上百年.

News: 科学网 | MOF膜新突破：一次试剂误拿如何推开气体分离产业化之门.
July 2026 | Publication

Shuo's paper has been published in Angewandte Chemie!

Check it out: http://doi.org/10.1002/anie.1631134.
July 2026 | Publication

Jiaxin's paper has been published in Journal of Membrane Science!

Check it out: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.memsci.2026.125897.
Dec 2025 | Publication

Zhihao's has been published in Angewandte Chemie!

Check it out: http://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202525064.
Always Open | Opportunities

We are looking for postdocs/graduate students!

Interested in separations, membrane technologies, thin films, porous materials, etc. For inquiries, please contact shengzhou@hkust-gz.edu.cn
Jan 2024 | New members

Welcome our new Ph.D student, Ms. Shuo Liu!
Oct 2023 | New members

Welcome our new Ph.D student, Mr. Shizheng Song!