Dr David Wang is an academic leading the Membrane Material Separation Science
Laboratory in the School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at The
University of Sydney. His research is funded by Australian Research Council through
the Discovery Program and International Partnership grants with Germany, Taiwan,
Malaysia, Indonesia and India aiming to offer material solutions for energy-efficient
separation through low-pressure membrane separation systems, as well as for water
purification of complex mixtures using integrated oxidation-membrane processes. He
has 87 research publications (21 first-, 18 corresponding author), an h-index 30 and
total citation of 2870 (GoogleScholar).

Significantly, Dr Wang contributed to the membrane material advancement for gas
separation applications by discovering a new type of membrane with extremely high
gas selectivities for CO2/N2 and H2/N2. He also led in the development of rapid
thermal processing (RTP) technique for supported tubular membranes and hollow
fibers with scaling up capability and 95% fabrication time reduction. RTP has
unlocked the potential in Fenton-based, catalytic membrane reactors for water
treatment applications.

He was a recipient of ARC Discovery Early Career Research Award (2015),
American Australian Association Chevron Fellowship (2016), and served on the
Board Director of the Membrane Society of Australasia (2017-2022).