Dr xiaolei Fan

Biography

 Xiaolei received his bachelor's degree (BEng) in Environmental Engineering from Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, China in 2003. In 2006, he obtained the master’s degree (MRes) in Chemical Engineering from East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). At EUST, he focused on investigating the coal gasification kinetics and developing kinetic models for designing coal gasification reactors.

Research Interest

 I am an interdisciplinary chemical engineer with general research interests in catalysis, porous materials, chemical reaction engineering and structured reactors/catalysts. Current research projects in my group include (i) framework materials (e.g. metal-organic frameworks, MOFs, zeolites) for gas seperation and catalysis, (ii) hierarchical catalytic structures based on open-cell SiC foams for catalysis, (iii) non-thermal activation of catalytic system using microwave and plasma, and (iv) numerial study of multiphase phenomena in porous media.