Education and Work Experience

2016.11-CurrentAssociate Professor, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University (NJTECH), Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

2014.12-2016.11Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)

2010.09-2014.10PhD student,School of Chemical Engineering,

The University of Queensland (UQ), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

2007.09-2010.03Master,School of Chemical Engineering,

EastChina University of Science and Technology (ECUST), Shanghai, China

2007.09-2010.03 Undergraduate,School of Chemical Engineering,

Hebei University of Technology (HEBUT), Tianjin, China

Research Interests

Dr.Xuechao Gao’s research mainly includes the application of membraneprocess,adsorption and diffusion, fluidtransport in nanopores, and process simulation and design.

Academic achievements

Dr. Xuechao Gao has secured several grants, including three grants of National Natural Science Foundation of China (22178166, 21878147, 51502311), an award ofDoctorial Programs for Innovation and Entrepreneurship of Jiangsu Province,a grant of China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2015M571909), a grant of Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo (2015A610087). Up to date, he has authored nearly 50 articles in well-known peer-reviewed articles, including Journal of Membrane Science, Chemical Engineering Science, Separation and Purification Technology, ACS Applied Material Interfaces, Journal of Molecular Liquid, Journal of Advanced Ceramics, Chemical Engineering Research and Design, Physica A et al. In addition, he has applied three Chinese patents, and edited one academic book —Transport of Fluids in Nanoporous Materials. He severed as a guest editor in SCI journals — Processes and Molecules, as well as a regular reviewer for several SCI indexed journals.

Selected Publications

[1]Wang J., Zhang J., Zhou H.,*Gao X., *Gu X. A coupling process of distillation with vapor permeation and adsorption for production of fuel ethanol: A comparative analysis, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2022, 61, 1167-1178.

[2]Gao X., Li Z., Chen C., Da C., *Liu L., *Tian S., Ji G. The determination of the pore shape and interfacial barrier of entry for light gases transport in amorphous TEOS-derived silica: A finite element method, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2021, 13, 4804-4812.

[3]#Gao X., #Gao B., Liu H., Zhang C., Zhang Y., Jiang J., *Gu X., Fabrication of stainless steel hollow fiber supported NaA zeolite membrane by self-assembly of submicron seeds, Sep. Purif. Technol., 2020, 234, 116121.

[4]#Gao X., #Wang S., Wang J., Xu S., *Gu X. The study on the coupled process of column distillation and vapour permeation by NaA zeolite membrane for ethanol dehydration, Chem. Eng. Res. Des., 2019, 150, 246-253.

[5]Gao X., Ji G., Wang J., Peng L., *Gu X., *Chen L. Critical pore dimensions for gases in a BTESE-derived organic-inorganic hybrid silica: A theoretical analysis, Sep. Purif. Technol., 2018, 191, 27-37.

[6]Gao X., Ji G., Peng L., *Gu X., *Chen L., Pore neck resistance to light gases in a microporous BTESE-derived silica: A comparison of membrane and powder, J. Membr. Sci., 2017, 531, 36-46.

[7]Peng T., *Li Q., Chen J.,*Gao X., Quantitative analysis of surface tension of liquid nano-film with thickness: Two stage stability mechanism, molecular dynamics and thermodynamics approach, Physica A, 2016, 462, 1018-1028.

[8]Gao X., Diniz da Costa J.C., *Bhatia S.K. Understanding the diffusional tortuosity of porous materials: An effective medium theory perspective, Chem. Eng. Sci., 2014, 110, 55–71.

[9]Gao X., Diniz da Costa J.C., *Bhatia S.K. The transport of gases in a supported mesoporous silica membrane, J. Membr. Sci., 2013, 438, 90-104.

[10]Gao X., Bonilla M.R., Diniz da Costa J.C., *Bhatia S.K. The transport of gases in macroporous α-alumina supports, J. Membr. Sci., 2012, 409-410, 24-33.

[11]Gao X., *Zeng Z., Xue W., Zhang J. Surface equation of state for pulmonary surfactant monolayers at air–water interface: Protein–lipid binary mixture monolayers, Can. J. Chem. Eng., 2010, 88, 1107-1113.