Energy and Environmental Membrane Research Lab develops advanced membrane materials based on nanoporous materials and polymers. Our research focuses on next-generation membrane technologies applicable to key separation processes in energy and environmental systems, including gas separation, water treatment, and ion separation.
B,S., Sungkyunkwan University, Chemical Engineering, 2014
M,S., Sungkyunkwan University, Chemical Engineering, 2015
Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Chemical Engineering, 201
Young Researcher Award, The Membrane Society of Korea, 2023
W. Song et al., MOF water harvester produces water from Death Valley desert air in ambient sunlight. Nat. Water 2023 1(7), 626-634
W. Song et al., Scalable pillar[5]arene-integrated poly(arylate-amide) molecular sieve membranes to separate light gases. Chem. Mater. 2022 34(14), 6559-6567.
A. Roy, J. Shen, H. Joshi, W. Song et al., Foldamer-based ultrapermeable and highly selective artificial water channels that exclude protons. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2021 16, 911-917
Y.-M. Tu†, W. Song† et al., Rapid fabrication of precise high-throughput filters from membrane protein nanosheets. Nat. Mater. 2020 19, 347-354. (†Equal contribution)
W. Song et al., Artificial water channels enable fast and selective water permeation through water-wire networks. Nat. Nanotechnol. 2020 15, 73-79.