Jiahui SHAO

Full Professor

Email：jhshao@sjtu.edu.cn
Office：Room 519 Green Environmental Building

Research Interests

Biography

Dr. Jiahui Shao is a tenured Full Professor in School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). She received her B.S. and M.S. from East China University of Science and Technology, and Ph.D. from Clarkson University. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Delaware and the Pennsylvania State University. She joined SJTU in 2004 and was a visiting research professor at National University of Singapore from 2015.8 to 2015.11. Dr. Shao’s research interests include membrane and membrane technology, advanced water treatment and resources utilization technologies. As a PI and co-PI, Dr. Shao has been in charge of projects supported by National Science Foundation of China, National Key R&D Program of China, Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment, the National Research Foundation of Singapore and other funding agencies. She has published more than 120 peer-reviewed papers and one book, and has been authorized 13 Chinese patents.

Selected Publications

1.       C. Wang, Z. Ma, Y. Qiu, C. Wang, L.-F. Ren*, J. Shen, J. Shao*, Patterned dense Janus membranes with simultaneously robust fouling, wetting and scaling resistance for membrane distillation, Water Research, 242: 120308, 2023.

2.       Y. Qiu, S. Wu, L. Xia, L.-F. Ren, J. Shao*, J. Shen*, Z. Yang, C.Y. Tang C. Wu, Bart Van der Bruggen, Y. Zhao*, Ionic resource recovery for carbon neutral papermaking wastewater reclamation by a chemical self-sufficiency zero liquid discharge system, Water Research, 229: 119451, 2023.

3.       L.-F. Ren, J. Li, Y. Xu, J. Shao*, Y. He, Novel sandwich-like membrane with hydrophilic-omniphobic-hydrophilic structure for sustainable water recovery in membrane distillation, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 188: 106646, 2023.

4.       Y. Qiu, S. Depuydt, L.-F. Ren, C. Zhong, C. Wu, J. Shao*, L. Xia*, Y. Zhao*, Bart Van der Bruggen, Progress of ultrafiltration-based technology in ion removal and recovery: enhanced membranes and integrated, ACS ES&T Water, 3: 1702-1719, 2023.

5.       C. Wang, L.-F. Ren, D. Ying, J. Jia, J. Shao*, Enhancing the total salt adsorption capacity and monovalent ion selectivity in capacitive deionization using a dual-layer membrane coating electrode, accept, ACS ES&T Water, 3: 185-194, 2023.

6.       Z. Ma, L.-F. Ren, D. Ying, J. Jia, J. Shao*, Dual-layer Janus charged nanofiltration membranes constructed by sequential electrospray polymerization for efficient water softening, Chemosphere, 310: 136929, 2023.

7.       Y. Qiu, L.-F. Ren, L. Xia, C. Zhong, J. Shao*, Y. Zhao*, Bart Van der Bruggen, Recovery of fluoride-rich and silica-rich wastewaters as valuable resources: an ionic capture ultrafiltration-bipolar membrane electrodialysis based closed-loop process, Environmental Science and Technology, 56, 22, 16221-16229, 2022.

8.       C. Wang, L.-F. Ren, D. Ying, J. Jia, J. Shao*, Enhancing performance of capacitive deionization under high voltage by suppressing anode oxidation using a novel membrane coating electrode, Journal of Membrane Science, 652: 120506, 2022.

9.       J. Li, L.-F. Ren, J. M. Huang, J. Yang, J. Shao*, Y. He, Facile preparation of omniphobic PDTS-ZnO-PVDF membrane with excellent anti-wetting property in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD), Journal of Membrane Science, 650:120404, 2022.

10.    Y. Tu, L.-F. Ren, Y. Lin, J. Shao*, Y. He, Restricted fiber contraction during amidoximation process for reinforced-concrete structured nanofiber sphere with superior Sb(V) adsorption capacity, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 426: 127835, 2022.

11.    L.-F. Ren, S. Zhang, Z. Ma, D. Ying, J. Jia, J. Shao*, Y. He, Antibiotics separation from saline wastewater by nanofiltration membrane based on tannic acid-ferric ions coordination complexes, Desalination, 541: 116034, 2022.

12.    Z. Ma, L.-F. Ren, D. Ying, J. Jia, J. Shao*, Sustainable electrospray polymerization fabrication of thin-film composite polyamide nanofiltration membranes for heavy metal removal, Desalination, 539: 115952, 2022.

13.    L.-F. Ren, K. Chen, X. Zhang, Y. Xu, L. Chen, J. Shao*, Y. He, Effect of aniline and antimony on anaerobic-anoxic-oxic system with novel amidoxime-modified polyacrylonitrile adsorbent for wastewater treatment, Bioresource Technology, 351: 127082, 2022.

14.    Y. Qiu, L.-F. Ren, J. Shao*, L. Xia, Y, Zhao, An integrated separation technology for high fluoride-containing wastewater treatment: Fluoride removal, membrane fouling behavior and control, Journal of Cleaner Production, 349: 131225, 2022.

15.    Y. Qiu, L.-F. Ren, L. Xia, J. Shao*, Y. Zhao*, Bart Van der Bruggen, Investigation of fluoride and silica removal from semiconductor wastewaters with a clean coagulation-ultrafiltration process, Chemical Engineering Journal, 438: 135562, 2022.

16.    Y. Tu, L.-F. Ren, J. Shao*, Y. He, Simultaneous removal of aniline and antimony (Sb(V)) from textile wastewater using amidoxime-PAN/PLA nanofiber microsphere supported TiO2, Separation and Purification Technology, 286: 120435, 2022.

17.    Y. Zhao, Y. Qiu, N. Mamrol, L.-F. Ren, X. Li, J. Shao*, X. Yang*, Bart Van der Bruggen*, Membrane bioreactors (MBRs) for hospital wastewater treatment: recent advancements in membranes and processes, Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, Nov. 26: 1-27, 2021.

18.    Z. Ma, L.-F. Ren, D. Ying, J. Jin, J. Shao*, Electrospray interface-less polymerization to fabricate high performance thin film composite polyamide membrane with controllable-growth skin layer, Journal of Membrane Science, 632: 119369, 2021.

19.    J. Li, L.-F. Ren, H. S. Zhou, J. Yang, J. Shao*, Y. He, Fabrication of superhydrophobic PDTS-ZnO-PVDF membrane and its anti-wetting analysis in direct contact membrane distillation (DCMD) applications, Journal of Membrane Science, 620: 118924, 2021.

20.    Y. Tu, L.-F. Ren, Y. Lin, H. S. Zhou, J. Shao*, Y. He, Fabrication of 3D hierarchical porous amidoxime-polyacrylonitrile spheres via nanoscale thermally induced phase separation with superhigh Sb(V) adsorption capacity, Journal of Cleaner Production, 310: 127400, 2021.

21.    L.-F. Ren, Y. Lin, H. Song, H. Sun, J. Shao*, Efficient removal of antimony from aqueous solution by sustainable polymer assisted ultrafiltration process, Separation and Purification Technology, 263: 118418, 2021.

22.    Y. Tu, L.-F. Ren, Y. Lin, J. Shao*, Y. He, X. Gao, Z. Shen, Adsorption of antimonite and antimonate from aqueous solution using modified polyacrylonitrile with an ultrahigh percentage of amidoxime groups, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 388: 121997, 2020.

23.    L.-F. Ren, C. Liu, Y. Xu, X. Zhang, J. Shao*, Y. He, High-performance electrospinning-phase inversion composite PDMS membrane for extractive membrane bioreactor: Fabrication, characterization, optimization and application, Journal of Membrane Science, 597: 117624, 2020.

24.    L.-F. Ren, H. H. Ngo, C. Bu, C. Ge, S-Q. Ni, J. Shao*, Y. He, Novel external extractive membrane bioreactor (EMBR) using electrospun polydimethylsiloxane/polymethyl methacrylate membrane for phenol-laden saline wastewater, Chemical Engineering Journal, 383: 123179, 2020.

25.    J. Li, L.-F. Ren, J. Shao*, A. Mister, Y. Tu, Z. Ma, Y. He, Effect of ionic liquid on the structure and desalination performance of PVDF-PTFE electrospun membrane, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 137(11): 48467, 2020.

26.    J. Li, L.-F. Ren, J. Shao*, Y. Tu, Z. Ma, Y. Lin, Y. He, Fabrication of triple layer composite membrane and its application in membrane distillation (MD): Effect of hydrophobic-hydrophilic membrane structure on MD performance, Separation and Purification Technology, 234: 116087, 2020.

27.    L.-F. Ren, Eman Al Yousif, F. Xia, Y. Wang, L. Guo, Y. Tu, X. Zhan, J. Shao*, Y. He, Novel electrospun TPU/PDMS/PMMA membrane for phenol separation from saline wastewater via membrane aromatic recovery system, Separation and Purification Technology, 212: 21-29, 2019.

28.    J. Li, S. Xu, M. Hassan, J. Shao*, L.-F. Ren, Y. He, Effective modeling and optimization of PVDF-PTFE electrospinning parameters and membrane distillation process by response surface methodology, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 136(9): 47125, 2019.

29.    A. Mister, L.-F. Ren, J. Li, J. Shao*, A. Jawad, C. Su, Y. Wang, L. Guo, Y. He, Enhanced mechanical properties of PDMS/PMMA composite membrane using MWCNTs and its application in phenol separation from saline wastewater, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 136 (9): 47123, 2019.

30.    H. Younas, J. Shao*, Y. He, G. Fatima, S. Jaffar, Z. Afridi, Fouling-free ultrafiltration for humic acid removal, Rsc Advances, 8: 24961-24969, 2018.

31.    S. Xu, L.-F. Ren, Q. Zhou, H. Bai, J. Li, J. Shao*, Facile ZIF-8 functionalized hierarchical micro-nanofiber membrane for high efficiency separation of water-in-oil emulsions, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 135(27): 46462, 2018.

32.    L.-F. Ren, M. Adeel, J. Li, C. Xu, Z. Xu, X. Zhang, J. Shao*, Y. He, Phenol separation from phenol-laden saline wastewater by membrane aromatic recovery system-like membrane contactor using superhydrophobic/organophilic electrospun PDMS/PMMA membrane, Water Research, 135: 31-43, 2018.