Xing Yang holds a  Ph.D in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Nanyang Technological University and is currently a Professor of Process Engineering for Sustainable Systems at KU Leuven University. Prior to this, Xing Yang was a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Sustainable Industries & Liveable Cities, Victoria University. Xing Yang’s research interests include membrane-based technology for process intensification; transport phenomena across membranes; multi-scale mathematical modeling; downstream bioprocessing, separation, and purification of biopharmaceuticals; recovery of minerals and metals from waste and natural sources; chemical concentration and crystallization; and pre-concentration devices for chemical sensing.