The name of the first author is Efecan Pakkaner, and he is currently a post-doctoral research fellow at ProcESS group, KU Leuven in Belgium. He acquired his Master’s in Chemical Engineering from Izmir Institute of Technology in 2017 under the advisory of Ayben Top and his PhD in Engineering with a Concentration on Chemical Engineering from University of Arkansas in 2021, under the advisory of Christa and Jamie Hestekin. Before being appointed by Xing Yang at KU Leuven as a post-doc, he has worked as a graduate research assistant for 7 years, working in a wide range of research fields from Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering to various membrane-based processes for biomedical applications including hemofiltration, hemodialysis, and energy production via biopower cells. He has been an active member of Arkansas Chemical Engineering Graduate Students (ACHEGS) and has won a thesis pitch contest in Ralph E. Martin Chemical Engineering Department in 2019.