Ph.D. Xiang Zhang

Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
Process Systems Engineering
+49 391 6110 390
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Curriculum Vitae


Research Interests
  • Computer-aided material (ionic liquid and MOF) and process design
  • Energy systems engineering (CO2 capture, techno-economics, LCA)
  • Multiscale modeling for chemical product and process design
  • Data-driven and gray-box optimization

Education

  • 2015-2019    PhD in Process Systems Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
  • 2012-2014    MSc in Chemical and Energy Engineering, Otto-von-Guericke University, Germany
  • 2008-2012    BEng in Product-oriented Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, China

Scientific Career

  • Since 2022    Team leader, MPI Magdeburg, Germany
  • 2020-2022    Ernst Dieter Gilles Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI Magdeburg, Germany
  • 2019-2020    Postdoctoral Fellow, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
  • 2014-2015    Research assistant, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
  • 2013-2014    Research assistant, MPI Magdeburg, Germany

Recent Publications

  • Zhang X, Zhou T, Sundmacher K. Integrated metal-organic framework (MOF) and pressure/vacuum swing adsorption process design: MOF matching. AlChE J. 2022;68(9):e17788.
  • Zhang X, Zhou T, Sundmacher K. Integrated metal–organic framework and pressure/vacuum swing adsorption process design: Descriptor optimization. AlChE J. 2022;68(2):e17524.
  • Zhang X, Sethi S, Wang Z, Zhou T, Qi Z, Sundmacher K. A neural recommender system for efficient adsorbent screening. Chem. Eng. Sci. 2022;259:117801.
  • Zhang X, Ding X, Song Z, Zhou T, Sundmacher K. Integrated ionic liquid and rate-based absorption process design for gas separation: Global optimization using hybrid models. AlChE J. 2021;67(10):e17340.
  • Zhang X, Wang J, Song Z, Zhou T. Data-Driven Ionic Liquid Design for CO2 Capture: Molecular Structure Optimization and DFT Verification. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2021;60(27):9992-10000.
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