Dr. Yuexiao Shen has been awarded the Whitacre Engineering Research Award by the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering. This award recognizes his excellence in research over the past five years. Dr. Shen's commitment to research is invaluable to our department!

Dr. Shen is an assistant professor in the Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering department at Texas Tech University. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University in 2016 and worked as a postdoctoral associate at UC Berkeley before joining Texas Tech in 2019. Dr. Shen’s research group focuses on developing efficient separation materials and technologies for contaminant removal and resource recovery in the environment. His current work includes PFAS physical and chemical treatment, groundwater remediation, lithium and critical mineral extraction, and fundamental membrane science, supported by NIH, DoD SERDP, and DoE.