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Wenqian Shan, Ph.D. student Office: A107 Engineering Research Complex Phone: (517) 353-9059 Email: shanwenq at msu.edu

Education

BS (2005) Environmental Engineering and Science, Dalian Maritime University, China

Ph.D. thesis: Membrane surface renewal as a nanotechnology-enabled solution to the mitigation of ceramic and polymeric membrane fouling: Physicochemical aspects (support: NSF PIRE PERMEANT)

Ph.D. defense date (tentative): May 2010

Publications

1. Alpatova, A. L., Shan, W., Babica, P., Upham B. L., Rogensues, A. R., Masten, S. J., Drown, E., Mohanty, A. K., Alocilja, E. C., V. V. Tarabara. Long-term stability and cytotoxicity of single-walled carbon nanotubes solubilized via non-covalent functionalization. Submitted to Water Res.

Journal papers

1. Kim, J., Shan, W., Davies, S. H. R., Baumann, M. J., Masten, S. J., V. V. Tarabara. Interactions of aqueous NOM with nanoscale TiO 2 : Implications for ceramic filtration-ozonation hybrid process. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43 (14), 5488-5494, 2009
2. Dhawan, A., Taurozzi, J. S., Pandey, A. K., Shan, W., Miller, S. M., Hashsham, S. A., V. V. Tarabara. Stable colloidal dispersions of C60 fullerenes in water: Evidence for genotoxicity. Environ. Sci. Technol. 40 (23), 7394-7401, 2006

Conference papers

1. Kim, J., Shan, W., Davies, S. H. R., Baumann, M. J., Masten, S. J., V. V. Tarabara. Physicochemical bases of ceramic membrane fouling by ozonated NOM: Implications for ultrafiltration-ozonation hybrid process. To be published in the Proceedings of 2009 North American Membrane Society (NAMS) meeting
2. Shan, W., P. Bacchin, P. Aimar, M. L. Bruening, V. V. Tarabara. Polyelectrolyte multilayer films as backflushable nanofiltration membranes with tunable hydrophilicity and surface charge . To be published in the Proceedings of 2009 North American Membrane Society (NAMS) meeting
3. Dhawan, A., Taurozzi, J. S., Pandey, A. K., Shan, W., Miller, S. M., Hashsham, S. A., V. V. Tarabara. Stable colloidal dispersions of C 60 fullerenes in water: Evidence for genotoxicity. 2006 AIChE Annual Conference , San Francisco , CA. Paper #592g

Posters

1. Shan, W., P. Bacchin, P. Aimar, M. L. Bruening, V. V. Tarabara. Polyelectrolyte multilayer films as backflushable nanofiltration membranes with tunable hydrophilicity and surface charge. Presented at 2009 AEESP meeting, Iowa City , IA , July 28, 2009
2. Shan, W., Adusumilli, M., Pasco 1 , E. V., Hashsham, S. A., Bruening, M. L., V. V. Tarabara. Polyelectrolyte multilayer films as antiadhesive coatings with tunable hydrophilicity and surface charge. Duke, NC, June 3-5, 2009
3. Shan, W., P. Bacchin, P. Aimar, M.L. Bruening, V. V. Tarabara. Facile control of colloidal fouling in polyelectrolyte multilayer based nanofiltration systems . Presented at the 21st Triennial Borchardt Conference Symposium on Advancements in Water and Wastewater, Ann Arbor , MI , February 28, 2008

Awards

• MSU Graduate Office summer fellowship (MSU)
• Diploma for the project NANOMEMCAT: "Tailor-made CATalytic MEMbrane reactors with NANOstructured functional geometries for intensified chemical production" at NanoMemCourse EF1: "Nanostructured Materials and Membranes, Synthesis and Characterization", Zaragoza , Spain graduate student Wenqian Shan and graduate student Lu Ouyang (MSU Chemistry)