Guo Hao

Sep. 2013 - Oct. 2017, Ph.D. in Water Environmental Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Sep. 2010 - Mar. 2013, MEng. in Municipal Engineering, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, China.

Sep. 2006 - Jun. 2010, BEng. in Water Supply and Sewerage Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China.

Jul. 2026 – present, Associate Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.

Feb. 2023 – Jun. 2026, Assistant Professor, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Shenzhen, China.

Dec. 2020 – Jan. 2023, Research Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Nov. 2017 – Nov. 2020, Postdoc Fellow/Research Assistant, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.

Early Career Board Member,《Environmental Science & Technology》; Early Career Board Member《ENGINEERING Environment》; Member, Key Laboratory of Ecological Carbon Fixation and Sink Enhancement in Guangdong Province’s Ordinary Universities.

SIGS Courses：《Water Environment Restoration Engineering》, 《Environmental Managementand Case Analysis》, 《Advanced Water Treatment Engineering》

Membrane-based environmental separation, including transmembrane mass transfer behavior analysis, regulation and optimization, as well as novel membranes development.

1.    Principal Investigator, Start-up Fund for New Staff, Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School (SIGS).

2.    Principal Investigator, Seed Fund for Basic Research, The University of Hong Kong.

3.    Co-Investigator, Guangdong-Hong Kong Technology Cooperation Funding Scheme, Innovation and Technology Fund of Hong Kong SAR.

[1] Su, W.; Yao, K.; Li, J.; Xing, D.; Qiu, J.; Li, W.; Guo, H.*, Decoupling the CT paradigm in membrane chlorination: Equivalent versus inequivalent impacts of hypochlorite concentration and exposure time on contaminants rejection, Environmental Science & Technology 2026.

[2] Yao, K.; Wu, H.; Su, W.; Shao, Q.; Long, L.; Li, B.; Hou, T.; He, Y.; Qiu, J.; Guo, H.*, Overlooked role of Coulombic and dipole-surface interactions in the rejection of polar contaminants by polyamide membrane, Environmental Science & Technology 2026, 60, 13680−13688. (封面论文)

[3]Su, W.; Liu, Y.; Wu, H.; Yang, W.; Xing, D.; Qiu, J.; Lin, L.; Zhang, Z.; Guo, H.*, Distinct sorption and rejection behavior of hydrophobic endocrine-disrupting compounds by chlorinated polyamide nanofiltration membranes: Mechanisms and implications, Environmental Science & Technology 2026, 60, 10, 8205-8213.

[4]Siddique, M.S.; Su, W.; Shao, S.; Wang, Z.; Jiang, Y.; Xie, M.; Guo, H.*, A critical review on the oxidation-property-performance of polyamide membranes for water treatment, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 2026, 56(8), 429-453.

[5]Sun, Y.; Yao, K.; Wu, H.; Tao, Y.; Jiang, L.; Qiu, J.; Guo, H.*, Rejection of geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol by polyamide membranes in drinking water treatment: Performance-energy efficiency evaluation and practical implications, Water Research 2026, 289, 124848.

[6]Gan, Q.; Liu, W.; Xiao, Q.; Yang, Z.; Guo, H.*; Elimelech, M.*; Tang, C. Y.*, Plasmonic nanoheating for versatile water purification membranes, Nature Sustainability 2025, 8, 1190-1198.

[7]Zhou, S.; Peng, L.; Liu, W.; Guo, H.*; Tang, C. Y.*, Thermal-intensified interfacial polymerization enables ultra-selective reverse osmosis membrane for toxic micropollutant removal, Nature Communications 2025, 16, 9004.

[8]Huang, X.; Xiao, Y.; Guo, H.*; Li, W.*, Ultrathin node-missing glass membranes enabled by vapor deposition of lattice-defective ZIF nanofilms for gas separation, Small 2025, e08431.

[9]Su, W.; Liu, W.; Wu, H.; Siddique, M.S.; Mei, Y.; Qiu, Y.; Lin, L.; Guo, H.*; Tang, C.Y., Chlorination-properties-performance of polyamide nanofiltration membranes for the rejection of emerging contaminants, Water Research 2025, 284, 124030.

[10]Zhou, S.; Xu, W.; Wang, Z.; Yao, K.; Ji, C.; Hou, T.; He, Y.; Guo, H.*, “Like dissolves like” strategy facilitates interfacial polymerization for facile synthesis of highly permeable reverse osmosis membranes, Nano Letters 2025, 25, 20, 8287–8293.

[1]. Guo, H.; Li, X.; Tang, C.Y., CN113710619A, 用于快速净化水的纳米结构膜过滤系统.

[2]. Guo, H.; Li, X.; Tang, C.Y., US patent US2022/0184562A1, Nanostructured membrane filter for rapid water purification.

1. Third Prize, 17th Challenge Cup (Hong Kong and Macau Region), 2022.

2. Next Generation of Desalters to Watch, Water Desalination Report, 2021.

3. Third Prize, the 7th Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association, 2021.

4. Silver Medal, International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva Special Edition 2021.

5. Gold Award, Top 20 Best Invention Award, Special Award by Toronto International Society of Innovation & Advanced Skills, The 5th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2020.

6. The HKIE Outstanding Paper Award for Young Engineers/Researchers, Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, 2020.

7. MIT Technology Review’s Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific, 2019.

8. Gold Medal, 47th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva, 2019.