Wensi Chen
TWRI Faculty Fellow
Wensi Chen, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University. Her research interests lie in design, development, and applications of polymer and electrode materials to address global challenges related to water, energy, and health. Her research work combines theoretical insights, material innovation, and process engineering to provide clean drinking water, redefine wastewater as a resource, monitor environmental health risks, and eventually enable sustainable communities and circular economies. She received her B.S. in Chemistry from Tsinghua University and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology. Before joining Texas A&M University, she conducted her postdoctoral training at Yale University.
Yinuo ‘Noah’ Yao
TWRI Faculty Fellow
Yinuo ‘Noah’ Yao, Ph.D., is a TWRI Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor in the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University. His broad research areas include but are not limited to water and resource recovery, and energy storage. He specializes in using a multiscale framework that integrates experiments, modeling, and simulations to develop and optimize novel technologies from the laboratory to commercial scales. His specific interest lies in understanding the complex interactions between flow, particles, and biota in engineered and natural environments.
