news archive
milestones and news of the Chi Lab since October 2023.
2026
Feb 2026 — David gave an invited talk at the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN), Sydney, Australia.
2025
Nov 2025 — New paper published! Edge-activated graphene nanopores for thermally robust hydrogen membrane separations in Nature Communications. Congratulations to all co-authors! 🎉
Nov 2025 — David was invited as a panelist to speak at the Net-ZERO-Next-Gen NSW Assembly, Sydney, Australia.
Oct 2025 — Chi Lab awarded AU$663k from the Australian Research Council Discovery Project for “Nanofluidic modulation for precision molecular separations.” 🎉
Oct 2025 — Chi Lab awarded AU$200k from the UNSW–Chinese Academy of Sciences Collaborative Research Program Stage II for “Nanofluidic membrane electrode assemblies for highly efficient green hydrogen production.”
Sep 2025 — Hongzhe Chen joins the Chi Lab as a PhD student. Welcome aboard! 🎉
Jul 2025 — David gave an invited talk at the Membrane Society of Australasia (MSA) Industry Seminar, Wollongong, Australia.
Jun 2025 — Feifan Yang from the University of British Columbia, Canada, joins the Chi Lab as a PhD student. Welcome aboard! 🎉
Feb 2025 — Jiahao Ding, Xuanming Chang, and Yihua Song join the Chi Lab as MPhil students. Welcome! 🎉
2024
Dec 2024 — Chi Lab awarded MSA Membrane Science Award by the Membrane Society of Australasia. Congratulations! 🏆
Dec 2024 — David gave an invited talk at the Materials Frontier Seminar, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai.
Nov 2024 — David gave an invited talk at the 5th International Conference on Global Renewable Energy (Energy Oceania 2024), Melbourne, Australia.
Oct 2024 — David gave an invited talk at the 8th Young Scientists Conference on Membrane Technology, Shanghai (International online session).
Oct 2024 — David gave an invited talk at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Shanghai, China.
Sep 2024 — David delivered a Keynote at the International Conference on Advanced Materials for Energy, Environment and Health (ICAMEEH2024), Adelaide, Australia.
Sep 2024 — Dan Wu joins the Chi Lab as an MPhil student. Welcome, Dan! 🎉
Apr 2024 — John Ogbe, primarily supervised by Prof. Pierre Le-Clech, joins the Chi Lab as a PhD student. Welcome, John! 🎉
Feb 2024 — Bohan Hao and Zhouhao Wang join the Chi Lab as PhD students. Welcome! 🎉
Feb 2024 — David gave an invited talk at the Australasian Colloid and Interface Symposium, Terrigal NSW, Australia.
2023
Dec 2023 — David gave an invited talk at the Annual Conference of the Membrane Society of Australasia, Perth, Australia.
Nov 2023 — New paper published! Cascaded compression of the size distribution of nanopores in monolayer graphene in Nature. Congratulations to all co-authors! 🎉
Oct 2023 — Chi Lab is established! David joins the UNSW School of Chemical Engineering as a Senior Lecturer and ARC Future Fellow, and founds the Chi Lab @ UNSW Sydney. 🚀