Speakers

Woei-Jye Lau

Place of Birth : Malaysia
Born : 1983
Position : Associate Professor, School of Chemical & Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Field of study : Membrane Technology; Nanofiltration, Reverse Osmosis; Water Purification; Wastewater Treatment
H. Index : 37

Dr. Woei-Jye Lau is currently an associate professor at School of Chemical and Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and a senior research fellow at Advanced Membrane Technology Research Centre (AMTEC), UTM. He obtained both his Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical-Gas Engineering) and Doctor of Philosophy (Chemical Engineering) from UTM. Dr. Lau has a very strong research interest in the field of membrane science and technology for water applications. He has published over 150 scientific papers, 15 reviews, and 18 book chapters and is the author of the book entitled Nanofiltration Membranes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Applications published by CRC Press in 2017. He is credited with 5 patents in the field of membrane science and technology with his collaborators from academia and industry. Currently, Dr. Lau is the co-editor for Journal of Applied Membrane Science & Technology and has been appointed as guest editors for several peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of Engineering Science & Technology, The Malaysian Journal of Analytical Sciences, Chemical Engineering & Technology (Wiley) and Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology (Wiley). In 2018, he was appointed as Young Professionals Associate Member (YPAM) by International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group "Membrane Technology". Dr. Lau has received many national and international awards. These include Australian Endeavour Research Fellowship 2015, UI-RESOLV Program 2016 (Indonesia), Mevlana International Exchange Program 2017/2018 (Turkey), Sakura Exchange Program 2018 (Japan), TÜBİTAK’s Fellowships for Visiting Scientists and Scientists 2018 (Turkey) and ASEAN-India Research and Training Fellowship (AI-RTF) 2019.

• ASEAN-India Collaborative Research Project 2019-2021 awarded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (with Jain University)

• International Collaboration Fund 2019-2021 awarded by the Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change (MESTECC) (with Konya Technical University)

• Mevlana International Exchange Program 2017-2018 (with Selcuk University, Turkey)

• Appointment of Young Professionals Associate Member (YPAM), International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group "Membrane Technology" (2018)

• Recipient of Scholar Sabbatical Science Support Program offered by TÜBİTAK (Turkey) (2018)

• Recipient of Sakura Exchange Program in Science (Japan Science and Technology Agency, JST) (2018)

• Associate Professor - School of Chemical & Energy Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2017–Present)

• Visiting Scholar - Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman (Feb 2017–Mar 2017)

• Visiting Research Fellow - Institute for Sustainability and Innovation (ISI), Victoria University, Australia (Aug 2015-Nov 2015)

• Senior Lecturer - School of Chemical & Energy Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia (2010-2017)

• Assistant Professor - Faculty of Engineering and Science, Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia (2009–2010)