Tongwen Xu is a full professor of The University of Science and Technology of China. He received his Bachelor’s degree in 1989 and Master’s degree in 1992 from Hefei University of Technology, China. He received his Ph.D degree of Chemical Engineering in 1995 from Tianjin University, China and Post-Ph.D of Polymer Science in 1997 from Nankai University, China. He has been a short-term visiting scientist of University of Tokyo and Tokyo Institute of Technology in 2000, 2001 respectively. He received a Brain Pool Program from Korea（2006）and worked one year in Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology. He was awarded Outstanding Youth Foundation of China in 2010，selected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry in 2013 and as Changjiang Scholars Program Chair Professor in 2014. He was also selected into The national key talent project in 2015. In 2018, he received National Award for Technological Invention. Currently, he is serving as editorial boards of more than 10 international journals, such as J Membrane Sci., IE&CR, et al and 4 domestic journals. He has held 65 patents, edited 5 technical books, and published over 400 in peer-reviewed international journals with over 11000 citations and H-index 58. His research interests cover membranes and the related processes， especially for clean production and environmental/energy applications.
