Shen's Lab Overview

Our research is highly multidisciplinary, spanning chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering, and biology, with the goal of developing innovative and transformative separation technologies for energy and environmental applications. The core focus areas include:

1. Design of high-performance sorbents for advanced separation processes, such as contaminant removal and resource recovery.
2. Fundamental studies of membrane transport and morphology, particularly in brine treatment and mineral recovery.
3. Development of biomimetic materials for selective and efficient separation.

Our group leads several federally funded research projects totaling multiple millions of dollars and has published peer-reviewed articles in top-tier journals.

Active now. Dr. Yuexiao Shen is seeking 2 highly motivated Ph.D. students to join his research group at Texas Tech University in Fall 2026. Please see details in Join us. 

February 2026. Dr. Shen has achieved tenure and promoted to Associate Professor at Texas Tech.

January 2026. We are pleased to see our PFAS thermal review paper published in Chemical Engineering Journal.

December 2025. We are excited that our sorbent modeling project are funded by EPA. Please see the news.

December 2025. We are pleased to see our sorbent work published in Water Research.

Yuexiao Shen, Ph.D.

Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX 79409, USA

Phone: (806) 834-7320

Email: yuexiao.shen@ttu.edu