Dr. Bofan Li obtained her B.Eng. (2016) and Ph.D. (2021) in Chemical Engineering from National University of Singapore. Dr. Li leads multiple research projects supported by the Individual Research Grant (IRG), Young Individual Research Grant (YIRG), ASTAR’s GAP programme, and the Career Development Fund (CDF). She has authored over 30 peer-reviewed publications, achieving a Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of 2.3.
Research Interests
Dr. Bofan Li leads the Sustainable Membrane Lab to pioneer sustainable membranes and separation technologies for water purification and organic solvent separations, with the vision of transforming the membrane industry toward a circular, low-impact model that supports a more resilient and sustainable future for clean water, waste treatment and chemical processing.
Selected Publications:
- Bofan Li, S. Wang, X. J. Loh, Z. Li, T.S. Chung, Closed-loop recyclable membranes enabled by covalent adaptable networks for water purification, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120, (2023) e2301009120.
- Wang, N. Wang, D. Kai, Bofan Li*, J. Wu, J. C. C. Yeo, X. Xu, J. Zhu, N. Hadjichristidis, X. J. Loh, Z. Li, In-situ forming dynamic covalently crosslinked nanofibers with one-pot closed-loop recyclability, Nature Communications 14 (2023) 1182.
- Bofan Li, S. Japip, T.S. Chung, Molecularly tunable thin-film nanocomposite membranes with enhanced molecular sieving for organic solvent forward osmosis, Nature Communications 11 (2020) 1198.
- Bofan Li*, C.H.T. Chai, X.Q. Koh, K.Y. Tang, C.Y. Chan, J.Z.X. Heng, S. Wang, N. Wang, E. Ye, Z. Li, Green preparation of silk nanofiber membranes from natural silkworms for effective dye/salt fractionation, Journal of Membrane Science 701 (2024) 122741.
- Bofan Li, C. Qu, S. Wang, J.C.C. Yeo, N.E.B. Surat’man, X.J. Loh, Z. Li, T.S. Chung, Closed-loop recyclable dynamic covalent crosslinked nanofibrous membranes for efficient oil/water separation, Journal of Membrane Science 693 (2024) 122378.