Xiaoli Ma

Xiaoli Ma joined UWM after his postdoctoral work at University of Minnesota in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science. He obtained his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering at Arizona State University. His research focuses on the design and development of advanced materials for use in separation, purification and sensor technologies. His group is mostly interested in polymers, porous materials (metal-organic frameworks, zeolites, carbons, mesoporous materials, etc.), nanocomposites, and their incorporation into functional devices. They currently aim to develop robust adsorbents and membranes with improved performances for water purification and gas separation, and study the fundamental structure-property relationships in these systems. They also explore the novel materials and methodologies developed in their group for coating, thin films and other challenging applications.

Education

• PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, 2015
• MS, Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China, 2009
• BS, Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China, 2006

Research Interests

• Metal-organic frameworks, zeolites, carbons, and other porous materials
• Polymers and polymer-based nanocomposite materials
• Membranes: design, fabrication and characterization
• Water purification, gas separation and liquid separation by membranes and adsorbents
• Vapor phase processing techniques, such as atomic layer deposition