DoctorBen Yin

Senior Lecturer

Chemical and Process Engineering

  • Senior Lecturer
    Chemical and Process Engineering
  • +6433690767 (Work)
  • University of Canterbury, Chemical and Process Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand

BIO

Ben started his research career at the National University of Singapore, and obtained his PhD of chemical and process engineering from the University of Canterbury. Afterwards, he undertook a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Advanced Membranes & Porous Materials Center of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), and led an industrial product R&D project in China. He returned to New Zealand with funding from the MacDiarmid Institute and worked at Massey University. He then worked as a research scientist at the New Zealand Institute for Minerals to Materials Research, before moving to the Robinson Research Institute at Victoria University of Wellington. In April 2025, he moved to the University of Canterbury where he currently works as a Senior Lecturer.

TE WHARE WĀNANGA O WAITAHA - UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY APPOINTMENTS

  • Senior Lecturer
    University of Canterbury, Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering28 Apr 2025 - present

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Associate Investigator
    MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Kelburn, New Zealand
  • Editorial board member
    Advanced Membranes, China
  • Subject editor
    Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Washington D.C., Hong Kong

DEGREES

  • PhD
    University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Master
    National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
  • Bachelor
    Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China

LANGUAGES

  • Chinese (Mandarin)
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPERVISION

  • Registered to supervise Master's/Doctoral students

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

  • 13 Climate Action
  • 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
  • 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  • 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
  • 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

FIELDS OF RESEARCH