DoctorBen Yin
Senior Lecturer
Chemical and Process Engineering
- Senior LecturerChemical 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 LecturerUniversity of Canterbury, Chemical and Process Engineering, Faculty of Engineering28 Apr 2025 - present
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate InvestigatorMacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, Kelburn, New Zealand
- Editorial board memberAdvanced Membranes, China
- Subject editorProcess Safety and Environmental Protection, Washington D.C., Hong Kong
DEGREES
- PhDUniversity of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
- MasterNational University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- BachelorDalian 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