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Liang Feng will be joining Duke University's Thomas Lord Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science this coming November. He earned his Ph.D. in 2020 from Texas A&M University, where he investigated hierarchical architectures of porous materials, such as metal-organic frameworks and porous polymers, with applications in carbon capture, gas separation, and catalysis. As a postdoctoral researcher and Foresight Fellow at Northwestern University, he worked with Prof. Fraser Stoddart (2016 Nobel Laureate) to explore non-equilibrium materials and their energy applications. During this time, Liang made a groundbreaking discovery of the first fundamentally new adsorption mechanism since the 1930s, revolutionizing the approach to methane and hydrogen storage, carbon capture, and water remediation in active non-equilibrium systems. Liang's research achievements have earned him numerous accolades, such as the International Adsorption Society Young Researcher Award, Forbes 30 Under 30 Honoree, both MRS Postdoctoral and Graduate Student Awards, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 of China, ACS PMSE Future Faculty Scholarship, and ACS COLL Victor K. LaMer Award Finalist, among others. His passion for the broader impact of research and commitment to leadership are evident in his roles as a DOE Early Career Network Representative, a CAS Future Leader, an ACS Younger Chemist Leadership Development Awardee, and a co-organizer of various diversity and career initiatives in energy science.

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