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Qingpu Wang is a materials scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where his research spans materials science, chemical separations, and sustainable resources technologies. He develops innovative approaches for extracting and transforming critical materials from complex and non-traditional sources, including seawater, electronic waste, and industrial residues. His work integrates flow-based processes, reaction–diffusion phenomena, electrochemical and interfacial systems, and advanced materials characterization to connect fundamental science with scalable, real-world applications. 

• Materials science
• Microfluidics
• Far-from-equilibrium processes
• Chemical separations
• Mineral recovery

• PhD, physical chemistry, Florida State University
• BS, applied chemistry, Hubei University

• American Chemical Society
• Materials Research Society

2025

• Tse P., A.F. Espley, J.M. Rakos, Q. Wang, C. Venkata Subban, S.A. Bryan, and A.M. Lines. 2025. "Developing Fluorescence-Based Sensors to Support Rare Earth Element Separation." ACS Sensors 10, no. 7:4974-4982. PNNL-SA-209215. doi:10.1021/acssensors.5c00833

2024

• Butreddy P., A.J. Ritchhart, Q. Wang, H.M. Job, M.L. Sushko, J. Chun, and E. Nakouzi. 2024. "Flow-gel approach enables rapid extraction of pure magnesium phase from seawater." Chemical Communications 60, no. 93:13718-13721. PNNL-SA-203387. doi:10.1039/D4CC04711G
• Robinson A.J., E.A. Ryan, Q. Wang, D. Greene, and C. Venkata Subban. 2024. "Pulse Electrodeposition for Carbonate-rich Deposits from Seawater." Sustainability 16, no. 23:Art. No. 10776. PNNL-SA-192076. doi:10.3390/su162310776
• Wang Q., and C. Venkata Subban. 2024. "Flow-driven enhancement of neodymium and dysprosium separation from aqueous solutions." RSC Sustainability 2, no. 5:1400-1407. PNNL-SA-191251. doi:10.1039/D3SU00403A
• Wang Q., J. Chun, and C. Venkata Subban. 2024. "Influence of concentration gradients on electroconvection at a cation-exchange membrane surface." Langmuir 40, no. 3:1613-1622. PNNL-SA-181601. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02453

2023

• Wang Q., and E. Nakouzi. "Reaction-Diffusion Coupling Facilitates the Sequential Precipitation of Metal Ions from Battery Feedstock Solutions."
• Wang Q., and E. Nakouzi. 2023. "Reaction-Diffusion Coupling Facilitates the Sequential Precipitation of Metal Ions from Battery Feedstock Solutions." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 10, no. 12:1188-1194. PNNL-SA-191517. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00754

2022

• Wang Q., E. Nakouzi, E.A. Ryan, and C. Venkata Subban. 2022. "Flow-Assisted Selective Mineral Extraction from Seawater." Environmental Science & Technology Letters 9, no. 7:645-649. PNNL-SA-170825. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.2c00229