Siu Leung, York University

Research

biological wastewater treatment crystal polymorphism energy harvesting environmental sustainability hierarchical porosity micro-and-nanostructuring porous polymeric materials processing-structure-property relationships

Latest funding

Portable and sensitive platform technologies for rapid isolation, detection, and quantification of critical minerals in fluids: from mine exploration to electronics recycling
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$500,000
Porous Polymeric Materials for Environmental Sustainability
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$84,000
Advanced Molecular Sequencing For Qualitative And Quantitative Environmental Analyses
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 4 grants and awards

Portable and sensitive platform technologies for rapid isolation, detection, and quantification of critical minerals in fluids: from mine exploration to electronics recycling

Co-investigatorNSERC2023Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Rezai, Pouya P

Keywords: Benchtop Electrochemical Sensor; Critical Minerals (Lithium); Highly Porous IIPs; IIP Microparticle & Membrane Filter; Ion Imprinted Polymers (IIPs); Lithium Detection & Quantification; Lithium Exploration & Recycling; Lithium Isolation; Microfluidics Sample Preparation; Point of Need Optofluidic Sensor

$500,000

Porous Polymeric Materials for Environmental Sustainability

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leung, Siu Ning

Keywords: porous polymeric materials; processing-structure-property relationships; hierarchical porosity; crystal polymorphism; micro-and-nanostructuring; synergistic processing techniques; environmental sustainability; radiative cooling; energy harvesting; biological wastewater treatment

$84,000

Advanced Molecular Sequencing For Qualitative And Quantitative Environmental Analyses

Co-investigatorNSERC2020Research Tools and Instruments

Principal investigators: Brar, Satinder

$150,000

Micro-and-Nanostructured Multifunctional Polymer Material Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Leung, Siu Ning

$154,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: biological wastewater treatment Dear Professor Leung, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on biological wastewater treatment connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Porous Polymeric Materials for Environmental Sustainability" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]