Curriculum vitae
Assistant Researcher, Guangzhou University · Guangzhou, China
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Professional title
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October 2025
Assistant Researcher (助理研究员)
Guangdong Province / Guangzhou University research-series title evaluation committee The research-track equivalent of Assistant Professor. Promotion to Associate Researcher (副研究员) opens August 2026.
Appointments
- 2023.06 – presentPostdoctoral Researcher, Guangzhou University
- 2021.02 – 2023.03Postdoctoral Researcher, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
- 2020.09 – 2020.12Junior Research Staff, CAS Institute of Urban Environment, Xiamen
Education
- 2016 – 2020Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2014 – 2016M.E., Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University
- 2008 – 2012B.S., Applied Chemistry, University of Rwanda
Research mentoring
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2022 – present
Co-supervisor, MSc candidates
Guangzhou University and Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen Two MSc candidates: one at HIT on selective catalytic reduction systems, completed 2023; one ongoing at Guangzhou University on functionalised adsorbent design for rare-earth recovery. Day-to-day experimental guidance, literature support and manuscript mentoring. -
2023 – present
Laboratory mentor and research trainer
Guangzhou University Training junior researchers and students on XRD, BET, FT-IR, XPS, SEM-EDX and ICP-MS.
Classroom teaching
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2012 – 2014
Science teacher
Mibilizi Complex School, Rusizi, Rwanda Full curriculum delivery in chemistry, mathematics and biology; prepared students for the Rwandan national certificate examination.
Funding as Principal Investigator
| Project | Award | Period | Agency |
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| Waste to Wealth: Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Complex Waste Matrices Using Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks (W2433128) | ¥200,000 | 2025.01–2025.12 | NSFC, Research Fund for International Young Scientists |
| Functionalization of Dendritic Fibrous Nano Silica with Organophosphorus for Rare Earth Element Removal from Wastewater (624021-72) | ¥200,000 | 2024.06–2025.05 | Guangzhou City Postdoctoral Fellowship |
Patent
Method for selective recovery of rare earth elements from industrial wastewater and sludge using functionalized β-cyclodextrin polymer composites
Q. Sun, F. Nkinahamira, C.-P. Yu · Granted · ZL 2020 1 1201861.8
Selected presentations
- 10th Industrial & Research Conference on Microalgae — China Algae Industry Association, Nanchang, 2024
- 5th IWA Resource Recovery Conference — Shenzhen, 2023
- 3rd Youth China Students' Forum — oral presentation, “Detection and Recovery of REEs from Wastewater and Sludge”, Xiamen, 2019
- UCAS Summer School on Frontier & Interdisciplinary Sciences — oral presentation, “Recovery of REEs from Industrial Wastewater and Sludge”, Beijing, 2019
- Urban Environment & Health Forum, Environmental Technology Summit — Xiamen, 2017
Methods and capabilities
- Synthesis
- COFs, β-CD polymers, magnetic composites, dendritic fibrous nanosilica, core-shell catalysts, ionic-liquid-grafted mesoporous materials.
- Characterisation
- XRD, BET, FT-IR, XPS, SEM-EDX, TEM, ICP-MS, TGA, zeta potential.
- Process engineering
- Flow reactor systems, adsorption columns, leaching–separation–recovery workflows; techno-economic modelling with sensitivity analysis.
- Collaboration
- Joint projects across more than ten institutions in China, Africa and the United States; co-supervision of MSc candidates.
Languages
- English — proficient, medium of instruction
- French — fluent
- Kinyarwanda — native
- Chinese (Mandarin) — basic
Elsewhere
53 publications and the full list are on the publications page. Editorial boards, peer review and awards are on editorial & service.