Yong Jin was born in Jiangsu, China. He got his bachelor's degree from Wuhan University. He then pursued his master of philosophy in marine environmental science at HKUST. He continued to finish his Ph.D. at KAUST. He is an expert in surface wetting, heat, mass transfer, materials, desalination, etc.
Research Interests
I’m interested in surface wetting, phase change heat and mass transfer, renewable energy, materials, atmospheric water harvesting etc.
Selected Publications
Tuning substrate geometry for enhancing water condensation Y. Jin, M. Albaity, Y. Shi, N. Ghaffour, P. Wang International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, volume 144, p. 118627, (2019)
Preferential water condensation on superhydrophobic nano-cones array Y. Jin, A. Qamar, Y. Shi, P. Wang Applied Physics Letters, volume 113, p. 211601, (2018)
A highly flexible and washable nonwoven photothermal cloth for efficient and practical solar steam generation Y. Jin, J. Chang, Y. Shi, L. Shi, S. Hong, P. Wang Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Issue 17, (2018)
Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Role of Surface Wettability and Edge Effect Y. Jin, Z. Zhang, P. Wang Global Challenges, volume 1, issue 4, (2017)
Education
Ph.D. Environmental Science and Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia, 02/2016 - 07/2019
M.Phil. Marine Environmental Science, HKUST, Hong Kong, 09/2013 - 08/2015
