On the morning of August 24, 2020, Ms. Xiujuan Chen successfully passed her PhD dissertation defense. The title of her thesis is “Membrane Surface Functionalization through Nanomaterials for Wastewater Treatment”. Her profound knowledge and excellent presentation helped her win a good evaluation from external examiner, Dr. Huining Xiao (Professor at the University of New Brunswick), and other examining committee members (Drs. Gordon Huang, Amy Veawab, Liming Dai, Dianliang Deng and Lisa Watson)