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Haoran Wei

Haoran Wei

Assistant Professor
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Dr. Wei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he leads the Environmental Analytical Technology Laboratory, a key component of the Environmental Chemistry and Technology Program. Dr. Wei earned his Ph.D. from Virginia Tech in 2018 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University before joining UW–Madison in 2020. His research focuses on developing advanced optical tools for detecting emerging contaminants in drinking water supplies. Dr. Wei has authored 37 peer-reviewed publications, which have garnered more than 3,500 citations.

Department

Civil & Environmental Engineering

Contact

Engineering Hall
1415 Engineering Dr
Madison, WI

  • PhD 2018, Virginia Tech
  • MS 2013, Tsinghua University
  • B.E. - Bachelor of Engineering 2010, Shandong University

  • Optical sensors for emerging contaminant detection
  • Vibrational spectroscopy for in situ characterization of environmental systems
  • Point-of-use water treatment technologies

  • 2021 Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, Excellence in Review Award
  • 2020 Water Council, Finalist in the Water Council’s Tech Challenge (Nominated)
  • 2019 Jacobs Engineering Group/AEESP Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
  • 2019 Yale University, Robert M. Langer Symposium Best Presentation Award
  • 2018 Virginia Tech, Outstanding Dissertation Award (Nominated)
  • 2017 American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Ellen Gonter Paper Award
  • 2017 American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Graduate Student Award
  • 2017 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Via Teaching Fellow
  • 2016 Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO), Graduate Student Award
  • 2013 Tsinghua University, Outstanding Master Student Award
  • 2013 Tsinghua University, Outstanding Master’s Thesis Award

  • Liu, S., Lazarcik, J., & Wei, H. (2024). Emerging investigator series: quantitative insights into the relationship between the concentrations and SERS intensities of neonicotinoids in water. Environmental Science: Nano.
  • Wang, H., Kvit, A., & Wei, H. (2024). In Situ Monitoring of the Polymerization Kinetics of Organic Pollutants during Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes Using Plasmonic Colorimetry. Analytical Chemistry, 96(4), 1587--1596.
  • Ateia, M., Wei, H., & Andreescu, S. (2024). Sensors for Emerging Water Contaminants: Overcoming Roadblocks to Innovation. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(6), 2636--2651.
  • Gong, K., Ao, J., Li, K., Liu, L., Liu, Y., Xu, G., Wang, T., Cheng, H., Wang, Z., Zhang, X., & others, (2023). Imaging of pH distribution inside individual microdroplet by stimulated Raman microscopy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(20), e2219588120.
  • Wu, Z., Qin, M., & Wei, H. (2023). Improved Reliability of Raman Spectroscopic Imaging of Low-Micrometer Microplastic Mixtures in Lake Water by Fractionated Membrane Filtration. ACS ES&T Water, 3(8), 2616--2626.
  • Cai, S., Cho, S. W., & Wei, H. (2023). Rapid Prescreening of Trace Imidacloprid in Drinking Water via Concentration-Dependent Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Patterns. ACS ES&T Engineering, 3(11), 1875--1885.
  • Ho, D., Liu, S., Wei, H., & Karthikeyan, K. (2023). The glowing potential of Nile red for microplastics Identification: Science and mechanism of fluorescence staining. Microchemical Journal, 109708.
  • Wang, H., & Wei, H. (2022). Controlled Citrate Oxidation on Gold Nanoparticle Surfaces for Improved Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopic Analysis of Low-Affinity Organic Micropollutants. Langmuir, 38(16), 4958--4968.
  • Wu, Z., Cai, S., Cho, S. W., Wei, H., & Qin, M. (2022). Laboratory Filter Membranes May Release Organic Particles That Affect Water Analysis. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2(12), 2311--2316.
  • Wei, H., & Cho, S. W. (2021). Label-free Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Water Pollutant Analysis.

  • CHEM 699 - Directed Study (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 609 - Special Topics in Water Chemistry (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 699 - Independent Study (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 909 - Graduate Seminar - Environmental Chemistry & Technology (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Spring 2025)
  • CIV ENGR 500 - Water Chemistry (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Fall 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Summer 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 320 - Environmental Engineering (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 699 - Independent Study (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Spring 2024)
  • CIV ENGR 500 - Water Chemistry (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 699 - Independent Study (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Fall 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 890 - Pre-Dissertator's Research (Summer 2023)
  • CIV ENGR 990 - Thesis (Summer 2023)