1.       Fan, H., Parkinson, M., Agrawal, K. V., Barboiu, M., Bocquet, L., Getachew, B. A., ... & Elimelech, M. 2026. A multiscale perspective for understanding transport mechanisms in desalination and ion-selective membranes. Nature Water, 4(2), 120-137.

2.       Fan, H.‡, He, J.‡, Heiranian, M., Pan, W., Li, Y. and Elimelech, M., 2024. The physical basis for solvent flow in organic solvent nanofiltration. Science Advances, 10(24), p.eado4332.

3.       Fan, H., Wang, R., Lin, S. and Elimelech, M., 2025. Revisiting the Apparent Experimental Basis of the Solution–Diffusion Model for Water Transport in “Dense” Polymer Membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, p.124869.

4.       Fan, H., Duan, Y. and Elimelech, M., 2025. Compaction of Pressure-Driven Polymer Membranes: Measurements, Theory, and Mechanisms. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(28), pp.14752-14763.

5.       Fan, H. and Elimelech, M., 2025. Solvent Transport in Disordered and Dynamic Membrane Pores: Implications for Reverse Osmosis and Nanofiltration Membranes. Environmental Science & Technology. 10.1021/acs.est.5c07128

6.       Fan, H.‡, Wang, R.‡, Jiao, Z. and Elimelech, M., 2025. A mechanistic framework for solvent transport in organic solvent nanofiltration membranes: Beyond empirical correlations. Journal of Membrane Science, p.124601.

7.       Fan, H. ‡, Elimelech, M. ‡, and Biesheuvel, P.M. ‡, 2024. Theory of expansion and compression of polymeric materials: Implications for membrane solvent flow under compaction. Journal of Membrane Science, p.122576.

8.       Fan, H., Heiranian, M., and Elimelech, M., 2024. The solution-diffusion model for water transport in reverse osmosis: What went wrong?. Desalination, 580, p.117575.

9.       He, J.‡, Fan, H. ‡, Elimelech, M. and Li, Y., 2024. Molecular simulations of organic solvent transport in dense polymer membranes: Solution-diffusion or pore-flow mechanism?. Journal of Membrane Science, 708, p.123055.

10.    Fan, H., Huang, Y., Cruz-Grace, P. and Yip, N.Y., 2024. Hypersaline Electrodialysis Desalination: Intrinsic Membrane and Module Performance Trade-offs. ACS ES&T Engineering, 4, 9, 2294–2305.

11.    Fan, H., Huang, Y., and Yip, N.Y., 2023. Advancing ion-exchange membranes to ion-selective membranes: Principles, status, and opportunities. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 17(2), p.25.

12.    Fan, H., and Yip, N. Y. 2022. Donnan Dialysis Desalination with a Thermally Recoverable Solute. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2, 11, 2076–2085.

13.    Fan, H., Huang, Y., Billinge, I. H., Bannon, S. M., Geise, G. M., and Yip, N. Y. 2022. Counterion Mobility in Ion-Exchange Membranes: Spatial Effect and Valency-Dependent Electrostatic Interaction. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2, 7, 1274–1286. (2022 ACS ES&T Engineering Best Paper Awards)

14.    Fan, H., Huang, Y., and Yip, N.Y., 2020. Advancing the conductivity-permselectivity tradeoff of electrodialysis ion-exchange membranes with sulfonated CNT nanocomposites. Journal of Membrane Science, p.118259.

15.    Fan, H., and Yip, N.Y., 2019. Elucidating conductivity-permselectivity tradeoffs in electrodialysis and reverse electrodialysis by structure-property analysis of ion-exchange membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 573, pp.668-681.

16.    Fan, H., Li, X., Deng, J., Da, G., Gehin, E., and Yao, M., 2017. Time-dependent size-resolved bacterial and fungal aerosols in Beijing subway. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 17(3), pp.799-809.
 

 
17.    Pataroque, K. E., Mahajan, S., Mejia, J., del Cerro, M., Wu, J., Fan, H., ... & Elimelech, M. 2026. Role of Frictional Forces in Salt and Water Transport through Polyamide Reverse Osmosis Membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 125202.

18.    Hu, X.F., Jiang, T., Fan, H., Guan, Y.F., Chen, J.J., Yu, H.Q. and Elimelech, M., 2025. Dual-regulated covalent organic framework membranes with near-theoretical pore sizes for angstrom-scale ion separations. Science Advances, 11(46), p.eady3587.

19.    del Cerro, M., Shocron, A., Fan, H., Gilron, J. and Elimelech, M., 2025. Methods for evaluating transport parameters of low-salt-rejection reverse osmosis (LSRRO) membranes. Desalination, p.119588.

20.    Wu, J., Quezada-Renteria, J.A., He, J., Xiao, M., Chen, Y., Fan, H., Wang, X., Chen, F., Pataroque, K., Suleiman, Y. and Shahbazmohamadi, S., 2025. Ultrahigh pressure compaction-resistant thin film crosslinked composite reverse osmosis membranes. Nature Communications, 16(1), p.8165.

21.    Wu, J., Suleiman, Y., He, J., Xiao, M., Mahyari, P., Li, M., Zhou, L., Chen, Y., Fan, H., Sreejith, N.A. and Sitaraman, H., 2025. Nondestructive in operando imaging of thin film composite membrane compaction enhanced by AI-based segmentation. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 12(8), pp.1069-1074.

22.    Li, D., Liu, W., Wang, X., Lin, W., Zhai, J., Fan, H., Xiao, K., Wang, K., Li, Y., Jin, Y. and Fang, J., 2025. Nodular networks in hydrated polyamide desalination membranes enhance water transport. Science Advances, 11(18), p.eadt3324.

23.    Shang, B., Zhao, F., Suo, S., Gao, Y., Sheehan, C., Jeon, S., Li, J., Rooney, C.L., Leitner, O., Xiao, L. Fan, H., …2024. Tailoring Interfaces for Enhanced Methanol Production from Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society, 146(3), pp.2267-2274.

24.    Pataroque, K., Wu, J., He, J., Fan, H., Mahajan, S., Guo, K., Le, J., Au, K., Wang, L., Li, Y, Hoek, E.M. and Elimelech, M., 2024. Salt partitioning and transport in polyamide reverse osmosis membranes at ultrahigh pressures. Journal of Membrane Science Letters, p.100079.

25.    Wu, J., He, J., Quezada-Renteria, J.A., Le, J., Au, K., Guo, K., Xiao, M., Wang, X., Dlamini, D., Fan, H. and Pataroque, K…, 2024. Polyamide reverse osmosis membrane compaction and relaxation: Mechanisms and implications for desalination performance. Journal of Membrane Science, 706, p.122893.

26.    Heiranian, M., Fan, H., Wang, L., Lu, X. and Elimelech, M., 2023. Mechanisms and models for water transport in reverse osmosis membranes: history, critical assessment, and recent developments. Chemical Society Reviews, 52, pp.8455-8480.

27.    Huang, Y., Fan, H., and Yip, N.Y., 2023. Mobility of Condensed Counterions in Ion-Exchange Membranes: Application of Screening Length Scaling Relationship in Highly Charged Environments. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(1), pp.836-846.

28.    Wang, L., He, J., Heiranian, M., Fan, H., Song, L., Li, Y. and Elimelech, M., 2023. Water transport in reverse osmosis membranes is governed by pore flow, not a solution-diffusion mechanism. Science Advances, 9(15), p.eadf8488.

29.    DuChanois, R.M., Mazurowski, L., Fan, H., Verduzco, R., Nir, O. and Elimelech, M., 2023. Precise Cation Separations with Composite Cation-Exchange Membranes: Role of Base Layer Properties. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(15), pp.6331-6341.

30.    Shah, K.M., Dach, E., Winton, R., Fan, H. and Yip, N.Y., 2023. Phase equilibria insights into amine-water-NaCl interactions in liquid-liquid biphasic systems for temperature swing solvent extraction desalination. Desalination, 548, p.116259.

31.    Huang, Y., Fan, H. and Yip, N.Y., 2023. Influence of electrolyte on concentration-induced conductivity-permselectivity tradeoff of ion-exchange membranes. Journal of Membrane Science, 668, p.121184.

32.    McCartney, S.N., Fan, H., Watanabe, N.S., Huang, Y. and Yip, N.Y., 2022. Donnan dialysis for phosphate recovery from diverted urine. Water Research, 226, p.119302.

33.    Shah, K. M., Billinge, I. H., Chen, X., Fan, H., Huang, Y., Winton, R. K., and Yip, N. Y. 2022. Drivers, challenges, and emerging technologies for desalination of high-salinity brines: A critical review. Desalination, 538, 115827.

34.    Boo, C., Qi, H., Billinge, I.H., Shah, K.M., Fan, H., and Yip, N.Y., 2021. Thermomorphic hydrophilicity base-induced precipitation for effective descaling of hypersaline brines. ACS ES&T Engineering, 1(9), pp.1351-1359.

35.    Chen, H., Zhang, X., Zhang, T., Li, X., Li, J., Yue, Y., Wang, M., Zheng, Y., Fan, H., Wang, J., and Yao, M., 2020. Ambient PM toxicity is correlated with expression levels of specific microRNAs. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(16), pp.10227-10236.

36.    Li, J., Chen, H., Li, X., Wang, M., Zhang, X., Cao, J., Shen, F., Wu, Y., Xu, S., Fan, H., …, and Yao, M., 2019. Differing toxicity of ambient particulate matter (PM) in global cities. Atmospheric Environment, 212, pp.305-315.

37.    Yang, S.S., Wu, W.M., Brandon, A.M., Fan, H., …and Criddle, C. S., 2018. Ubiquity of polystyrene digestion and biodegradation within yellow mealworms, larvae of Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Chemosphere, 212, pp.262-271.

38.    Li, J., Cao, J., Zhu, Y.G., Chen, Q.L., Shen, F., Wu, Y., Xu, S., Fan, H., … and Yao, M., 2018. Global survey of antibiotic resistance genes in air. Environmental Science & Technology, 52(19), pp.10975-10984.

39.    Yang, S.S., Brandon, A.M., Flanagan, J.C.A., Yang, J., Ning, D., Cai, S.Y., Fan, H., … Criddle, C. S., and Wu, W.M., 2018. Biodegradation of polystyrene wastes in yellow mealworms (larvae of Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus): Factors affecting biodegradation rates and the of polystyrene-fed larvae to complete their life cycle. Chemosphere, 191, pp.979-989.

40.    Wei, K., Zheng, Y., Li, J., Shen, F., Zou, Z, Fan, H., Li, X., Wu, C.Y., and Yao, M., 2015. Microbial aerosol characteristics in highly polluted and near-pristine environments featuring different climatic conditions. Science Bulletin, 60(16), pp.1439-1447.

(‡equal contribution)