Welcome to Zhang Research Group


We are an interdisciplinary research group at Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Manchester. We aim to tackle chemical separation challenges for our sustainable future with artificial intelligence, automated experimentation and process modeling!

We are always looking for passionate Postdocs, PhD students, and Master/Undergraduate students to join our team!

Learn more about our research


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News

7. November 2026

Jiyizhe published a review on “Developing Sustainable Chemistry with AI” on Accounts of Chemical Research

6. October 2026

We welcome Aisel and Sisi to the group to start their PhD projects!

5. October 2026

New semester starts! We welcome Elias and Daniel to the group to start their MEng projects!

4. October 2026

We start an exciting project with Johnathon and Dr Jiaoyan Chen in Computer Science to explore KG applications in downstream separations

3. July 2026

We welcome Yu Lay and Selim to the group to start their summer intern projects

2. July 2025

Jiyizhe co-organised the 9th Machine Learning and AI in (Bio)Chemical Engineering Conference at Cambridge

1. October 2025

Hello world! The group website is launched!