Welcome to Xiong-Wei's group
Pursuing excellence in scientific research and technological advancement in mutltiphase mixing and reactions using plug flow oscillatory baffled reactors and crystallizers.
Specialising in flow chemistry that handles solids including crystallization.
PhD opportunities
Two PhD positions are available from Oct. 2012 within COBRA, as part of the EPSRC DTC for the Centre for Innovative Manufacture (CIM) under CMaC (Continuous Manufacture and Crystallization). Potential candidates should have 2:1 or better in their first degrees in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Material Sciences, should send their CVs to Professor Ni in the first instance.COBRA group photo

Back row: Iain Campbell, Eilidh Duncan, Graham Caskie, Manhal Alnasser.
Front row: Natalia Falenta, Craig Callahan, Cameron Brown, Xiong-Wei Ni.
Prizes/Awards
Craig Callahan won the EPS Postgraduates Research Poster Prize 2011.
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Latest news
20th June 2012Session chair at 4th European Conference on Crystal Growth, Glasgow
18th June 2012
A talk to be delivered at ACHEMA, Frankfurt, Germany
6-8th June 2012
Scientific Advisory Board member, session chair and speaker at BIT Annual World Congress of Advanced Materials 2012, Beijing, China
20th April 2012
An invited talk delivered at Croda, Rawcliffe Bridge, UK
20th March 2012
An invited talk delivered at Sanofi, Frankfurt, Germany
19-25th Feb 2012
A member of the CIKTN Singapore Mission
17th Jan 2012
A seminar delivered at Van't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
7-9th Dec 2011
An invited talk delivered at the 29th SCI Process Development Symposium, Churchill College, Cambridge University, UK
6-9th Nov 2011
A presentation given at the ISPE 2011 Annual Meeting at Dallas, TX, USA
20-23rd June 2011
Organising Committe Memeber and chairing sessions at European PI conference, Manchester
8-9th June 2011
Invited talk and workshop to be given at SYNFLOW, the University of St. Andrews
15th April 2011
Presentation given at Symposium of Implementation of PI Technologies, Delft , the Netherlands
29th March 2011
Seminar delivered at the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, Loughborough University
22nd March 2011
Seminar given at Flow Chemistry Expo, Groton, USA
7th & 9th February 2011
Presentations given at Informex USA, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
18th January 2011
Seminar delivered at Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium