Functional porous materials
COFs, β-cyclodextrin polymers, magnetic composites and dendritic fibrous nanosilica with tailored pore chemistry for selective critical-mineral recovery.
Dr. Francois Nkinahamira
Assistant Researcher (助理研究员) · Guangzhou University
I design covalent organic frameworks, cyclodextrin polymers and dendritic nanosilica that pull rare-earth elements out of industrial waste streams, and core-shell catalysts that convert pollutants at lower temperatures.
53SCI articles
22h-index (Scholar)
1,300+citations
¥400kfunding as PI
Research pillars
Heterogeneous catalysis
Core-shell catalyst architectures for pollutant conversion; low-temperature methane activation; surface engineering for sulfur and water tolerance.
ML-accelerated discovery
Machine learning for materials–environment interactions: source apportionment, predictive modelling and data-driven experimental design.
Selected work
A P507-grafted dendritic nanosilica that strips over 95% of dysprosium from solution in five minutes, at 86.2 mg/g, and survives five regeneration cycles.
Journal of Cleaner Production 2026 Corresponding
A ceria shell that lets an In/H-Beta catalyst hold 97.5% NOx conversion under the wet, sulfur-laden conditions that normally poison it.
Journal of Hazardous Materials 2025 First author
How machine learning is reshaping the detection, quantification and source-tracking of metal pollutants across soil, water and air.
TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2024 First author
Activating methane's C–H bond between 50 and 500 °C, across four catalytic regimes.
Advanced Science 2023 First author
A closed loop that recovers 76–87% of the rare earths from industrial sludge using green leaching agents.
Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2022 First author
Magnetic cyclodextrin polymers that pull Nd, Gd, Eu and Y out of wastewater and regenerate five times over.
Water Research 2020 First author
Funding as Principal Investigator
| Project | Award | Period | Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waste to Wealth: Recovery of Rare Earth Elements from Complex Waste Matrices Using Functionalized Covalent Organic Frameworks (W2433128) | ¥200,000 | 2025.01–2025.12 | NSFC, Research Fund for International Young Scientists |
| Functionalization of Dendritic Fibrous Nano Silica with Organophosphorus for Rare Earth Element Removal from Wastewater (624021-72) | ¥200,000 | 2024.06–2025.05 | Guangzhou City Postdoctoral Fellowship |