Dr.-Ing. Zhe Lei

Dr. Zhe Lei earned his Bachelor's degree in 2011 and his Master's degree in 2013, in Energy and Power Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University, China. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at TU Dresden, Germany, in March 2018. He joined the institute of fluid dynamic at Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Germany, and worked as a postdoctoral in period from 2018 to 2021. He then was appointed as the group leader for Electromagnetic Separation. He also holds a dual appointment at the Transport processes at Interfaces department at Process Engineering Institute, TU Dresden.

Dr. Zhe Lei’s research interest is in fluid dynamics, with a particular emphasis on the effects of magnetic fields in multiphase systems, especially at and around interfaces across various scales. Currently, he is focused on developing separation techniques for rare-earth ions using magnetic fields and developing innovative experimental and numerical tools to analyze the complex transport processes involved. Additionally, he has a growing interest in utilizing artificial intelligence, including deep reinforcement learning, for active flow control in rare-earth separators.