Mei Sun

Dr. Mei Sun is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her work centers on resolving critical environmental challenges through innovative engineering solutions.

Dr. Sun's research focuses on:

• Sustainable water treatment and reuse, particularly technologies for removing emerging contaminants.
• Contaminant dynamics, including fate, transport, and degradation in environmental matrices.
• Subsurface remediation strategies for polluted ecosystems.
• Fundamental processes in water chemistry, environmental electrochemistry, catalytic chemistry, and biogeochemistry.
• Addressing the water-energy nexus to optimize resource sustainability.

She leads a research group exploring these areas and encourages prospective students/researchers to contact her regarding opportunities. Her office is located in EPIC 3163.