Staff profile

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Jingyan Chen is a PhD researcher in Engineering at Durham University. Her research interests include soil suction in unsaturated soils and electroosmosis in soils. She is interested in understanding the behaviour of soils and the processes that influence their hydraulic and mechanical properties.

Jingyan's broader research interests include geotechnical engineering, soil behaviour, and electrokinetic processes in soils.

Jingyan holds a Master's degree in Geotechnical Engineering. Her MSc research investigated ion adsorption, electrokinetic transport, and electro-osmotic behaviour in soils. This work provided her with a research background in soil electrokinetics and related processes. Her research interests centre on improving the understanding of soil behaviour and the processes relevant to geotechnical engineering.

• Soil suction in unsaturated soils
• Electroosmosis in soils
• Ion adsorption in soils
• Soil behaviour and hydro-mechanical properties

Journal Article

• Innovative Application of Electrokinetic Treatment on Montmorillonite Modification: Effects on pH, Current, and Swelling Properties of Ca-Montmorillonite
  
  Chen, J., Zhuang, Y., & Duan, W. (2025). Innovative Application of Electrokinetic Treatment on Montmorillonite Modification: Effects on pH, Current, and Swelling Properties of Ca-Montmorillonite. Langmuir, 41(10), 6675-6685. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c04697
• Effect of electroosmosis flow and electrolyte circulation on electrokinetic remediation of Pb-contaminated kaolin
  
  Chen, J., Zhuang, Y., & Liu, Z. (2025). Effect of electroosmosis flow and electrolyte circulation on electrokinetic remediation of Pb-contaminated kaolin. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 55(1), 259-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10800-024-02169-x