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Hong Cheng, a Ph.D. student at the Water Desalination and Reuse Center clinched the best poster award at the International Water Association Membrane Technology conference. The conference was held in Singapore on 5 to 9 September. 

Out of a total of 55 posters presented at the conference, Hong' s poster titled “Removal of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and genes affected by varying extent of foulant​ on an anaerobic microfiltration membrane” was selected as one of the 10 best posters recognized by the selection committee. This poster was also awarded the first prize at the KAUST Research conference 2017 “Changing paradigms of wastewater treatment – from waste to resource” organized by WDRC in March 2017.

Hong Cheng is working under the supervision of Professor Peiying Hong.​​​​