Recently, the 11th IWA Membrane Technology Conference & Exhibition for Water and Wastewater Treatment and Reuse was held in Daegu, South Korea. Tian Chenxin, a 2025 Ph.D. graduate from CESE (advisors: Professor Wang Zhiwei and Associate Professor Dai Ruobin), was honored with the 2025 IWA MTSG Doctoral Thesis Award 2025. Established by IWA MTSG, this award aims to recognize outstanding doctoral theses that make significant contributions to the field of membrane science and technology. Through international peer review, two awardees were selected for the year 2025.