PI Zou occupies over 1,000 square feet of wet lab space in the MSU Bioeconomy Institute, maintained within the College of Engineering at Michigan State University.

The space is equipped with three exhaust fume hoods, one biosafety cabinet, one walk-in ventilated hood, and a sample storage space that includes three 4°C refrigerators, a -20°C freezer, and a -80°C freezer, and a Thermo Scientific Micropure water purification system. Further, within the MBI building, the E-WATER research group has access to a 4°C walk-in room, an autoclave, and an ice machine.


  • Incubator
  • Centrifuge
  • Bio-Logic VMP-300, 16-channel Potentiostat
  • Bio-Logic VSP-300, 2-channel Potentiostat
  • PcCell ED64002 Standard ED Cell
  • PcCell ED64004 Lab-Scale Salt Metathesis and Bipolar Electrodialysis Cell
  • Thermo Fisher Inuvion IC System (2 units) with Autosampler

Under Procurement

  • [Future Major Instruments]
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  • Four CircuitSpecialist 3644A DC Power Supplies
  • Two B&K Precision 9110 DC Power Supplies
  • One Keithley DAQ6510, 32-channel Data Acquisition/Multimeter System
  • Five MasterFlex L/S MasterSense Pump Systems with MasterFlex L/S Easy-Load Pump Heads
  • One Sigma-Aldrich Supelco Visiprep™ Solid Phase Extraction (SPE) Vacuum Manifold
  • One KNF LABOPORT N820 Diaphragm Vacuum Pump
  • Two VWR Professional Hot Plate Stirrers
  • Two Cole-Parmer ST-200D-UT Ultra-Thin Magnetic Stirrer with Timer
  • One Oakton PCTSTestr™ 30 pH/Conductivity/TDS/Salinity Waterproof Pocket Tester,
  • One Oakton DO100 Portable Dissolved Oxygen Meter
  • One Oakton T-100IR Portable Infrared Turbidity Meter
  • One Oakton PC2700 Benchtop Meter w/pH Electrode, Conductivity/ACT Probe
  • One Thermo Scientific D4521 B-Pure Water Purification System (Double Holder Module) connected with a Thermo Scientific AquaPro Multi-Input Intelligent Process Analyzer
  • One Hettich Universal 320 Benchtop Centrifuge with 1620A Rotor for six 15 mL or 50 mL tubes
  • One Eppendorf 5810R Refrigerated Centrifuge
  • One VWR Symphony Ultrasonic Cleaner
  • One VWR Forced Air Oven
  • One Ohaus PX2202 Pioneer Precision Balance
  • One Ohaus PX224 Pioneer Analytical Balance
  • One Hach DR900 Portable Colorimeter
  • One Hach DR3900 Laboratory Spectrophotometer
  • One Hach DRB 200 Dry Thermostat Reactor