Ph.D. in Chemistry, Jul. 1997, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China

M.S. in Chemistry, Jul.1994, Jilin University, Changchun, China

B.S. in Chemistry, Jul 1991, Jilin University, Changchun, China

2011-present Professor, School of Environment, Tsinghua University

2009-2011 Professor, Dep. of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

2000-2009 Associate Professor, Dep. of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

1997-2000 Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University

2001-2002 Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Research Area:

1. Environmental microbiology/biotechnology

2. Bioremediation of contaminated soil and surface water

1. Research on the Carbon-Energy Cascade Utilization Technology System for Organic Solid Waste in the Capital Metropolitan Area — Major Special Project for Comprehensive Environmental Governance of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region

2. Technology and Demonstration of Green & Low-Carbon Wastewater Treatment with Resource and Energy Recovery — Major Special Project for Carbon Neutrality and Environmental Governance of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region

3. Low-Carbon Process Technology for Biosynthesis of Biodegradable PHA Plastics Using Low-Grade Carbon Sources — Key Special Project for Disruptive and Innovative Technologies under the National Key R&D Program of China

4. R&D and Engineering Demonstration of Bioremediation Inoculants for Sites Contaminated by Medium-Low Concentration Organic Pollutants — Project of the National Key R&D Program of China

5. Screening and Functional Evaluation of Novel Marker Genes for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH) Biodegradation — Project Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

6. Anaerobic Degradation Process and Microbiological Mechanism of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) under Methanogenic Conditions — Project Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China

1. Qingxin Liu, et al. Scale-Up performance and high-cell-density operation of a three-stage PHA biorefinery using liquor-making wastewater. Water Res., 2026, 301, 126015.

2. Nanlan Zhao, et al. Electron transfer versatility of a Geobacter sp. links PAH degradation with multi-electron acceptor respiration, including crystalline magnetite. J. Hazard. Mater., 2026, 502, 141052.

3. Peng Yu, et al. Evaluation of polyhydroxyalkanoate recovery from food waste by sequencing batch biofilm reactor with high mixed microbial biomass. Resour. Conserv. Recycl., 2024, 205, 107536.

4. Nanlan Zhao, et al. Dissimilatory iron-reducing microorganisms: The phylogeny, physiology, applications and outlook. Crit. Rev. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2024, 55(2), 73–98.

5. Menghan Wu, et al. Comprehensive Techno-environmental Evaluation of a Pilot-Scale PHA Production from Food Waste in China，Environ. Sci. Technol., 2023, 57, 1467−1478.

6. Menghan Wu, et al. Deep insight into oriented propionate production from food waste: Microbiological interpretation and design practice. Water Res., 2023, 243:120399

7. Zuotao Zhang, et al. Novel synergistic metabolic processes for phenanthrene biodegradation by a nitrate-reducing phenanthrene- degrading culture and an anammox culture. Water Res., 2023, 230(15): 119593.

8. Peng Yu, et al. Performance of a mixed inoculum of sludge and pit mud for short and medium-chain fatty acids production: Insight into key microbiome and functional potential in anaerobic fermentation inoculum. Chem. Eng. J, 2023, 466,143142.

9. Yina Zou, et al. Fates of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes during sludge anaerobic digestion with different pretreatments. Chem. Eng. J., 2023, 454,140356.

10. Zhou Nan, et al. Bioaugmentation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil with the nitrate-reducing bacterium PheN7 under anaerobic condition. J. Hazard. Mater., 2022, 439, 129643.

11. Zou Yina, et al. Deciphering the extracellular and intracellular antibiotic resistance genes in multiple environments reveals the persistence of extracellular ones. J. Hazard. Mater., 2022, 429, 128275.

12.Liang Chengyue, et al. Shifts of the new functional marker gene (pahE) of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) degrading bacterial population and its relationship with PAHs biodegradation. J. Hazard. Mater., 2022, 437, 129305

13. Zuotao Zhang, et al. Anaerobic biodegradation of phenanthrene by a newly developed nitrate-dependent Achromobacter denitrificans strain PheN1 and exploration of the biotransformation processes by metabolite and genome analysis. Environ. Microbiol., 2021, 23(2), 908-923.

14. Menghan Wu, et al. Polyhydroxyalkanoate Production from Food Waste Coupled with Aerobic Nitrate Reduction, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 2021, 9, 15461−15468.

15. Zhang Zuotao, et al. Investigation of anaerobic biodegradation of phenanthrene by a sulfate-dependent Geobacter sulfurreducens strain PheS2. J. Hazard. Mater., 2021, 409, 124522.

16.Yina Zou, et al. Anaerobic digestion reduces extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in waste activated sludge: the effects of temperature and degradation mechanisms. Environ. Int., 2020, 143, 105980.

17. Chongyang Wang, et al. Absence of the nahG-like gene caused the syntrophic interaction between Marinobacter and other microbes in PAH-degrading process. J. Hazard. Mater., 2020, 384,121387.

18. Yina Zou, et al. New insight into fates of sulfonamide and tetracycline resistance genes and resistant bacteria during anaerobic digestion of manure at thermophilic and mesophilic temperatures, J. Hazard. Mater., 2020, 384, 121433.

19. Chengyue Liang, et al. pahE, a Functional marker gene for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacteria. Appl. & Environ. Microbiol., 2019, 85(3), e02399-18.

20. Peiyan Dong, et al. Assessment of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes (eARGs) in typical environmental samples and the transforming ability of eARG. Environ. Int., 2019, 125, 90-96.

21.Tingting Fang, et al. Diversity of potential antibiotic-resistant bacterial pathogens and the effect of suspended particles on the spread of antibiotic resistance in urban recreational water. Water Res., 2018, 145: 541e551.