Prof. Hua Zhong
Associate Professor (tenured), Senior Researcher Scientist, Eastern Institute of TechnologySpeech Title:
Biography: Dr. Hua Zhong is currently a senior researcher in the Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo, China. His research is focused on transport and transformation of contaminants in porous media and novel technologies for in situ groundwater remediation and rainwater treatment. He was selected for the national high-level talent support program of China and had secured 20+ research projects from multiple sources including National Natural Science Foundation and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China. He also participated as a key member in 3 projects funded by the SUPERFUND program, Department of Defense, and Department of Energy of US. He has published more than 150 peer-reviewed journal articles and authorized 20+ patents. He had a Web-of-Science core citation number over 6000 and H-index of 40, and was listed as Elsevier BV-Stanford University global 2% top scientist several times. He is the editorial member of several SCI journals such as International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and has been the program chair, session chair and technical committee members of 20+ international conferences. He supervised 4 research associates, 6 postdocs and 50+ phD and MS students. The specific research interests include (1) coupled processes of contaminant mass transfer, transport and transformation in porous media; (2) interfacial behaviors of surfactants and removal of nonaqueous phase liquid; (3) in situ chemical oxidation of recalcitrant organic compounds based on advanced oxidation processes; (4) colloid and nanoparticles transport for remediation; (5) processes of contaminant removal in low-impact development facilities.