Education background

Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, July 1986, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China 

M.S. in Environmental Engineering, March 1981, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

B.S. in Water and Wastewater Engineering, July 1978, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

Experience

1994-present Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University 

1990-1994 Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University 

1987-1990 Lecture, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University

1981-1987 Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tsinghua University

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

Research Area:

1. Water Treatment Technology 

2. Emergent drinking water treatment 

3. Bio-stability and corrosion control in distribution system

Research Projects:

1. Drinking water safety technology and demonstration in Zhujiang River area, National Grand Program for Water Pollution Control, 2008-2011, Director.

2. Emergency drinking water treatment technology and process: research and demonstration, National Grand Program for Water Pollution Control, 2008-2011, Major researcher.

3. Water quality stabilization research in drinking water distribution system, National 863 High Technology Plan, 2007-2009, Derector. 

4. Drinking water purification technology for rural water supply, National Science and Technology Supporting Program, 2006-2010, Director.

5. Chemical stabilization in distribution system, National Science Foundation Committee, 2006-2008, Director

6. Odor removal for algal bloom source water, National Science Foundation Committee, 2007-2010, Director.

7. Drinking water source and water environment in Wenchuan Earthquake area, Ministry of Environmental Protection, 2008-2009, Director.

8. Emergency drinking water treatment technology, Ministry of House and Urban-rural Construction, 2006-2008, Director.

Academic Achievement

Published Books:

1. Yue Zhang, Xiaojian Zhang, Chao Chen, Huan Wang and SuexiaZhang, Guidelines for emergency drinking water treatment, China Architecture and Building Press, 2009.

2. Xiaojian Zhang, Chao Chen, Chapter 9 Disinfection, In Wenjie He, Weiguang Li, Xiaojian Zhang, Tinglin Huang and Hongda Han, Technology for Safe Drinking Water, China Architecture and Building Press, 2006.

Published Articles:

1. Xiaojian Zhang, Chao Chen, Emergency drinking water treatment in source water pollution incident: Technology and practice in China, Frontier of Environmental Science and Engineering in China, 2009, 3(1):64-368.

2. Yang Wang, Xiaojian Zhang, Shuo Feng, Zhangbin Niu, Chao Chen, Study on inactivation of iron bacteria isolated from real drinking water distribution systems by free chlorine and chloramine, Annals Of Microbiology, 2009, 59(2):353.

3. Chao Chen, Xiaojian Zhang, L. Zhu, J. Liu, W. He, and H. Han, Disinfection by-products and their precursors in a water treatment plant in north China: seasonal changes and fraction analysis, Science of the Total Environment, 2008, 397:140-147.

4. Chao Chen, Xiaojian Zhang, W. He, and H. Han, Comparison of seven kinds of drinking water treatment processes to enhance organic material removal: a pilot test, Science of the Total Environment, 2007, 382(1):93-102. 

5. Xiaojian Zhang, Chao Chen, and Yun Wang, Synergetic inactivation of microorganisms by short-term free chlorination and subsequent monochloramination in drinking water disinfection, Biomedical and Environmental Science, 2007, 20(5)373-380.

6. Chao Chen, Xiaojian Zhang, W. He, and H. Han, Study on Simultaneous Control of Microorganisms, Disinfection By-products by Sequential Chlorination, Biomedical and Environmental Science, 2007, 20(2):119-125.

7. Chao Chen, Xiaojian Zhang, Y. Wang, L. Zhu and J. Liu, Waste water disinfection during SARS epidemic: aiming for microbiological and toxicological control. Biomedical and Environmental Science, 2006, 19(3):173-178.

8. Zhangbin Niu, Yang Wang, and Xiaojian Zhang, Iron stability in drinking water distribution systems in a city of China, Journal Of Environmental Sciences-China 2006, 18(10):40-46。

9. Lingyu Kong, Xiaojian Zhang and Zhansheng Wang, Pilot plant study on ozonation and biological activated carbon process for drinking water treatment, Journal Of Environmental Sciences-China, 2006, 18(2):232-235.

10. Wei Lu and Xiaojian Zhang, Factors affecting bacterial growth in drinking water distribution system, Biomedical And Environmental Sciences, 2005, 18(2):137-140.