Education background

1986.9 - 1990.10 Ph.D candidate study in the Environmental Engineering Department of Tsinghua University in Beijing.

1983.9 - 1986.6 Graduate student of the Environmental Engineering Department of Tsinghua University in Beijing.

1982.8 - 1983.9 Engineer in Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design and Research Institute

1978.9 - 1982.7 Undergraduate study in Beijing Institute of Civil Engineering and Architecture.

Experience

1996. 12 - Now Associate Professor，Professor，at Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, China

1998.8 - 1998.10 Visiting Scholar at Civil Engineering Department, University of Leeds, England

1990.10 - 1996.12 Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Academy of Science, China

1993.11 - 1994.6 Visiting Scholar at Civil Engineering Department, University of Delaware, USA

Areas of Research Interests/ Research Projects

Water pollution control theory and technology Environmental Biotechnology (White fungus and its enzyme; Microbial community analysis; High rate bioreactors)

On Going Research Projects:

Study on competition strategies for degradation of textile-reactive dye wastewater with the white-rot fungi under non-sterile conditions and its mechanism, 2005-2007, Supported by the Chinese National Science Foundation

Cloning of a gene encoding a lignin peroxidase from a white-rot fungus strain and its expression in yeast, 2006-2006, Supported by the Chinese National Science Foundation

Catalytic activity of carbon nanotubes coated with ligninolytic peroxidases and their applications for degradation of PPCPs, 2007-2009, Supported by the Chinese National Science Foundation

Academic Achievement

Books

1. Hongxiao TANG, Yi QIAN, Xianghua WEN. Characteristics and Principles of Control Technology of Aquatic Particles and Refractory Organic Pollutants, I. Aquatic Particles(in Chinese). Beijing, China Environmental Science Publisher, 2000

2. Hongxiao TANG, Yi QIAN, Xianghua WEN. Characteristics and Principles of Control Technology of Aquatic Particles and Refractory Organic Pollutants, II. Aquatic Refractory Organic Pollutants (in Chinese). Beijing, China Environmental Science Publisher, 2000

3. Jianlong WANG, Xianghua WEN. Modern Environmental Biotechnology (in Chinese). Beijing, Tsinghua University Publisher, 2001

4. Xiasheng GU, Hongyin HU, Xianghua WEN, Hui WANG. Water Treatment Biology (in Chinese), Beijing, China Architecture Publisher, 2006

 Chapters in Books：

1.Xianghua WEN. Algal Culture. in: Environmental Microbial Monitoring (in Chinese). Yuxin YU. 121-126, China Environmental Science Publisher, 1990

2.Xianghua WEN, Xiasheng GU, Yi QIAN. Ecological Model for Biological stabilization Pond (in Chinese). in: Environmental Engineering Thesis Collection. 51-59, China Environmental Science Publisher, 1991

3.Xianghua WEN. A Material Transformation Model for Biological Stabilization Ponds. in: Y. S. Wong, F. Y. Tam ed. Wastewater Treatment with Algae. Springer-Verlag and Landes Bioscience, pp189-202, 1998

4.Xianghua WEN. Sediment Chemistry; Aquatic Modeling. in: Contemporary Chemistry (in Chinese). 765-767, China Zhigong Publisher, 1997

5.Xianghua WEN, Yi QIAN. ENVRIONMENTAL SOUND MANAGEMENT OF WASTEWATER. in the book of Encyclopedia of Life Support System, UNESCO Publishing-Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK. 2001

6.Xianghua WEN. 4.11.2 INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION. in the book of Encyclopedia of Life Support System, UNESCO Publishing-Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK., 2003

7.Xianghua WEN. 4.11.2.5. ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION DISCHARGE. in the book of Encyclopedia of Life Support System, UNESCO Publishing-Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK., 2003

8.Lei SHI, Ruirui LI, Xianghua WEN. 4.11.2.4 INDUSTRIAL POLLUTION PREVENTION STRATEGY - CLEANER PRODUCTION. in the book of Encyclopedia of Life Support System, UNESCO Publishing-Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK., 2003 Translation, Environmental Biotechnology(in Chinese), Bruce Rittmann, Perry McCarty. Translator：Xianghua WEN, Jianlong WANG, Tsinghua University Publisher, 2004

Six inventive patents have be certificated.