Chiqian Zhang
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Tenture-track assistant professor
Also affiliated: University of Nebraska–Lincoln (2013); Georgia Institute of Technology (2019–2021); Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (2022–2025); Guiyang Medical University (2016); Xiamen University (2024); Chinese Academy of Sciences (2024); Marion Technical College (2021); Institute of Urban Environment (2024); CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion (2024); Hangzhou Dianzi University (2018); University of Missouri (2012–2022)
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Chiqian Zhang's research focuses on environmental engineering and sustainability, with a particular emphasis on water quality, public health, and waste management. Her work investigates the presence and control of opportunistic pathogens in municipal drinking water distribution systems, exploring strategies to optimize disinfectant residual dosage to minimize health risks associated with both pathogens and disinfection by-products. Zhang also studies the treatment of municipal sewage and sludge, examining methods such as hydrothermal carbonization and anaerobic digestion to improve resource recovery and manage volatile sulfur compounds. Her research extends to assessing water quality in natural systems, including the use of cyanobacteria and phytoplankton as indicators of trophic conditions and the detection of cyanotoxin-encoding genes in harmful algal blooms. She has received federal funding from the NSF for research on alkaline thermal pretreatment of sewage sludge to improve anaerobic digestion.
Zhang's publications also address the bacterial community diversity in tap water systems, comparing hot and cold water sources. Her work in environmental nanotechnology involves studying the transformation and mobility of metals in sewage sludge. She has a demonstrated record of scholarly output, with 59 publications and over 2,100 citations, contributing to a high-impact researcher designation. Her research network includes collaborations with other academics, such as Kainat Rahnuma at Arkansas State University.
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- h-index: 21
- Publications: 66
- Citations: 2,162
Selected Publications
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Chemical and Biological Cascade Responses Triggered by Nitrate-Driven In Situ Iron Corrosion: Mechanism of Simultaneous Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from Piggery Tailwater in Iron–Carbon Biofilter (2026)
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Using quantitative polymerase chain reaction to assess phytoplankton and indicate eutrophication in freshwater rivers: A multiyear nationwide study across the United States (2026)
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Deep learning driven time series modelling for forecasting water discharge (2026)
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Structure-reactivity insights in combusting rice straw hydrochar: Role of hydrothermal temperature (2025)
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Nitrate-mediated anaerobic microorganism-sponge iron system promoting simultaneous nitrogen and phosphate removal from piggery tail water (2025)
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Synergistic coupling of bipolar membrane electrodialysis and Fenton process for sustainable management of landfill leachate reverse osmosis concentrate (2025)
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Mitigating VFAs accumulation and enhancing anaerobic stability in continuous-flow leachate from waste transfer stations using zero-valent iron (2025)
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Microbial Communities in Coastal Salt Marshes Along the Southeast Coast of China and their Effects on Carbon Storage (2025)
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Acid-catalyzed co-hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge and mixed straws to produce high-quality solid fuel (2024)
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Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review (2024)
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Flexible beads-on-string hierarchically porous carbon nanofiber/nanotube composites for enhanced capacitive deionization performance in water desalination (2024)
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Co-hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge and rice straw to improve hydrochar quality: Effects of mixing ratio and hydrothermal temperature (2024)
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qPCR-based phytoplankton abundance and chlorophyll a: A multi-year study in twelve large freshwater rivers across the United States (2024)
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Energy and economic assessment of hydrothermal-treatment-coupled anaerobic digestion (2024)
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Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater (2024)
Federal Grants 1 $177,108 total
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Top Collaborators
- Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater
- Hydraulic retention time governed the micro/nanostructures of titanium-incorporated diatoms and their photocatalytic activity
- Reconsider the burn: The transient effect of a chlorine burn on controlling opportunistic pathogens in a full-scale chloraminated engineered water system
- Mixotrophic Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Biofilm with Enhanced Biomass Production, Microalgal Activity, and Nutrient Removal from Nutrient-Rich Wastewater
- Nitrate-mediated anaerobic microorganism-sponge iron system promoting simultaneous nitrogen and phosphate removal from piggery tail water
- Mitigating VFAs accumulation and enhancing anaerobic stability in continuous-flow leachate from waste transfer stations using zero-valent iron
- Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Biofilm with Enhanced Biomass Production, Microalgal Activity, and Nutrient Removal from Nutrient-Rich Wastewater
- Nitrate-mediated anaerobic microorganism-sponge iron system promoting simultaneous nitrogen and phosphate removal from piggery tail water
- Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater
- Coupled In-Situ Fermentation for Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal from Digested Swine Wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Biofilm with Enhanced Biomass Production, Microalgal Activity, and Nutrient Removal from Nutrient-Rich Wastewater
- Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Machine Learning to Access and Ensure Safe Drinking Water Supply: A Systematic Review
- Co-hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge and rice straw to improve hydrochar quality: Effects of mixing ratio and hydrothermal temperature
- Energy and economic assessment of hydrothermal-treatment-coupled anaerobic digestion
- Acid-catalyzed co-hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge and mixed straws to produce high-quality solid fuel
- Energy and economic assessment of hydrothermal-treatment-coupled anaerobic digestion
- Diatoms in wastewater treatment: Potentials, applications, and values of biomass
- Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Biofilm with Enhanced Biomass Production, Microalgal Activity, and Nutrient Removal from Nutrient-Rich Wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Biofilm with Enhanced Biomass Production, Microalgal Activity, and Nutrient Removal from Nutrient-Rich Wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Biofilm with Enhanced Biomass Production, Microalgal Activity, and Nutrient Removal from Nutrient-Rich Wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater
- Mixotrophic Chlorella Pyrenoidosa Biofilm with Enhanced Biomass Production, Microalgal Activity, and Nutrient Removal from Nutrient-Rich Wastewater
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