Chiqian Zhang

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Federal Grant PI High Impact

Tenture-track assistant professor

Arkansas State University

Also affiliated: University of Nebraska–Lincoln (2013); Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (2021); Georgia Institute of Technology (2019–2021); Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (2022–2025); Chinese Academy of Sciences (2024); Institute of Urban Environment (2024); CAS Key Laboratory of Urban Pollutant Conversion (2024); Xiamen Ocean Vocational College (2024); Hangzhou Dianzi University (2018); University of Missouri (2012–2022)

21 h-index 66 pubs 2,199 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website

OverviewAI-generated summary

Chiqian Zhang's research focuses on environmental engineering and sustainability, with a particular emphasis on water treatment and public health. Her work investigates the impact of nanoparticles on wastewater treatment processes, including anaerobic digestion. She has studied the antimicrobial mechanisms of silver nanoparticles in aquatic environments and their effects on activated sludge systems within membrane bioreactors. Zhang also explores the occurrence of antimicrobials and resistance genes in agricultural waste, and the thermodynamic properties of disinfectants like peracetic acid, including their efficacy in inhibiting bacterial regrowth.

Her research extends to municipal sewage treatment, specifically examining the speciation of iron, phosphorus, and sulfur during anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge, including the role of hydrothermal pretreatment. This work contributes to understanding and improving processes for producing clean drinking water and managing wastewater effectively. Zhang has received federal funding from the NSF for research on alkaline thermal pretreatment to enhance anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge by mitigating volatile sulfur compounds.

With 66 publications and 2,193 citations, Zhang has an h-index of 21. Her research network includes collaborations with Kainat Rahnuma at Arkansas State University. She is designated as a high-impact researcher and a federal grant principal investigator.

Metrics

h-index: 21
Publications: 66
Citations: 2,199

Positions

Tenture-track assistant professor 2023–present

Arkansas State University Civil Engineering Program ORCID
Tenture-track assistant professor 2022–2023

Southern University and A&M College Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ORCID
Microbiologist (Contractor to the U.S. EPA) 2019–2022

Pegasus Technical Services Inc. ORCID
Research Lab Technician II 2019

University of Missouri System Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ORCID
Postdoctoral Fellow 2018–2019

Georgia Institute of Technology School of Civil & Environmental Engineering ORCID

Selected Publications

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)

Water DOI OpenAlex
Using quantitative polymerase chain reaction to assess phytoplankton and indicate eutrophication in freshwater rivers: A multiyear nationwide study across the United States (2026)

Elsevier eBooks DOI OpenAlex
Deep learning driven time series modelling for forecasting water discharge (2026)

Next research. DOI OpenAlex
Structure-reactivity insights in combusting rice straw hydrochar: Role of hydrothermal temperature (2025)

Renewable Energy 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Nitrate-mediated anaerobic microorganism-sponge iron system promoting simultaneous nitrogen and phosphate removal from piggery tail water (2025)

Journal of Environmental Sciences 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Synergistic coupling of bipolar membrane electrodialysis and Fenton process for sustainable management of landfill leachate reverse osmosis concentrate (2025)

Chemical Engineering Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Mitigating VFAs accumulation and enhancing anaerobic stability in continuous-flow leachate from waste transfer stations using zero-valent iron (2025)

Journal of Water Process Engineering 11 citations DOI OpenAlex
Microbial Communities in Coastal Salt Marshes Along the Southeast Coast of China and their Effects on Carbon Storage (2025)

Current Analytical Chemistry 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Acid-catalyzed co-hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge and mixed straws to produce high-quality solid fuel (2024)

Renewable Energy 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Machine learning to assess and support safe drinking water supply: a systematic review (2024)

Journal of environmental chemical engineering 16 citations DOI OpenAlex
Flexible beads-on-string hierarchically porous carbon nanofiber/nanotube composites for enhanced capacitive deionization performance in water desalination (2024)

Journal of environmental chemical engineering 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Co-hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge and rice straw to improve hydrochar quality: Effects of mixing ratio and hydrothermal temperature (2024)

Bioresource Technology 45 citations DOI OpenAlex
qPCR-based phytoplankton abundance and chlorophyll a: A multi-year study in twelve large freshwater rivers across the United States (2024)

The Science of The Total Environment 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
Energy and economic assessment of hydrothermal-treatment-coupled anaerobic digestion (2024)

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 18 citations DOI OpenAlex
Mixotrophic Chlorella pyrenoidosa biofilm with enhanced biomass production, microalgal activity, and nutrient removal from nutrient-rich wastewater (2024)

Journal of Environmental Sciences 10 citations DOI OpenAlex