Civil and Environmental Engineering

Research Interest:
Zheyun (Jerry) Zhang has broad interests in the Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) of renewable & sustainable energy, especially biofuel production.
The onging research projects are
1) Metabolomic understanding of biofuel production in C. acetobutylicum and C. cellulotyicum
2) Biogeochemical dynamics of greenhouse gases (CO2, CH4 and N2O) in restored and natural tidal wetlands
3) Sorption of emerging organic contaminants by soil and sediment organic matters

Selected Publications:

1. Zheyun Zhang, Ke Sun*. Adsorption of diuron, fluridone and norflurazon on carbon nanotubes. Science of the Total Environment. (Accepted)

2. Zheyun Zhang, Hongtao Zhu, Xianghua Wen*. Removal behavior of 17α-ethinylestradiol by ozonation in the synthetic secondary effluent. Journal of Environmental Sciences. 2012, 24: 228–233.

3. Zheyun Zhang, Ke Sun*, Guixiang Zhang, Ye Zhao. Adsorption of tetracycline on soil and sediment: effects of pH and the presence of Cu(II). Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2011, 190: 856–862.
4. Ke Sun*, Bo Gao, Zheyun Zhang, Guixiang Zhang, Xitao Liu, Ye Zhao, Baoshan Xing. Sorption of endocrine disrupting chemicals by condensed organic matter in soils and sediments. Chemosphere. 2010, 80: 709–715. (Top 25 Hottest Articles)
5. Zheyun Zhang, Junfeng Niu*, Xin Zhi. A QSAR model for predicting mutagenicity of nitronaphthalenes and methylnitronaphthalenes. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 2008, 81: 498–502.