Dr. Chiqian Zhang
Research at a Glance
Summary
Dr. Zhang conducts cutting-edge research to promote public health and welfare; ensure clean drinking water supply; and advance affordable, clean, and renewable energy production. His research expertise encompasses safe drinking water supply and distribution, detection and control of opportunistic pathogens in drinking water, monitoring and control of drinking water disinfection by-products, biochemical wastewater treatment, surface water quality monitoring and restoration, control of harmful cyanobacterial blooms, anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge for renewable energy production, environmental microbiology, and environmental nanotechnology.
Areas of Expertise
- Safe Drinking Water Supply
- Drinking Water Disinfection
- Surface Water Quality
- Municipal Wastewater Treatment
- Anaerobic Digestion
Selected Publications
- Zhang, C.Q.*; Rahnuma, K.; Hou, L.; Liu, X.; Tang, Y.; Pavlostathis, S. G. (2024) Energy and economic assessment of hydrothermal-treatment-coupled anaerobic digestion. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 202, 114674.
- Zhang, C.Q.; McIntosh, K.D.; Sienkiewicz, N.; Stelzer, E.A.; Graham, J.L.; Lu, J.* (2023) Using cyanobacteria and other phytoplankton to assess trophic conditions: a qPCR-based, multi-year study in twelve large rivers across the United States. Water Res. 235, 119679.
- Zhang, C.Q.; Struewing, I.; Mistry, J.H.; Wahman, D.; Pressman, J.; Lu, J.* (2021) Legionella and other opportunistic pathogens in full-scale chloraminated municipal drinking water distribution systems. Water Res.