Chengdong Zhang

School of Environmental Science

Beijing Normal University

No.19, XinJieKouWai St., HaiDian District

Beijing 100875, P. R. China

Email: zhangchengdong@bnu.edu.cn

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Environmental Science09/2002~05/2006

New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA

MS in Environmental Science, 09/1998~01/2001

Nanjing University, China

BS in Environmental Chemistry, 09/1994~07/1998

Nanjing University, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

May 2018 – present         Professor, Beijing Normal University

Jan 2014 – Apr 2018       Professor, Nankai University

Sep2006 –Dec 2013     Associate Professor, Nankai University

Apr 2011 – Sep 2011       Visiting scholar at Rice University, USA

Aug2004– May 2006      Graduate Research Assistant, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Sept2002 – July2004     Teaching Assistant, New Jersey Institute of Technology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Her research area includes environmental microbiology, environmental bioremediation, environmental applications and implications of nanotechnology and environmental toxicology.

Honors and awards

·  Committee member of Environmental Chemistry branch of Chinese society of Environmental Science (the fifth).

·  Tianjin science and Technology Progress Award (second class), 2013.

·   Best Assay Award of 27^th annual meeting of Chinese Chemical Society, Xiamen, 06/2010.

·  Two papers presented at ACS meeting had been reported and cited by Chemical & Engineering News (September 13, 2004 & November 8,2004).

·  Goldstein Memorial Fellowship, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA, 2004-2005.

·  Selected to participate in Provost’s Student Research Day as one of the best student researchers in NJIT. 04/2006

·   Selected from hundreds of candidates in big Columbia area as outstanding graduate student to participate in Pfizer’s green chemistry workshop. 04/2003

·  Guanghua Fellowship for Outstanding Graduate Student (First Class), Nanjing University,9/2000.

·  Renmin Scholarship (total 4 times), Nanjing University, 1994-1998.

Selected publications

1.       Ming zhu Li, Yuning He, Jing Sun, Jing Li, Junhong Bai, and Chengdong Zhang*. Chronic exposure to an environmentally relevant triclosan concentration induces persistent triclosan resistance but reversible antibiotic tolerance in Escherichia coli. Environmental Science &Technology, 2019, 53, 3277-3286.

2.       Huiru Zhao, Chengdong Zhang*, Yaqi Wang, Wei Chen, Pedro JJ Alvarez. Self-damaging aerobic reduction of graphene oxide by Escherichia coli: Role of GO-mediated extracellular superoxide formation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52(21), 12783-12791.

3.       Qiurong Zhang, Xiaolei Liu, Hongyan Meng, Sijin Liu and Chengdong Zhang*, Reduction pathway-dependent cytotoxicity of reduced graphene oxide. Environmental Science: Nano, 2018, 5, 1361-371.

4.       Ming Gao, Beibei Zhao, Minjun Chen, Yun Liu, Ming Xu, Zhe Wang, Sijin Liu*, Chengdong Zhang*. Nrf-2-driven long noncoding RNA ODRUL contributes to modulating silver nanoparticle-induced effects on erythroid cells. Biomaterials, 2017, 130, 14-27.

5.       Chengdong Zhang*, Xiaoyan Chen. Different effects of sonication pretreatment on carbon nanomaterials under low hydrogen peroxide concentrations. Ultrsonics Sonochmistry, 2017, 34, 19-26.

6.       Mingzhu Li, Chengdong Zhang*.γ-Fe₂O₃nanoparticle-facilitated Bisphenol A degradation by white rot fungus. Science Bulletin, 2016, 61, 468-472.

7.       Chengdong Zhang*, Silong Chen, Pedro JJ Alvarez, Wei Chen. Reduced Graphene Oxide Enhances Horseradish Peroxidase Stability by Serving as Radical Scavenger and Redox Mediator, Carbon, 2015, 94, 531-538.

8.       Chengdong Zhang*, Mingzhu Li, Xu Xu, Na Liu*. Effects of carbon nanotubes on atrazine biodegradation by Arthrobacter sp. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2015, 287, 1-6.

9.       Rang Pang, Mingzhu Li, Chengdong Zhang*. Degradation of phenolic compounds by laccase immobilized on carbon nanomaterials: Diffusional limitation investigation. Talanta, 2015, 131, 38-45.

10.     Chengdong Zhang*, Mingzhu Li, Xiaoyan Chen, Mingchun Li*. Edible fungus degrade Bisphenol A with no harmful effect on its fatty acid composition. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety,2015, 118, 126-132.

11.     Meiqing Sun, Qilin Yu, Ming Liu, Xiaoyan Chen, Zhe Liu, Hao Zhou, Yingjin Yuan, Lu Liu^*,Mingchun Li*, Chengdong Zhang*. A novel toxicity mechanism of CdSe nanoparticles to Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Enhancement of vacuolar membrane permeabilization (VMP). Chemico-Biological Interactions, 2014, 220, 208-213.

12.   C. Zhang*，S.V. Malhotra, A.J. Francis. Toxicity of ionic liquids to Clostridium sp. and effects on uranium biosorption, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014, 264,246-253.

13.   Meiqing Sun, Qilin Yu, Mengyuan Hu, Zhenwei Hao, Chengdong Zhang*and Mingchun Li*. Lead sulfide nanoparticles induce increased cell wall chitin content and induce apoptosis in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2014, 273, 7-16.

14.   Chengdong Zhang*, Wei Chen, Pedro J J Alvarez*. Manganese Peroxidase Degrades Pristine but Not Surface-Oxidized (Carboxylated) Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, Environmental Science & Technology, 2014, 48, 7918−7923.

15.     Chengdong Zhang*, Jianchao Qi, Yiping Cao. Synergistic Effect of Yeast-Bacterial Co-culture on Bioremediation of Oil Contaminated Soil, Bioremediation Journal, 2014, 18,136-146.

16.     Jun Qiao, Chengdong Zhang*, Shuiming Luo, Wei Chen*. Bioremediation of highly contaminated oilfield soil: Bioaugmentation for enhancing aromatic compounds removal. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2014, 8(2), 293-304.

17.   C. Zhang*, C.J. Dodge, S. V. Malhotra, A. J. Francis. Bioreduction and precipitation of uraniumin ionic liquid aqueous solution by Clostridiumsp., Bioresource Technology, 2013, 136, 752-756.

18.   Chengdong Zhang*, Shuiming Luo, Wei Chen. Activity of Catalase Adsorbed to Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of Carbon Nanotube Surface Properties, Talanta, 2013, 113,142-147.

19.   C. Zhang, S.V. Malhotra, A.J. Francis*. Toxicity of imidazolium-and pyridinium- based ionic liquids and the co-metabolic degradation of N-ethylpyridinium tetrafluoroborate, Chemosphere, 2011, 82, 1690-1695.

20.   C. Zhang, H. Wang, S.V. Malhotra, C.J. Dodge, A. J. Francis*. Biodegradation of pyridinium based ionic liquids by an axenic culture of soil Corynebacteria, Green Chemistry, 2010, 12, 851-858.

21.     Zhang, C. and A.J. Francis. Interactions of ionic liquids with uranium and its bioreduction. In The New Uranium Mining Boom, (Eds) B. Merkel and M. Schipek. Springer., Germany. 2011, pp 455-463.

22.     Tingting Du, Adeyemi S. Adeleye, Arturo A. Keller, Zhineng Wu, Wei Han, Yingying Wang, Chengdong Zhang, Yao Li*. Photochlorination-induced transformation of graphene oxide: Mechanism and environmental fate. Water Research, 2017, 124,372-380.

23.     Lei Hou, John D. Fortner, Ximeng Wang, Chengdong Zhang, Lilin Wang, Wei Chen*. Complex interplay between formation route and natural organic matter modification controls capabilities of C₆₀ nanoparticles (nC₆₀)to accumulate organic contaminants. Journal of Environmental Science, 2017,51,315-323.

24.     Taotao Lu, Tianjiao Xia, Chengdong Zhang, Wei Chen*. Effects of clay minerals on transport of graphene oxide in saturated porous media. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2017, 36(3), 655-660.

25.     Lu Liu*, Meiqing Sun, Haijun Zhang, Qilin Yu, Mingchun Li, Yu Qi, Chengdong Zhang, Guandao Gao, Yingjin Yuan, Huanhuan Zhai, Wei Chen,*, and Pedro J.J. Alvarez*.Facet energy and reactivity versus cytotoxicity: The surprising behavior of CdS nanorods, Nano letters, 2016, 16, 688-694.

26.     Yao Li, Nan Yang, Tingting Du, Tianjiao Xia, Chengdong Zhang, Wei Chen*.Chloramination of graphene oxide significantly affects its transport properties in saturated porous media. NanoImpact, 2016, 3-4, 90-95.

27.     Xuguang Li, Weifeng Chen, Chengdong Zhang, Yao Li, Fanfan Wang, Wei Chen*. Enhanced dehydrochlorination of 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane by graphene-based nanomaterials. Environmental Pollution, 2016, 214, 341-348.

28.     Hou, Lei; Zhu, Dongqiang; Wang,Ximeng; Wang, Lilin; Zhang, Chengdong; Chen, Wei*. Adsorption of Phenanthrene, 2-Naphthol, and 1-Naphthylamine to Colloidal Oxidized Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes: Effects of Humic Acid and Surfactant Modification, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2013, 32(3),493-500.

29.     Wang, Lilin; Fortner, John; Hou, Lei; Zhang, Chengdong; Kan, Amy; Tomson, Mason B. ; Chen, Wei*. Contaminant-Mobilizing Capability of Fullerene Nanoparticles (nC60): Effect of Solvent-Exchange Process in nC60 Formation, Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2013, 32(2), 329-336.

30.     Wang Lilin, Fortner John, Hou Lei, Zhang Chengdong, Kan Amy, Tomson MasonB., Chen Wei. Contaminant-mobilizing capability of fullerene nanoparticles (nC60): Effect of solvent-exchange process in nC60 formation. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2013, 32(2), 329-336.

31.     S.V. Malhotra, C. Zhang, H. Wang.  Enzymatic synthesis of dipeptides in ionic liquids. Letters in Organic Chemistry, 2010,7(2), 168-171.

32.     Yang W., Zhang J., Zhang C., Zhu L., Chen W. Sorption and resistant desorption of atrazine in typical Chinese soils. Journal of Environmental Quality, 2009, 38, 171-179.

33.     Yang W., Duan L., Zhang N., Zhang C., Shipley H.J., Kan A.T., Tomson M.B., Chen W. Resistant desorption of hydrophobic organic contaminants in typical Chinese soils: implication for long-term fate and soil quality standards. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2008, 27(1), 235-242.

34.     Duan L., Zhang N., Wang Y., Zhang C., Zhu L., Chen W. Release of hexachlorocyclohexanes from historically and freshly contaminated soils in China: Implication for fate and regulations. Environmental Pollution, 2008,156, 753-759.

35.     Lu Ying, S.K. Han, and C.D. Zhang. Adsorption of mefenacet in soils. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2001, 66, 17-23.