Xiuhong Zhao

  • Department of Environmental Sciences
  • ENR Lab 267, 367
  • 14 college farm road,
  • New Brunswick, NJ 08901
  • xzhao@envsci.rutgers.edu

Education:

  • B.E. – Chemical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, China 1997
  • M.S. – Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China 2001
  • Ph.D. – Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago 2009

Experience:

  • 2010 – Present
    Postdoc Research Associate at Rutgers University
  • 2004 – 2009
    Teaching/Research Assistant at University of Illinois at Chicago
  • 07/1999 – 09/1999
    Intern at Qilu Petrochemical Corporation, China Petrochemical Corporation

Selected Journal Papers

  1. K. Yin, P. Z. Viana, X. Zhao and K. J. Rockne, Characterization, Performance Modeling, and Design of an Active Capping Remediation Project in a Heavily Polluted Urban Channel, Sci.Total Environ. In press.
  2. X. Zhao, L. Drumm, K. Yin and K. J. Rockne (2009) Segregation of PAH contaminated sediments during hydraulic dredging and dewatering. Journal of Environmental Engineering. 135(5), 291-298.
  3. X. Zhao, K. J. Rockne, J. L. Drummond, R. K. Hurley, C. W. Shade, and R. J. M. Hudson (2008) Characterization of methyl mercury in dental wastewater and correlation with sulfate reducing bacterial DNA. Environmental Science and Technology.42 (8), 2780-2786.
  4. Viana, P. Z., K. Yin, X. Zhao and K. J. Rockne (2007) Active sediment capping for pollutant mixtures: control of biogenic gas production under highly intermittent flow. Land Contamination & Reclamation. 15 (4), 413-425.
  5. X. Zhao, P. Z. Viana, K. Yin, K. J. Rockne, D. Hey, J. Schuh and R. Lanyon (2007) Combined active capping/wetland demonstration in the Chicago River. Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, paper D-019. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (Savannah, Georgia; January 2007). ISBN 978-1-57477-159-6, published by Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.
  6. Viana, P. Z., K. Yin, X. Zhao and K. J. Rockne (2007) Modeling and control of gas ebullition in capped sediments. Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, paper D-027. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (Savannah, Georgia; January 2007). ISBN 978-1-57477-159-6, published by Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.
  7. Yin, K., P. Z. Viana, X. Zhao and K. J. Rockne (2007) A Monte Carlo simulation approach for active caps in mixed contaminant environments. Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, paper D-018. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (Savannah, Georgia; January 2007). ISBN 978-1-57477-159-6, published by Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.

Conference Presentations

  • 5th International Symposium on Persistence Toxic Substances, An Assessment of Mercury Methylation Mechanisms in Dental Wastewater, September 21-24, 2008, Beijing, China.
  • 4th International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Combined active capping/ wetland demonstration in the Chicago River, January 22-25, 2007, Savannah, GA.
  • 8th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Mercury Methylation in Dental Waste Water, August 6-11, 2006, Madison, WI.
  • SETAC 26th Annual Meeting in North America, Hydraulic Separation During Dredging Facilitates Cleanup of Contaminated Sediments, November 13-17, 2005, Baltimore, MA.
  • 28th Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Mercury Methylation Potential in Dental Waste Water, October 15-16, 2005, Chicago, IL.
  • 27th Midwest Environmental Chemistry Workshop, Fortuitous Segregation of PAH Contaminated Sediments During Hydraulic Dredging, October 15-17, 2005, Madison, WI.