Education：
(1) 2017.11-2018.10 Visiting Scholar in Environmental Engineering Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark (2) 2013.11-2017.6 Postdoc in Food Science and Technology School of Food and Biological Engineering, Jiangsu University, China (3) 2008.9 –2013.6 Ph.D in Chemical Engineering and Technology College of Life Science and Technology, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China. (4) 2004.9 - 2008.6 B.S. in Chemical engineering and technology College of Chemical Technology, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, China. Professional Experience：
(1) 2018 – current; Valuable biochemical production from low cost wasted biomass Recent research was focused on the production of valuable biochemical from waste biomass through chain elongation. The main products are medium chain carboxylic acids including caproic and caprylic acids. The biofilm technique was employed to improve the tolerance ability of microbial cells to inhibitors. (2) 2013.10 – 2018; Conversion of cellulosic substrates to biohydrogen A huge amount of residue sludge could be produced during dark fermentation of food waste with the inoculum of anaerobic sludge. To enhance the fermentation efficiency and avoid the residue sludge, screening of hydrogenogen was carrided on. Currently, two kinds of hydrogenogen have been separated from anaerobic sludge and have been applied to converting food waste into biohydrogen. (3) 2008.09 – current; Anaerobic digestion of food waste for bio-methane production Food waste is one of the most important municipal solid wastes worldwide. Due to the lack of trace elements, anaerobic digestion of food waste is hardly to be maintained at a stable condition. The anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and cattle manure was investigated and a dual solid-liquid (ADSL) system was developed to overcome the drawbacks of single digestion of food waste. Scientific Research Field：
Biofilm technology; Value-added products conversion; Anaerobic fermentation Social academic post and honor：
Member of the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China. Member of Chinese Society of Biotechnology. Reviewer of Bioresource Technology, Energy, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. Teaching Courses：
Food Factory Design, Principles of Chemical Engineering. Published papers：
[1] Zhang C *, Sun Y, Cao T, Wang W, Huo S, Liu ZH *. Influence of organic load on biogas production and response of microbial community in anaerobic digestion of food waste. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.07.187. [2] Li X, Zhang ZH, Qiao J, Qu W, Wang MS, Gao X, Zhang C *, Brennan CS, Qi X *. Improvement of betalains stability extracted from red dragon fruit peel by ultrasound-assisted microencapsulation with maltodextrin. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry 2022, 82, 105897. [3] Zhao KM, Zhong SS, Zhang J, Zhang C *, Dang Z, Liu ZH *. Activity measurement of arylsulfatase and β-glucuronidase in activated sludge: HPLC-based versus classical spectrophotometric method. Water Environment Research 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.10704. [4] Zhang C *, Liu Y, Zhang W, Sun L, Baeyens J. Modification of wheat straw to improve the caproate production in a cell immobilized system. Bioresource Technology, 2021, 342, 125984. [5] Zhang C *, Yang L, Sun L, Baeyens J *. Sequential fermentation of food waste in an integrated system to improve n-caproate production. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 313, 127771. [6] Zhang C #, Yang L #, Huo S, Su Y, Zhang Y *. Optimization of the cell immobilization-based chain elongation process for efficient n-caproate production. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 4014-4023. [7] Zhang C, Ling Z, Huo S *. Anaerobic fermentation of pretreated food waste for butanol production by co-cultures assisted with in-situ extraction. Bioresource Technology Reports, 2021, 16, 100852. [8] Zhang C, Kang X, Wang F, Tian Y, Liu T, Su Y, Qian T *, Zhang Y. Valorization of food waste for cost-effective reducing sugar recovery in a two-stage enzymatic hydrolysis platform. Energy, 2020, 208, 118379. [9] Zhang C, Yang L, Tsapekos P, Zhang Y *, Angelidaki I. Immobilization of Clostridium kluyveri on wheat straw to alleviate ammonia inhibition during chain elongation for n-caproate production. Environment International, 2019, 127, 134-141. [10] Zhang C *, Kang X, Liang N, Abdullah A. Improvement of biohydrogen production from dark fermentation by cocultures and activated carbon immobilization. Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31, 12217-12222. [11] Wang F, Zhang C *, Huo S. Influence of fluid dynamics on anaerobic digestion of food waste for biogas production. Environmental Technology 2017, 38(9), 1160-1168. [12] Zhang C *, Su H, Wang Z, Tan T, Qin P. Biogas by semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of food waste. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 2015, 175: 3901–3914. [13] Wang Z, Shao S, Zhang C *, Lu D, Ma H, Ren X. Pretreatment of vinegar residue and anaerobic sludge for enhanced hydrogen and methane production in the two-stage anaerobic system. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2015, 40: 4494 - 4501. [14] Zhang C #, Su H #, *, Baeyens J, Tan T. Reviewing the anaerobic digestion of food waste for biogas production. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014, 38: 383–392. [15] Zhang C, Xiao G, Peng L, Su H *, Tan T. The anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and cattle manure. Bioresource Technology, 2013, 129, 170-176. [16] Zhang C, Su H *, Tan T. Batch and semi-continuous anaerobic digestion of food waste in a dual solid-liquid system. Bioresource Technology, 2013, 2013, 145: 10-16. [17] Zhang C *, Wang W, Wang Z, Shao S. Screening, identification of hydrogenogen and the research of its fermentation performance. Chemical Industry and Engineering Progress, 2016, 4(35), 1184-1189 (in Chinese). [18] Huo S, Wang H, Chen J, Hu X, Zan X, Zhang C, Qian J, Zhu F *, Ma Haile, Elshobary Mostafa. A preliminary study on polysaccharide extraction, purification, and antioxidant properties of sugar‑rich filamentous microalgae Tribonema minus. Journal of Applied Phycology 2022, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02630-w. [19] Zheng H, Chen J, Hu X, Zhu F, Kubar AA, Zan X, Cui Y, Zhang C, Huo S. Biomass production of carbohydrate-rich filamentous microalgae coupled with treatment and nutrients recovery from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene based wastewater: Synergistic enhancement with low carbon dioxide supply strategy. Bioresource Technology 2022, 349, 126829. [20] Huo S, BS, Liu F, Elshobary M, Zhang C, Qian J, Xu L, et al. Bacterial intervention on the growth, nutrient removal and lipid production of filamentous oleaginous microalgae Tribonema sp. Algal Research 2020, 52, 102088. [21] Wang Z*, Li T, Liu F, Zhang C, Ma H, Wang L, Zhao S. Effects of ultrasonic treatment on the maturation of Zhenjiang vinegar. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2017, 39, 272-280.
Main Scientific Research Projects：
[1] Analysis on the mechanism of step fermentation of food waste for biohydrogen and biobutanol production, supported by the National Natural Science Fund (51608232), 2017-2019. [2] Integrated system construction and its environmental regulation of anaerobic digestion of food waste for hydrogen and butanol coproduction, supported by the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project, 2014M561589, 2014-2016. [3] Anaerobic digestion of food waste for biogas production, supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 21076009, 2010-2013. Patents： Scientific Research Achievements and Awards Industry-university-research award of Zhenjiang, 2016. Number of postgraduates under supervision Number of supervised masters and Ph.D. Number of supervised undergraduates 4 The above information updated
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