Tong Zhang

Biography

Tong ZHANG BSc (Eng), Nanjing University, China MPhil, Nanjing University, China PhD, The University of Hong Kong, China   CCCH9036 Environmental Pollution in China CIME2101 Water and Air Quality: Concepts and Measurements CIVL3107 Environmental Impact Assessment of Civil Engineering Projects CIVL6006 Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment CIVL6023 Environmental Chemistry CIVL6025 Environmental Impact Assessment of Engineering Projects ENVM7014 Environmental Quality Management GRF (General Research Fund) Polyphosphate-accumulating organisms in enhanced biological phosphorus removal process: new insights from metagenomics and metatranscriptomics approaches. 2016-2018. 172057/15E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$695,788. (ongoing) Exploring core keystone populations in activated sludge using network analysis based on next generation sequencing. 2015-2017. 172099/14E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$ 500, 000. (ongoing) Exploring biodegradation pathway and associated genes for emerging pollutants using high-resolution LC-QToF-MS and high-throughput sequencing. 2013-2015. 7190/12E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$ 700,000. (ongoing) Fates of antibiotics resistant bacteria and genes in sewage treatment plants. 2012-2014. 7201/11E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$ 1,095,720. (Completed) Removal mechanisms of personal care products in activated sludge and anaerobic digestion processes. 2011-2013. 7198/10E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$1,028, 213. (Completed) Biodegradation/biotransformation and adsorption of antibiotics in sewage and sludge treatment processes. 2010-2012. 7202/09E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$ 1,111,200. (Completed) Partial nitrification from ammonia to nitrite by enriched ammonia-oxidizing Archaea in sewage. 2009-2011. 7197/08E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$ 861,203. (Completed) Microbial diversity and characteristics of activated sludge treating Hong Kong's saline sewage. 2007-2009. HKU 7195/06E. Supported by Hong Kong GRF (RGC). HK$ 864,300. (Completed) ITF (Innovation and Technology Fund) The study of anaerobic biohydrogen production technology from cellulose-containing biomass material and application. 2013-2015. GHP/015/11SZ. Supported by ITF (Innovation and Technology Fund). HK$ 880,720. (ongoing) Develop diagnostic platform for important microbial groups in biological municipal wastewater treatment using next generation sequencing. 2013-2015. ITS/304/12. Supported by ITF (Innovation and Technology Fund). HK$ 959,900. (Completed) ECF (Environment and Conservation Fund) Exploring microbial diversity and antibiotic resistant genes of Hong Kong marine sediment using advanced molecular techniques. 2014-2015. ECF Project 30/2012. Supported by ECF (Environment and Conservation Fund). HK$ 494,760. (Completed) Quantification of antibiotic residues and microbial antibiotic-resistant genes in fishponds and marine culture zones of Hong Kong. 2010-2011. ECF Project 35/2009. Supported by ECF (Environment and Conservation Fund). HK$ 499, 880. (Completed)

Research Interest

Wastewater engineering and biological treatment Anaerobic digestion Environmental microbiology and biotechnology Environmental bioinformatics Environmental toxicology related to wastewater treatment