If you are interested in joining my group, please send your CV to my email: ztshen@nju.edu.cn
I am Zhengtao SHEN, an associate professor in the School of Earth Sciences and Engineering at Nanjing University. I obtained my bachelor and master’s degrees at Nanjing University, and PhD degree at the University of Cambridge. I did my Postdoctor at the Unversity of Alberta with Killam Fellowship. My research focuses on the remediation of contaminated soil, groundwater, and mining site. I have published over 20 papers on SCI journals such as ES&T as first/corresponding authors. I editored two books about land remediation. I am an associate editor of Soil Use and Management, on the Early Career Editorial Board of Journal of Environmental Sciences, and was a Guest Editor for Environment International. I got the Environmental Science & Technology – Best Paper Award for 2020.
Main Experience
2006-2013 Nanjing University, Bachelor、Master
2013-2017 University of Cambridge, PhD
2017-2019 University of Alberta, Killam Postdoctoral Fellow
2019-2021 Tsing University, Visiting Scholar
2021-present Nanjing University, Associate Professor
Research Interests
-Remediation of soil, groundwater, and mining sites
-Migration and degradation of microplasics in soil and groundwater and the risk control
-Development of low-carbon and long-term effective materials for remediation (biochar, reactive MgO, LDHs, self-healing materials)
-Surface chemistry between contaminants and soil/material
-Microbial geotechnique
-Biogeochemical process during remediation
-Evaluation of long-term effectiveness of remediation based on accelerated ageing ang monitoring
-application of remote sensing and machine learning in site remediation
-Life cycle analysis of site remediation
-Soil carbon cycle (soil respiration)
Representative Publications
1. Shen, Z.T., Zhang, Z.R., Zhang, M.D., Rinklebe, J., Ma, Y. and Hou, D.Y.* (2021) Effect of production temperature and particle size of rice husk biochar on mercury immobilization and erosion prevention of a mercury contaminated soil. Journal of Hazardous Materials 420, 126646.
2. Shen, Z.T., Jin, F., O'Connor, D. and Hou, D.Y.* (2019) Solidification/Stabilization for Soil Remediation: An Old Technology with New Vitality. Environmental Science & Technology 53(20), 11615-11617.
3. Shen, Z.T., Zhang, J.Z., Hou, D.Y.,* Tsang, D.C.W., Ok, Y.S. and Alessi, D.S. (2019) Synthesis of MgO-coated corncob biochar and its application in lead stabilization in a soil washing residue. Environment International 122, 357-362.
4. Shen, Z.T., Pan, S.Z., Hou, D.Y.,* O'Connor, D., Jin, F., Mo, L.W., Xu, D.Y., Zhang, Z.R. and Alessi, D.S. (2019) Temporal effect of MgO reactivity on the stabilization of lead contaminated soil. Environment International 131.
5. Shen, Z.T.,* McMillan, O., Jin, F. and Al-Tabbaa, A. (2016) Salisbury biochar did not affect the mobility or speciation of lead in kaolin in a short-term laboratory study. Journal of Hazardous Materials 316, 214-220.
