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Research Title: Dr.
Contact First Name: Xinmin
Contact Surname: Zhan
Contact Address:
Civil Engineering, College of Engineering and Informatics, National University of Ireland, Galway, IrelandTelephone Contact Number: 00353(0)91495239
Fax Contact Number: 00353(0)91494507
Email Address: xinmin.zhan@nuigalway.ie
Organisation Type: Higher Education Organisation
Higher Education Organisation Name: National University of Ireland, Galway
Other Organisation Name(s) if appropriate:
Research Organisation or Company/Corporate Website: www.nuigalway.ie
Organisation or Individual Expertise:
Dr. Xinmin Zhan\'s research experience and expertise:
I am a lecturer (above the bar) in the Civil Engineering Department and Ryan Institute for Environment, Energy and Marine in the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUI Galway). My research interest includes (i) recovery of organic waste and biomass for use as a sustainable and clean energy source and for building a green agriculture industry; (ii) development of cost-effective and efficient technologies for domestic and agricultural wastewater treatment; (iii) development of nano environmental materials for recovery of phosphorus and heavy metals from wastewater; and (iv)interactions between climate change and the waste treatment infrastructure. I have published over 70 peer-reviewed journal papers, with a H-index of 17. I have been principal investigator, coordinator or co-investigator on over 15 research projects. In the past five years, I have secured €3.2 million in research income to my research group from national, European and international finding sources. I have supervised 8 PhD students and 2 research master students to completion. My research team has developed 4 wastewater treatment technologies. The PFBR technology (of which he was a co-inventor) has been licensed to an Irish company. The IASBR technology was highlighted in the Irish Times. I am an Associate Editor for Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering; and Editorial Board member of the Open Systems Biology Journal and Conference Paper in Energy. I was chair, co-chair or committee member on 4 international conferences, for example, Chair of International Symposium on Recent Advances in Water Resources Management & Pollution Control which was held in 11-12 May 2012 in Galway, Ireland, and Co-Chair of the Scientific Committee and Organisation Committee of International Conference on Recent Advances in Pollution Control and Resource Recovery for the Livestock Farming Industry which was held in 25 - 27 October 2013, Jiaxin City, Zhejiang Province, China.
My education background, scholarly recognition, publication records and international activities can be found at: http://www.nuigalway.ie/civileng/Staff/xinminzhan.html.
Organisation or Individual Expertise Keywords:
agricultural by-product, wastewater treatment, nano-based environmental material, biorefinery, anaerobic digestion, food waste, environmental technology,N2O gas emission, greenhouse gas emission
This researcher or research organisation has expressed interest in the following areas:
This researcher or research organisation has expressed interest in the following areas of EU Research Partnerships:
χNo Climate Change JPI sub-interests specified
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This researcher or research organisation has outlined their interests in Challenge 5 as follows:
Developing integrated approaches for the sustainable management of water-related challenges
Promote the sustainable supply and use of raw materials, including mineral resources, from land and sea, covering exploration, extraction, processing, re-use, recycling and recovery
Find alternatives for critical raw materials
Strengthen eco-innovative technologies, processes, services and products including exploring ways to reduce the quantities of raw materials in production and consumption, and overcoming barriers in this context and boost their market uptake
Interest indicated in this area
Sustainable food security
Smart cities and communities
→ Competitive low-carbon energy
Energy Efficiency
Waste: a resource to recycle, reuse and recover raw materials
Water innovation: boosting its value for Europe
This researcher/organisation has interest(s) in Societal Challenges 5 Priority Areas as outlined as follows
None specified.
This researcher has indicated interest(s) and expertise in Societal Challenges 5 Cross-cutting areas as follows:
No cross-cutting areas specified
(1) Engineering aspects and mechanisms of a natural pyrrhotite simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal (PSNOP) biofilter technology, Scientist in charge, FP7 Marie Curie IIF Programme, October 2011 - September 2013 (2) Development of redox-stratified membrane bioreactors for nitrogen removal from wastewater, Scientist in charge, FP7 Marie Curie IIF Programme, January 2009 - December 2011 (3) Advanced biofilm technologies for water and wastewater treatment, co-PI, FP6 Marie Curie Programme, October 2005 - September 2009
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Interest in LIFE subprogrammes:
Environment and Resource Efficiency
COST Actions/LIFE programmes the researcher is currently or has participated in:
• Management Committee member, EU COST ACTION: European Network On Ecological Functions Of Trace Metals In Anaerobic Biotechnologies (ES1302) (2014- 2018) • Management Committee member, EU COST ACTION: The transfer of engineered nanomaterials from wastewater treatment & stormwater to rivers (ES1205) (2013- 2017) • Substitute to the Management Committee, EU COST ACTION: Modelling nanomaterial toxicity (MODENA) (TD1204) (2013-2017)
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