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Researcher Contact Details

Research Title: Dr.

Contact First Name: Xinmin

Contact Surname: Zhan

Contact Address:

Telephone 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

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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