Dr. Wenlong Zhang is the Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech Shenzhen Institute, Tianjin University, and the Adjunct Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech. He received his B.S. in Chemistry, M.S. and PhD in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology during 2008-2019. He joined GTSI after worked one year as a visiting assistant professor of chemistry at Oglethorpe University (2020) and eight months as a post-doc back at Georgia Tech (2021). His research focused on coal combustion by-products treatment through solidification/stabilization, resource recovery from wastewater/solid wastes, and urban agriculture. He is on the review editorial board of the journal "Frontiers in Environmental Engineering" and youth editor of the journals of "Chinese Chemical Letters" and "Environmental functional materials".
- Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- M.S., Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- B.S., Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology
- The treatment of coal combustion by-products;
- Resource recovery from wastewater by novel materials and microalgae;
- Urban agriculture.
- Best Student Presentation Award at World of Coal Ash Conference (Summer 2019)
- Tech to Teaching program certificate
- Best Student Presentation Award at World of Coal Ash Conference (Summer 2017)
- Georgia Power Fellowship (Summer 2014)
*Zhang, W., Gallagher, B., Jin, Q., & Huang, C. H. (2022). Mineralogy optimization for immobilization of potentially toxic elements and halides in Co-disposed flue gas desulfurization brines and bituminous coal fly ash. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 8, 100154.
*Zhang, W., Oswal, H., Renew, J., Ellison, K., & Huang, C. H. (2020). “Removal of heavy metals by aged zero-valent iron from flue-gas-desulfurization brine under high salt and temperature conditions”, Journal of hazardous materials, 373, 572-579.
*Zhang, W., Oswal, H., Renew, J., Gallagher, B., Ellison, K., & Huang, C. H. (2019). “Solidification/Stabilization of Flue Gas Desulfurization Brine and Coal Fly Ash for Heavy Metals and Chloride Immobilization: Effects of S/S Conditions and Zero Valent-Iron Pretreatment”, Journal of hazardous materials, 384, 12146
