Wei-xian Zhang Assistant Professor - Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Fritz Engineering Laboratory Lehigh University 13 East Packer Avenue Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015 Phone:(610) 758-5318 Email: wez3@lehigh.edu

Education:

• Ph.D. Environmental Engineering and Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University 1996
• M.S.  Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 1992
• B.S.C.E Tong-Ji University, China, 1984

• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Environmental Microbiology
• Biological Processes for Environmental Engineering
• Hazardous Waste Management

• Biodegradation of toxic chemicals
• Bioremediation
• Water and wastewater treatment

• American Chemical Society (ACS)
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Water Works Association (AWWA)
• Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (AEEP)

• W. Zhang and C. Wang, "Nanoscale metal particles for dechlorination of PCE and PCBs," Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 31, No. 7, pp. 2154-2156, 1997.
• W. Zhang, K. Park, K. Klier and C. Wang, "Interaction of tetracholoroethylene (PCE) with Pd (100) studied by high resolution x-ray emission spectroscopy (HRXPS)", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, col. 101, pp. 5420-5428, 1997.
• W. Zhang, and E. Bouwer, "Biodegradation of benzene, toulene and naphthalene in soil-water slurry microcosms," Biodegradation, vol. 8, pp. 167-174, 1997.
• Bouwer, E., Durant, N., Wilson, L., and Zhang, W. "Design Considerations for In Situ Bioremediation of Organic Contaminants," Biological Treatment of Hazardous Waste. G. Lewandowski and L. DeFilippi, Eds., John Wiley and Sons. 1996
• Zhang, W., Bouwer, E., Cunningham, A., and Lewandowski, G. "Influence of Sorption on Organic Contaminant Biodegradation and Implications for In Situ Treatment". Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on In Situ and On-Site Bioreclamation, 1995, San Diego, CA.
• Zhang, W., Bouwer, E., Wilson, L., and Durant, N.  "Biotransformation of Aromatic Hydrocarbons with Subsurface Biofilms." Water Science & Technology, 31(1): 1-14, 1995.
• Bouwer, E., Wilson, L., Durant, N., and Zhang, W., Cunningham, A."Degradation of Xenobiotic Compounds In Situ: Capabilities and Limits," FEMS Microbiology Review, 15: 307-317, 1994.