Ming ZHANG

Research domain

- Microbubble functional modification; water pollution environmental remediation; tertiary treatment of water and wastewater

- Geochemical processes of emerging pollutants and AI application; 

General achievenments

Related Research has been funded by National Natural Science Foundation of China and Natural Science Fund of Zhejiang Province. 

More than 30 research papers have been published in important environmental and ecological journals such as Water Research, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Bioresource Technology, etc. 

One highly cited paper (rated as Best Papers 2019 by Environmental Science: Nano) is positively cited by top journals such as Nature and Nature Nanotechnology.

Seven invention patents have been authorized (first inventor).

Research & Education 

2017.07 - present: Associate Professor, College of Geoinformatics & College of Environment, Zhejiang University of Technology

2015.09 - 2017.07, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University

2011.09 - 2015.11, Ph.D., National Academy of Applied Sciences (Toulouse), Ph.D., Environmental Processes and Engineering

2008.09 - 2015.04, MD-Ph.D. study, Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Environmental engineering

2004.09 - 2008.06, Bachelor, Hunan University, College of Environmental Science and Engineering

1. For undergraduate students: 

   Introduction to environmental science and engineering (International and national students); 

   Introduction to GIS;

   Environmental protection & ecological civilization; 

   Environmental engineering economics; 

   Fundamental experimental training (I); 

   Specialized experimental training (II).

2. For graduate students: 

   Oceanic environmental pollution and remediation

Represetative papers:  

1. Treatment and remediation of harmful cyanobacterial blooms by functionalized microbubble technology

1) Ming Zhang, et al. Efficient elimination and re-growth inhibition of harmful bloomforming cyanobacteria using surface-functionalized microbubbles. Water Res. 2019, 161, 473-485.

2) Ming Zhang, et al. Potential of ozone micro-bombs in simultaneously fast removing bloom-forming cyanobacteriaand in situ degrading microcystins. Chem Eng J. 2021, 407, 127186.

3) Ming Zhang, et al. Morphologically-different  cells and colonies cause distinctive performance of coagulative  colloidal ozone microbubbles in simultaneously removing bloom-forming  cyanobacteria and microcystin-LR. J Hazard Mater. 2022, 435, 128986.

2. In-situ oxidative degradation of POPs from aquifer/sediments by ozone microbubbles

4) Ming Zhang, et al. Ozone-encapsulated colloidal gas aphrons for in situ and targeting remediation of phenanthrene-contaminated sediment-aquifer. Water Research. 2019, 160, 29-38.

5) Ming Zhang, et al. Impact of salinity on colloidal ozone aphrons in removing phenanthrene from sediments. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2020, 384, 121436.

3. Pollution control and source reduction of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in real aquatic enviornment

6) Lizhi He, Ming Zhang *, et al. Aquaculture oxidant (ClO₂) or antibiotic disinfection induces unique bimodal aggregation and boosts exDNA sedimentation: A disinfection-driven great spatial shift of antibiotic resistance risk. Water Res. 2025, 270, 122820.

7) Ming Zhang, et al. Microbiome recognition of virulence-factor-governed interfacial mechanisms in antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity removal by functionalized microbubbles. Water Res. 2023, 242, 120224.  

8) Ming Zhang, et al. Colloid-like tools fast beat viral bio-colloids: Micron-surface enrichment and in-situ inactivation induced by interface-decorated microbubbles. Chem Eng J. 2024, 483, 149250.

4. Efficient removal of nanoparticle pollutants by functionalized microbubbles

9) Ming Zhang, Pascal Guiraud*. Surface-modified microbubbles (colloidal gas aphrons) for nanoparticle removal in a continuous bubble generation-flotation separation system. Water Res. 2017, 126, 399–410.

10) Ming Zhang, et al. Removal of micron-scale microplastic particles from different waters with efficient tool of surface-functionalized microbubbles. J Hazard Mater. 2021, 404, 124095.

11) Ming Zhang, et al. Detection of engineered nanoparticles in aquatic environments: current status and challenges in enrichment, separation, and analysis. Environ Sci Nano. 2019, 6, 709-735. （highly cited paper, Best Paper 2019）

      5. Geochemical processes of emerging pollutants using deep learning

12) Ming Zhang, et al. Natural foam as promoter of natural organic matter transformations in surface waters. Geochim Cosmochim Ac. 2026, 414, 343-355.

13) Ming Zhang, et al. Macronutrient and PFOS bioavailability manipulated by aeration-driven rhizospheric organic nanocapsular assembly. Water Res. 2024, 253, 121334.

14) Ming Zhang, et al. Advancing micro-nano supramolecular assembly mechanisms of natural organic matter by machine learning for unveiling environmental geochemical processes. Environ Sci Proc Imp. 2025, 27, 24-25. 

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022.01-2025.12, 2026.1-2029.12, principle investigator

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project, 2017.01-2019.12,principle investigator

3. Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, 2019.01-2021.12, principle investigator

4. Open Fund of State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, 2022-2023, principle investigator

5. Zhejiang Province Leading Goose Research and Development Program, 2023.01-2025.12, principle investigator

6. National Key Research and Development Program, 2018.12-2022.12, leading participant

7. National Science and Technology Major Special Project, 2017.01-2020.06, leading participant

As peer reviewer of journals of Water  Research, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Science of the Total  Environment, Separation and Purification Technology, Colloids and  Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects.