Ming ZHANG

Research domain

Microbubble functional modification; colloidal bubble air floating technology; water pollution environmental remediation; efficient removal of emerging pollutants; tertiary treatment of water and wastewater.

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); 

   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 Research. 2019, 161, 473-485.

2) Ming Zhang, et al. Potential of ozone micro-bombs in simultaneously fast removing bloom-forming cyanobacteria and in situ degrading microcystins. Chemical Engineering Journal. 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. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2022, 435, 128986.

4) Ming Zhang, et al. Micron-confined microcapturer-triggered Fenton as efficient and environmentally-friendly method for simultaneously capturing bloom-forming cyanobacteria, inhibiting cell-regrowth and degrading microcystins. Environmental Pollution. 2023, 335, 122195.

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

5) 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.

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

7) 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

8) 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 Research. 2025, 270, 122820.

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

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

11) Ming Zhang, et al. Cascade capture, oxidization and inactivation for removing multi-species pollutants, antimicrobial resistance and pathogenicity from hospital wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2023, 457, 131730.

12) Ming Zhang, et al. Effectively reducing antibiotic contamination and resistance in fishery by efficient gastrointestine-blood delivering dietary millispheres. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2021, 409, 125012.

4. Efficient removal of nanoparticle pollutants by functionalized microbubbles

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

14) Ming Zhang, et al. Removal of micron-scale microplastic particles from different waters with efficient tool of surface-functionalized microbubbles. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2021, 404, 124095.

15) Ming Zhang, et al. Detection of engineered nanoparticles in aquatic environments: current status and challenges in enrichment, separation, and analysis. Environmental Science: Nano. 2019, 6, 709-735. （高被引论文）

16) Ming Zhang *, et al. Polyaluminum chloride-functionalized colloidal gas aphrons for flotation separation of nanoparticles from water. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2019, 362, 196-205.

17) Ming Zhang *, et al. Using Fe(III)-coagulant-modified colloidal gas aphrons to remove biorecalcitrant dissolved organic matter and colorants from cassava distillery wastewater. Bioresource Technology. 2018, 268, 346-354.

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2022.01-2025.12, 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.