Hongqiang Ren Editor

Dr. Hongqiang Ren is a Professor and the Dean of the School of Environment at Nanjing University, China. He also serves as the Executive Director of Yixing Environmental Research Institute, Nanjing University. His main areas of teaching and research are treatment, recycle and reuse of industrial and municipal wastewater, and he has been engaged in this field for over 30 years. He has been in charge of over 30 national key research projects on industrial and municipal wastewater treatment technology and equipment. Up to now, he has published 2 books and 219 peer-reviewed papers, including more than 86 papers published in international journals. He has got 111 patents authorized by China, USA and other countries. His work on the wastewater treatment technology and equipment was awarded two National Awards (class II) for Technological Invention of China and five provincial or ministerial technology awards (class I) (each as the first winner). Dr. Xuxiang Zhang serves as a Professor of School of Environment at Nanjing University, China, and the Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resource Reuse, China. Dr. Zhang’s general research interests are in the areas of environmental microbiology, environmental toxicology and water/wastewater treatment technologies. In particular, his current research focuses on the assessment and control of ecological and health risk arising from chemical and biological contamination in water environments. Until now, he has got 107 peer-reviewed papers published in international journals and eight China patents authorized, and won National Awards (class II) for Natural Sciences of China (as the first winner).