Prof. Tao Zhang

Dr. Tao Zhang has been a full professor at Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the P.I. of Advanced Treatment and Resource Recovery Group since 2017. He got his PhD from Harbin Institute of Technology in 2006, and worked at Water Desalination and Reuse Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) as a Research Scientist from 2010 to 2017. His work mainly focuses on desalination, oil/water separation, zero liquid discharge and the mitigation of organic pollutants. He is experienced in the process of reverse osmosis, ceramic membrane filtration, o/w emulsion treatment, ozonation and advanced oxidation. He published over 60 papers in international peer-reviewed journals (including 16 in the prestigious journal, ES&T) and got 14 patents issued.