I am an associate professor at the Northeast Forestry University in Harbin, China. January 2006-2007, I spent a year at Stanford as a visiting scholar in Professor Criddle’s research group. I received my M.S. in Environmental Engineering, and my Ph.D. in Municipal Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology. My thesis title was Fundamental study on shortcut nitrification-denitrification and real-time control in SBR. After receiving my Ph.D., I then took a position for 2 years as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Environmental Science & Engineering at Tsinghua University in Beijing. My current research focuses on the fouling of membrane bioreactors (MBRs), including anaerobic and aerobic membrane bioreactors, investigating the relationship between the production of foulants and microbial community structure in MBRs, and the effects of changing bioreactor operational conditions to select against microbial populations that generate membrane foulants. In addition to MBR processes, my research interests also include wastewater treatment by environmental biotechnology and bioprocesses and bioremediation of soils and sediments with POPs. In my spare time I enjoy jogging, hiking, reading and spending time with my family.

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