Introducing Hefa Cheng...

Hefa Cheng is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher. His research interests lie in physiochemical processes in natural and engineered environmental systems, particularly those related to contaminant fate and transport, groundwater remediation, and waste/wastewater treatment and reuse. Thesis Sorption and Hydrolysis of Chlorinated Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Hydrophobic Micropores

Selected Publications Cheng, H.; Reinhard, M. The Rate of 2,2-Dichloropropane Transformation in Mineral Micropores: Implications of Sorptive Preservation for Fate and Transport of Organic Contaminants in the Subsurface, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42 (8), 2879-2885. Cheng, H.; Reinhard, M. Sorption and inhibited dehydrohalogenation of 2,2-dichloropropane in micropores of dealuminated Y zeolites, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41(6), 1934-1941. Cheng, H., Reinhard, M. Sorption of trichloroethylene in hydrophobic micropores of dealuminated Y zeolites and natural minerals, Envrion. Sci. Technol. 2006, 40(24), 7694-7701. Education Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Ph.D. minor in Geological and Environmental Sciences from Stanford University in 2006 Contact Information Hefa Cheng Environmental Engineering and Science Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering Yang & Yamazaki Environment & Energy Building 473 Via Ortega, Room M-21 Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-4020 cheng533  at stanford.edu