Hongying Hu

Professor

2022-05-07

EDUCATION

•Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Environmental Engineering), March 1994, Yokohama National University, Japan
•M.S. in Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (Environmental Engineering), March 1991, Yokohama National University, Japan
•B.S. in Chemical and Environmental Engineering, July 1984, Beijing Institute of Light Industry, China

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

•09/2014- present: Associate Dean, Graduate School, Tsinghua University

•09/2010- 12/2014: Associate Dean, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University

•04/2000- present: Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing China. (2001-2010: Vice chair of the department.)

•01/1999-08/1999: Visiting scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the University of California at Berkeley, USA.

•04/1997-12/2000: Associate professor, Department of ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan.

•06/1994-03/1997: Assistant professor, Department of Ecological Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan.

•04/1994-05/1994: Guest researcher, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University, Japan

•07/1984-09/1988: Research associate, Department of Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Light Industry, China

AWARDS AND HONORS

 •2011, National Grand Prize of excellent teacher of China
•2010, Beijing Grand Prize of excellent teacher, Beijing, China
•2009, Grand Prize of excellent teacher, Baosteel Education Fund
•2009, National Higher Education Award of China (second award)
•2008, Environmental Protection Science & Technology Award (the first award), Ministry of Environmental Protecttion, China
•2008, Advanced Individual Prize for High-tech Olympics, the State High-tech Olympics (2008) Action Plan Leading Group, China.
•2008, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China 
•2006, Science and Technology Progress Award (The first award), Ministry of Education, China

TEACHING 

40050013: Environmental Microbiology
30050174: Principle of Environmental Engineering

RESEARCH INTERESTS 

•Quality evaluation and risk management of wastewater reclamation and reuse
•Advanced treatment and disinfection of wastewater/reclaimed water
•Biological/ecological technologies for wastewater treatment and biomass production (micro-algae based wastewater treatment and biomass/bio-fuel production)

SELECTED PROJECTS (FINISHED)

1)Innovative solutions for facing the effects of intensive anthropic impact on lacustrine ecosystems (S2010GR0573), Ministry of Science and Technology of China (International joint project with Italian Government), 2010-2012. 
2)Principle and technology for risk control of wastewater reclamation and environmental/recreational reuse (No.50825801), National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China, 2009-2012.
3)Development and application of integrated technologies for water environmental quality management in a developed urban area. (No.2008ZX07313-002), Ministry of Environmental Protection of China (Nationl key project for water pollution control).2008-2010.
4)Technologies for health and ecological risk control of wastewater reclamation and reuse (No.2008AA062502), Ministry of Science and Technology of China (National High-tech R&D Program, 863 Program), 2008-2011.
5)Material refinement and reuse technology for sustainable waste water treatment system, Sony Corporation, Japan, 2007-2010.
6)Development and application of environmental risk minimization approaches and methodologies for circling society, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan, 2004-2011.

SELECTED ON GOING PROJECTS (AS PI)

 1)Safety evaluation and control technology of reclaimed water (No.2013AA065205), Ministry of Science and Technology of China (National High-tech R&D Program, 863 Program), 2013-2015. (4.54M RMB).
2)Technology integration and comprehensive demonstration for water pollution control and water quality improvement in Tuhai River and Majia River of Haihe River Basin (No. 2012ZX07209-004), China Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment, 2012-2015. (17.9M RMB).
3)Water quality degradation mechanism and control principle of reclaimed water during surface storage (Key Program No. 51138006), National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2012-2016. (2.9M RMB).

BOOKS 

1)Hong-Ying HU, et al., Principle of Reclaimed Water Safety Evaluation and Management, Science Press, 2011. (In Chinese)

2)Hong-Ying HU, et al. (Translation). Guidelines for Water Reuse (US EPA’s, EPA/625/R-04/108 ), Chemical Industry Press, 2008. (In Chinese)

3)Hong-Ying HU, et al., Principle of Environmental Engineering, Higher Education Press, 2005. (In Chinese)

4)Xiasheng GU, Hong-Ying HU, et al., Biology for Water Treatment, China Architecture & Building Press, 2006. (In Chinese)

SELECTED PAPER: Representative publications in last 5 years

1)Xin Tang, Qian-Yuan Wu, Ye Du, Yang Yang, Hong-Ying Hu* (2014) Anti-estrogenic activity formation potential assessment and precursor analysis in reclaimed water during chlorination, Water Res., 48, 490-497.
2)Huang Huang, Qian-Yuan Wu, Hong-Ying Hu*, William A. Mitch*(2012)Dichloroacetonitrile and dichloroacetamide can form independently during chlorination and chloramination of drinking waters, model organic matters and wastewater effluents, Environ. Sci. & Tech., 46(19): 10624-10631.
3)Yin-Hu Wu, Yin Yu, Xin Li, Hong-Ying Hu* and Zhen-Feng Su (2012) Biomass production of a Scenedesmussp. under phosphorous-starvation cultivation condition. Bioresource Tech., 112: 193-198.
4)Jingjing Huang, Hong-Ying Hu*, Sunqin Lu, Yi Li, Fang Tang, Yun Lu and Bin Wei (2011) Monitoring and evaluation of antibiotic resistant bacteria at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in China, Environ. International, 42, 31-36.
5)Qianyuan Wu, Yi Li ,Hong-Ying Hu*, Yingxue Sun and Fengyunzhao (2010) Reduced Effect of Bromide on the Genotoxicity in Secondary Effluent of a Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant during Chlorination,  Environ. Sci. & Tech., 44(13), 4924-4929. 

AFFILIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES (SELECTED) 

1)Chairman of ISO/TC 282 / SC 2 Water Reuse in Urban Areas, 2014,7-
2)Chairman of the Committee of Safe Use of Non-conventional Water Resource, China Society of Water Industry (CCES, China Civil Engineering Society), 2013- present
3)Associate editor of “Water Research”, 2005 - present 
4)Member of Management Committee of IWA Water Reuse Specialist Group (WRSG), 2008 - present
5)Members of the editor boards of Chinese journals: Chinese Journal of Environmental Science, Food and Environmental biotechnology, Environmental Science and Technology (China), Eco-toxicology, etc.
6)Secretary General of the Environmental Science and Engineering Education Committee of Ministry of Education of China, 2006 - present
7)Secretary General of the Environmental Education Committee of Chinese Society for Environmental Science, 2007 - present