·     Behavior of hazardous pollutants (including antibiotics, antibiotic resistance gene, and pathogens, etc) in water;

·     Microbial ecology in natural and engineered systems;

·     Water and wastewater treatment technologies.

2003          Ph.D.     Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

1998          M.E.       Environmental Chemistry, Beijing Polytechnic University, China

1995    B.S.  Environmental Chemistry, Shandong Institute of Building Material, China 

04/2012-present       Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Adjunct Professor, Missouri University of Science & Technology, U.S.

01/2005-03/2012     Associate Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

11/2005-01/2008         Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan

07/1998-12/2005     Assistant Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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(1)  The national natural science prize, 2nd class  2017
（2） Technology award for China petroleum and chemical industry federation , 2nd class , 2016
（3） Huaxia construction science and technology awards,2nd class , 2015
（4） Beijing science and technology award, 3rd class,2015
（5）  Chinese academy of sciences  Science and technology promote and development award,2nd class, 2015
（6） Novel Iron-based Adsorbents and Related Technology , 2010
（7 )  Beijing  science and technology star,  class A, 2008
（8） National scientific and technological progress award , 2nd class, 2006

1.     Hongrui Chen, Hui Peng,Min Yang, Jianying Hu, Yu Zhang*. Detection, Occurrence, and Fate of Fluorotelomer Alcohols in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants. Environmental Science Technology, 2017, 51: 8953−8961.

2.   Qizhen Yi,Yu Zhang*,Yingxin Gao*, Zhe Tian, Min Yang. Treatment of Antibiotic Production Wastewater Pretreated with Enhanced Hydrolysis: Simultaneous Reduction of COD and ARGs. Water Research, 2017,110:211-217.

3.   Dev Raj Joshi, Yu Zhang*, Yinxin Gao, Yuan Liu, Min Yang. Biotransformation of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing pollutants during coking wastewater treatment: Correspondence of performance to microbial community functional structure.Water Research, 2017,121: 338-348

4.  Wenzhe Song, Yu Zhang*, Yingxin Gao, Dong Chen, Min Yang.Cleavage of the main carbon chain backbone of high molecular weight polyacrylamide by aerobic and anaerobic biological treatment. Chemosphere, 2017,189: 277-283.

5.  Ruyin Liu, Rong Qi, Juan Wang,Yu Zhang*, Xinchun Liu,Simona Rossetti, Valter Tandoi, Min Yang. Phage-host associations in a full-scale activated sludge plant during sludge bulking. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2017,101(16):6495-6504

6.  Mei Tang, Xiaomin Dou, Chunyan Wang, Zhe Tian, Min Yang, Yu Zhang*. Abundance and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale anaerobic–aerobic system alternately treating ribostamycin, spiramycin and paromomycin production wastewater. Environ Geochem Health,2017,39(6):1595-1605

7.   Miaomiao Liu,Yu Zhang*,Hong Zhang,Haifeng Zhang,Kuixiao Li, Zhe Tian, Min Yang.Ozonation as an Effective Pretreatment for Reducing Antibiotic Resistance Selection Potency in Oxytetracycline Production Wastewater.Desalination and Water Treatment,2017,74:155–162.

8.    Chunyan Wang, Ran Ding, Yingxin Gao, Min Yan, Yu Zhang*. Performance and Yeast Tracking in A Full-Scale Oil-Containing Paromomycin ProductionWastewater Treatment System Using Yeast. Water 2017( 9) 295-305.

9. ​  Shaonan Tian, Zhe Tian , Hong Yang, Min Yang , Yu Zhang*.Detection of Viable Bacteria during Sludge Ozonation by the Combination of ATP Assay with PMA-Miseq Sequencing.Water 2017,9: 166-178.

10. Yong-Zhi Chi, Yu Zhang*, Min Yang, Zhe Tian, Ru-Yin Liu, Feng-Ying Yan．Start up of anammox process with activated sludge treating high ammonium industrial wastewaters as a favorable seeding sludge source．International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation，2018,127:17-25．

11.  Dev Raj Joshi, Yu Zhang*, Hong Zhang, Yingxin Gao, Min Yang.Characteristics of microbial community functional structure of a biological coking wastewater treatment system.Journal of Environmental Sciences，2017,http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2017.07.011. on line

12. Wang Juan，Tian Zhe，Huo Yingbin，Yang Min，Zheng Xingcan，Zhang Yu*.Monitoring of 943 organic micropollutants in wastewater from municipal wastewater treatment plants with secondary and advanced treatment processes. Journal of Environmental Sciences,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2017.09.014.online

13.  Dev Raj Joshi, Yu Zhang*, Zhe Tian, Yingxin Gao*, Min Yang, Performance and microbial community composition in a long-term sequential anaerobic-aerobic bioreactor operation treating coking wastewater, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology  2016,100:8191-8202

14. Qizhen Yi , Yingxin Gao , Hong Zhang , Haifeng Zhang, Yu Zhang* , Min Yang.Establishment of a pretreatment method for tetracycline production wastewater using enhanced hydrolysis.Chemical Engineering Journal,2016 300:139–145.

15.  Zhe Tian, Yu Zhang*, Bo Yu, Min Yang. Changes of resistome, mobilome and potential hosts of antibiotic resistance genes during the transformation of anaerobic digestion from mesophilic to thermophilic.Water Research  2016, 98: 261-269.

16.  Yu Zhang*, Zhe Tian, Miaomiao Liu, Zhou Jason Shi, Lauren Hale, Jizhong Zhou, Min Yang*. High Concentrations of the Antibiotic Spiramycin in Wastewater Lead to High Abundance of Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea in Nitrifying Populations.  Environmental Science and Technology, 2015, 49,15:9124–9132.

17.   Yu Zhang, Zhimin Chen, Wei An, Shumin Xiao, Hongying Yuan,Dongqing Zhang, Min Yang*.Risk assessment of Giardia from a full scale MBR sewage treatment plant caused by membrane integrity failure.Journal of Environmental Sciences,2015,30:252-258

18. Zhe Tian, Yu Zhang*, Yuyou Li,Yongzhi Chi , Min Yang. Rapid establishment of thermophilic anaerobic microbial community during the one-step startup of thermophilic anaerobic digestion from a mesophilic digester. Water Research, 2015, 69:9-19.

19. Zhe Tian,Yoshimitsu Oda ,Yu Zhang* ,Min Yang ,Hongyan Li.Use of a New Enzyme Extraction System to Improve the Sensitivity of SOS/umu Test and Application to Environmental Samples.Bull Environ Contam Toxicol， 2015，94:370–375.

20. Hong Zhang, Yu Zhang*, Min Yang, Miaomiao Liu.Evaluation of residual antibacterial potency in antibiotic production wastewater using a real-time quantitative method.Environmental Science Processes & Impacts.2015,17(11)1923-1929.

21.   Bei Zhao, Yu Zhang*, Xiaomin Dou, Hongying Yuan and Min Yang.Granular Ferric Hydroxide Adsorbent for Phosphate Removal: Demonstration Preparation and Field Study.Water Science and Technology, 2015,72(12):2179-2186.

22. Yinxin Gao, Raning, Song Wu, Yunqiang Wu, Yu Zhang *,Min Yang. Influence of ultrasonic waves on the removal of different oil components from oily sludge.Environmental Technology,2015, 36(14) 1771–1775.

23. Zhenyu Wang, Feng Pan, Abd El-Latif Hesham, Yingxin Gao*, Yu Zhang*. Min Yang. Impacts of produced water origin on bacterial community structures of activated sludge .Journal of Environmental Sciences,2015,37:192-199.

24.  Yu Zhang , Xin Gu , Jing Zhang,Min Yang*. Degradation pathways of low -ethoxylated nonylphenols by isolated bacteria using an improv ed method. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014, 21(16)：9468-76

25. Miaomiao Liu, ran Ding, Yu Zhang*, yingxin Gao, Zhe Tian, Tong Zhang, Min Yang. Abundance and distribution of Macrolide-Lincosamide-Streptogramin resistance genes in ananaerobic-aerobic system treating spiramycin production wastewater.Water Research, 2014, 63:33-41.

26. Zhiming Yan, Yu Zhang*, Hongying Yuan, Zhe Tian, Min Yang*.Fish larval deformity caused by aldehydes and unknown byproducts in ozonated effluents from municipal wastewater treatment systems. Water research, 2014, 66: 423-429.

27.  Yu Zhang, Jianping Xie, Miaomiao Liu, Zhe Tian, Zhili He, Joy D. van Nostrand, LirenRen, Jizhong Zhou, Min Yang*. Microbial community functional structure in response to antibiotics in pharmaceutical wastewater treatment systems. Water Research,2013,47:6298-6308.

28. Miaomiao Liu, Yu Zhang*, Ran Ding, Yingxin Gao, Min Yang. Response of activated sludge to the treatment of oxytetracycline production waste stream . Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology . 2013,97:8805–8812.

29.  Xiaomei Wu , Yu Zhang *, Xiaomin Dou , Bei Zhao, Min Yang. Fluoride adsorption on an Fe–Al–Ce trimetal hydrous oxide: Characterization of adsorption sites and adsorbed fluorinecomplex species.Chemical Engineering Journal. 2013, 223:364–370.

30. Yu Zhang, Min Yang*, Miaomiao Liu, Dong Li, Liren Ren, Antibiotic pollution from Chinese Drug manufacturing-antibiotic resistance, Toxicology letters, 2012, 211(S):S16

31.  Bei Zhao, Yu Zhang*, Xiaomin Dou, Xiaomei Wu, Min Yang .Granulation of Fe-Al-Ce trimetal hydroxide as a fluoride adsorbent using extrusion method. Chemical Engineering Journal,2012, 185-186:211-218.

32.  Yu Zhang, Dongbin Wei, Rongde Huang, Min Yang, Shujun Zhang, Xiaomin Dou, Dongsheng Wang, Vimonses Vipasiri. Binding mechanisms and QSAR modeling of aromatic pollutant biosorptionon on Penicillium oxalicum biomass. Chemical Engineering Journal 2011,166(2): 624-630

33. Xiaomin Dou*, Yu Zhang*, Bei Zhao, Xiaomei Wu, Ziyu Wu, Min Yang. Arsenate adsorption on a Fe-Ce bimetal oxide adsorbent: EXAFS study and surface complexation modeling. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2011, 379(1-3): 109-115

34.  Zhiming Yan, Yu Zhang*, Jianwei Yu, Hongying Yuan, Min Yang*. Identification of odorous compounds in reclaimed water using FPA combined with sensory GC-MS. Journal of Environmental Sciences 2011,23(10) :1600-1604

35.  Wenzhou Lv, Abd El-Latif Hesham, Yu Zhang*, Xinchun Liu, Min Yang*. Impacts of cell surface characteristics on population dynamics in a sequencing batch yeast reactor treating vegetable oil-containing wastewater, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2011,90(5):1785-1793

36. Yu Zhang, Xiaomin Dou, Min Yang, Hong He, Chuangyong Jing, Ziyu Wu. Removal of Arsenate from water by using an Fe-Ce oxide Adsorbent: Effects of Coexistent Fluoride and Phosphate. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2010,179(1-3): 208-214

37. Yu Zhang, Xiaomin Dou, Bei Zhao, Min Yang, Tomoo Takayama, Shigeru Kato. Removal of arsenic by a granular Fe-Ce oxide adsorbent: Fabrication conditions and performance. Chemical Engineering Journal 2010,162(1): 164-170

38.  Xin Gu, Yu Zhang*, Jing Zhang, Min Yang*, Hideyuki Tamaki, Yoichi Kamagata, Dong Li. Isolation of phylogenetically diverse nonylphenol ethoxylate-degrading bacteria and characterization of their corresponding biotransformation pathways. Chemosphere 2010,80(3):216-222

39.  Yanqin Deng, Yu Zhang*, Abd Ei-Latif Hesham, Ruyin Liu, Min Yang*. Cell surface properties of five polycyclic aromatic compound-degrading yeast strains. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2010, 86(6):1933–1939

40. Yu Zhang, Zhengyu Wang, Min Yang. Microbial ecological in environmental purification, Progress in Chemistry 2009,21(2/3): 566-571

41. Yu Zhang, Kazunari Sei, Tadashi Toyoma, Michihiko Ike, Jing Zhang, Min Yang, Yoichi Kamagata. Change of catabolic genes and microbial community structures during biodegradation of nonylphenol ethoxylates and nonylphenol in natural water microcosms. Biochemical Engineering Journal 2008,39(2): 288-296

42. Yu Zhang, Min Yang, Xia Huang, Arsenic removal with a Ce-doped iron oxide adsorbent, Chemosphere, 2003,51(9):945-952

43.  Yu Zhang, Min Yang, Hong He, Xia Huang, Characterization of a bimetal oxide adsorbent and its adsorption mechanism for arsenic(V). Abstr Pap Am Chem S 2003, 226, U597-U597.

44. Yu Zhang, Min Yang, Yingxin Gao, Feng Wang, Xia Huang, Preparation and adsorption mechanism of rare earth-doped adsorbent for arsenic(V)removal from groundwater, Science in China(Series B),2003,46(3):252-258

45. Xin Gu, Yu Zhang*, Jing Zhang, Min Yang*, Hideyuki Tamaki, Yoichi Kamagata. Degradation behaviors of nonylphenol ethoxylates by isolated bacteria using improved isolation method. Journal of Environmental Science, 2008,20(9):1025-1027

46.  Yu Zhang*, Xiamin Dou, Jian Liu, Min Yang*, Liping Zhang, Y. Kamagata. Decolorization of Reactive Brilliant Red X-3B by Heterogeneous Photo-Fenton Reaction using an Fe-Ce bimetal catalyst. Catalyst Today 2007,126:387-393

47. Yu Zhang, Min Yang*, Xiaomin Dou, Hong He, Dongsheng Wang. Arsenate Adsorption on an Fe-Ce Bimetal Oxide Adsorbent: Role of Surface Properties. Environmental Science & Technology 2005, 39:

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• Behavior of hazardous pollutants (including antibiotics, antibiotic resistance gene, and pathogens, etc) in water;

•  Microbial ecology in natural and engineered systems;

• Water and wastewater treatment technologies

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