Education & Working Experience

2022.07-now, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Associate Professor.

2016.06-2022.06, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Assistant Professor.

2016.06-2018.06, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Postdoc.

2010.09-2016.06, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Doctor

2006.09-2010.06, University of Science & Technology Beijing, Bachelor

Teaching

USTB, Bachelor Course in Environment Engineering, Wastewater Treatment Technology

Master Course in Environment Engineering, Ecological Sanitation

Supervision of bachelor and Master

Selected projects

1. Research on the removal mechanism and behavior of the antibiotic resistance genes in secondary effluents by ultrasound-UVLED disinfection, funded by Beijing Natural Science Foundation. To develop US/UV combined technology to remove ARB and ARG in secondary effluents.

2. Reinvent the Toilet China Project: Innovative Toilet Solutions and Commercial Activities，funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To support the development of commercial innovative toilet solutions to be fully compliant with Reinvented Toilet specifications.

3. Research Activities for RTTC, funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-To conduct research activities and perform technical assistance in support of Reinvented Toilet field testing and systems operation in China, India and Africa

4. Integrated Application of New Innovated Technology for Urban domestic Water Saving（YS2017YFSF020027）, funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China-To develop water saving toilet by using vacuum technology and sewage.

5. Reinvent the Toilet Challenge China, funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-To select and organize the sub-grantees in China for eco-toilet invention.

Selected Publications

1. Lu Y, Zhou X, Zheng Y, Yang H, Cao W. How far do we still need to go with antibiotics in aquatic environments? Antibiotic occurrence, chemical-free or chemical-limited strategies, key challenges, and future perspectives [J]. Water Research, 2025, 275: 123179.

2. Li, T., Li, Y., Li, Y.,Li, Z.,Zhou, X..,Simha, P.. Leveraging a sanitation value chain framework could address implementation challenges and reinvent China's Toilet Revolution in rural areas. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2024, 12:1390101.

3. Zhao, M. J.; Zhou, X. Q.; Li, Z. F.; et al. The dynamics and removal efficiency of antibiotic resistance genes by UV-LED treatment: An integrated research on single- or dual-wavelength irradiation. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2023, 263:115212.

4. Zhou X, Prithvi P S, Perez-Mercado L F, et al. China should focus beyond access to toilets to tap into the full potential of its Rural Toilet Revolution[J]. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022, 178:106100.

5. Guo S, Zhou X, Simha P , et al. Poor awareness and attitudes to sanitation servicing can impede China's Rural Toilet Revolution: Evidence from Western China[J]. Science of The Total Environment, 2021:148660.

6. Zhou, X*., Tian, C., Zhao, M., Yu, P., Zheng, T., Li, Z., Wang, H., Removal of tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli and its genes through ultrasound treatment combined with ultraviolet light emitting diodes[J]. Environmental Research, 2021,197,111007.

7. Zhou, X., Cuasquer, G., Li, Z.*, Mang, H., Lv, Y., Occurrence of typical antibiotics, representative antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and genes in fresh and stored source-separated human urine. Environment International, 2021, 146,106280.