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

Supervision of bachelor and Master

Research 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.

6. Design, Construction and Monitoring of Fecal Sludge-Fed Industrial Biogas Plant in Africa, funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-To support the fecal sludge treatment technology in Burkina Faso.

7. The Develop of Photocatalysis for Wastewater Treatment using N-doped TiO2, funded by Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities-To develop photocatalysis technologies using N-dope TiO2 for wastewater disinfection and antibiotics removal.

8. Improved biogas process with enhanced nitrogen recovery for green fertilizer production, funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China 2016 Sino-Austria Government Bilateral Science Research Program. To establish a stable AD process accepting N-rich substrates (chicken waste, slaughterhouse waste, pig manure) by testing and comparing two nitrogen removal technologies (stripping and membrane contactor). By reducing the ammonia concentration in the reactor methane producing microorganisms will be less inhibited and high COD removal rates as well as high specific methane yield can be observed. Project assistant from both technical and financial sides.

9. Study on Efficiency and Mechanisms of an Ultrasound Enhanced Wastewater Photocatalytic Disinfection, funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation-To develop an enhanced photocatalysis disinfection technology for wastewater disinfection and explain its mechanism.

Academic Achievements

1. 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-.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. Yu, P., Zhou, X.*, Yan, Y, Li, Z., Inactivation and change of tetracycline-resistant Escherichia coli in secondary effluent by visible light-driven photocatalytic process using Ag/AgBr/g-C3N4[J]. Science of the Total Environment, 2020,705,135639.

6. Yan Y., Zhou, X.*, Yu P., Li Z., Zheng, T., Characteristics, mechanisms and bacteria behavior of photocatalysis with a solid Z-scheme Ag/AgBr/g-C3N4 nanosheet in water disinfection[J]. Applied Catalysis A: General, 2020,590,117282.

7. Jin, X, Zhou, X*., Sun, P., Lin, S., Cao, W., Li, Z., Liu, W., Photocatalytic degradation of norfloxacin using N-doped TiO2: Optimization, mechanism, identification of intermediates and toxicity evaluation[J]. Chemosphere, 2019,237,124433.

8. Yu, P., Zhou, X.*, Yan, Y, Li, Z., Zheng, T., Enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic disinfection using AgBr-modified g-C3N4 composite and its mechanism [J]. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces,  2019, 179:170-179.

9. Yan,Y, Zhou X*.,Lan, J., Li, Z., Zheng, T., Cao, W., Zhu N., Liu, W., Efficient photocatalytic disinfection of Escherichia coli by N-doped TiO2 coated on coal fly ash cenospheres[J]. Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2018,367:355-364.

10. Zhou,X., Li, Z., Zheng,T., Yan,Y., Li, P., Odey, E., Mang, H., Uddin, S., Review of global sanitation development [J]. Environment International, 2018,120:246-261.

11. Zhou, X., Yan, Y., Li, Z., Yin, J., Disinfection effect of a continuous-flow ultrasound/ultraviolet baffled reactor at a pilot scale [J]. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2017,37:114–119.

12. Zhou, X., Li, Z., Lan, J., Yan, Y., Zhu, N., Kinetics of inactivation and photoreactivation of Escherichia coli using ultrasound-enhanced UV-C light-emitting diodes disinfection [J]. Ultrasonics  Sonochemistry, 2017,35, 471–477.

13. Zhou, X., Li, Y., Li, Z., Xi, Y., Uddin, S. M., Zhang, Y., Investigation on microbial inactivation and urea decomposition in human urine during thermal storage [J]. Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development, 2017:142–9.

14. Zhou, X., Li, Z., Staddon, C., Wu, X., Song, H., Issues and challenges of reclaimed water usage: a case study of the dragon-shaped river in the Beijing Olympic Park [J]. Water International, 2017,42(4):486-494.