Research interests

My research work focuses on identifying the emerging human pathogens and chemicals, and understanding the microbial communities in the engineered environments.

Viromics and human virus identification in the environments.
Functional microbial groups in the biological treatment processes.
Public health and risk assessments.

Academic preparations

2021 Sept. - Current: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Michigan State University (Advisor: Dr. Irene Xagoraraki)
2020 Aug.- 2021 Aug.: Research Associate II, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Advisor: Dr. Qiang He)
2016 Aug.- 2020 Aug.: Ph.D. Environmental Microbiology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Advisor: Dr. Qiang He)
2016 Aug.- 2020 Aug.: M.S. Statistics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Courses finished)
2013 Aug.- 2016 July: M.S. Environmental Engineering, School of Environment, Nanjing University (Advisor: Dr. Hongling Liu)
2009 Aug.- 2013 July: B.S. Environmental Science, School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology (Thesis mentor: Dr. Min Huang)

Professional services

Postdoctoral Member, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)
Postdoctoral Research Member, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
Recent Graduate Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
Peer reviewer for journals including Science of the Total Environment, Environmental International, BMC Microbiology, Frontiers in Microbiology, Frontiers in Environmental Science and mLife.

Awards/scholarships and attendance grants

2023.11 Attendance Grant of the SETAC North America 44th Annual Meeting for Professionals in November 12-16, 2023 in Louisville, KY, USA
2023.10 Travel Award of the 6th International Viromics Workshop in October 11-13, 2023 in Columbus, OH, USA
2022.04 Best Poster Award of the Engineering Symposium at Michigan State University in East Lansing, MI, USA
2021.06 Attendance Grant of the World Microbe Forum 2021: An ASM & FEMS Collaboration
2014.06 Suzhou Industrial Park Scholarship at Nanjing University in Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
2012.09 National Motivational Scholarship at Wuhan University of Technology in Wuhan, Hubei, China