EDUCATION

B.S.Civil EngineeringWuhan Univ. of Technology, Wuhan, China, 1982

M.S.Environmental EngineeringTsinghua University, Beijing, China, 1985

Ph.D.Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1994

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2007 – PresentProfessor & Associate Chair, Civil Eng. Dept., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln

01/18 – 07/18Visiting Prof., CE Dept., India Institute of Technology-Bhubaneswar, India

08/17 – 12/17Visiting Prof., Env. Eng. Institute, National Sun Yat-Sen Univ., Taiwan.

1994 – 2007Assistant/Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, UNL

1990 – 1994Grad. Res. Ass./Post-doc, Civil & Environ. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Cincinnati

1987 – 1989Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Tohoku University, Japan

1985 – 1987Instructor, Environ. Eng. Dept., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

HONORS, AWARDS AND MAJOR ACTIVITIES

State-of-the Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) for the ASCE book “Nanomaterials in the Environment,” 2017

University Research Grand Prize, Excellent in Environmental Engineering and Science Award, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, 2016

Rudolph Hering Medal, for the most valuable contribution to the advancement of the environmental branch of engineering (ASCE), 2016

Elected Fellow (F.AAAS), American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2015

Diplomate and Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE), 2015

State-of-the Art of Civil Engineering Award, American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) for the ASCE book “Climate Change Modeling, Mitigation and Adaption,” 2014

Elected Member, European Academy of Science and Arts (EASA), 2013

Elected Fellow (F.ASCE), American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013

Certified Board Certified Environmental Engineer (BCEE), since 2013

Diplomate and Board Certified Water Resources Engineer (D. WRE), American Academy of Water Resources Engineers (AAWRE), 2012

Faculty Teaching Excellence Award (Olsson Associates), CE Dept., UNL, 2002

UNL College of Engineering Research Award, 1999

Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), 1995

Professional Engineer (Environmental Engineering), NE (E-9763), since 2000

Associate Editor: a) Water Environment Research since 2008; b) J. Environmental Engineering (ASCE) since 2007; c) J. Haz., Toxic, & Radioactive Waste Management (ASCE) since 2006; and d) Nanotech. for Environ. Eng., Springer (since 2015)

Members of AAAS, ASCE, WEF, AWWA, IWA, AEESP, Chi Epsilon CE Honor Society

ASCE EWRI Environ. Council Representative & Award Committee, Chair (2007–2010)

NSF proposal review panels: 2001, 2008 (2 panels), 2013, 2014, 2015

Standing panelist, Phy. Sci. Panel, Research Grants Council, Hong Kong (since 2013)