Prof. Dr. Jia Hanzhong Tel: 0086-029-87080083
Email: jiahz@nwafu.edu.cn Postcode: 712100
Address: No. 3, Taicheng Road, Yangling, Shaanxi
Research Interests
Environmental Chemistry and Technology:
1) Fate and transport of organic contaminants in soil phase;
2) Formation and stability of Environmental Persistence Free Radicals in soil;
3) Synthesis and application of clay-based and carbon-based environmental functional materials;
4) Remediation technology for contaminated soils.
education
2006-2010: Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing and Michigan State University joint doctorate program
2005-2006: M.S. Mining Environmental Engineering, University of Science & Technology Beijing
2001-2005: B.S. Agricultural Resource and Environment, Yangtze University
Experiences
Academic Appointments:
2017.12 -present: Professor, College of Natural Resources & Environment, Northwest A&F University
2016.10-2017.12: Professor, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry. CAS
2011.10-2016.09: Associate professor, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry. CAS
2011.02-2011.10: Assistant professor, Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics & Chemistry. CAS
2008.09-2010.09: Visiting scholar, US, Michigan State University
2004.05-2005.06: Visiting student, Institute of Geography and Resources of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Subjects of Teaching:
Land degradation and restoration, Soil pollution and remediation (for undergraduate students)
Soil degradation, restoration and reconstruction. (for graduate students)
Graduate Advisory Experience
7 Doctoral students, and 15 MSc students
Professional Activities:
Editorial Board Member of Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Council member of “Soil Science Society of China”
Membership of “Soil Chemistry committee in SSSC”
Membership of “Soil Environmental committee in SSSC”
Academic title
Chang Jiang Scholar of Ministry of Education of the PRC
Shaanxi Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars
Membership of "Xinjiang High-level Talents Introduction Project"
Membership of "Youth Innovation Association" of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Research Experiences
Projects as principal investigator:
1) Formation process and mechanism of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals and Reactive Oxygen Species on Photo-aged Microplastics (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2021.01-2024.12).
2) Environmentally persistent free radicals in soils of coking sites: Occurrence, distribution and their interfacial processes in soil micro-environment (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2019.01-2022.12).
3) Formation and stabilization of environmental persistent free radicals induced by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on clay mineral surface. (National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016.01-2019.12).
4) Effect of microscopic physical&chemical properties of clay minerals surface on the photo-degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and potential mechanism. (National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund Project, No. 41301543, 2014.01-2016.12)
5) Key technology development of integrated flocculation-multiphase catalysis-Deep adsorption strengthening process. (National Key Research and Development Plan for the Efficient Use of Water Resources-sub project, 2016.07-2019.08)
6) Process integration and its device research and demonstration of oil extraction sewage. (Chinese Academy of Sciences Western Action Project, 2013.01-2015.12)
7) Low-temperature catalytic pyrolysis of oily sludge: waste treatment and oily resource recovery. (Chinese Academy of Sciences, "Western Young Scholars (Class A)" project, 2015.09-2019.08)
8) Xinjiang High-level Talents Introduction Program, Research on resource treatment technology of oily sewage and sludge in Xinjiang oilfield. (Xinjiang High-level Talents Introduction Program, 2015.01-2018.12)
9) "Youth Innovation Association" personnel training program funded projects.( Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2016.01-2019.12)
Publications
1. Representative papers in journals with peer-reviewed
[1] Jia Hanzhong, Li S., Wu L., Li S., Sharma K.V., Yan B. Cytotoxic Free Radicals on Air-Borne Soot Particles Generated by Burning Wood or Low-Maturity Coals. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, 9, 5608–5618.
[2] Zhu Kecheng, Jia Hanzhong*, Sun Yajiao, Dai Yunchao, Zhang Chi, Guo Xuetao, Wang Tiecheng, Zhu Lingyan*. Long-term phototransformation of microplastics under simulated sunlight irradiation in aquatic environments: Roles of reactive oxygen species. Water Research. 2020, 173, 115564.
[3] Zhu Kecheng, Jia Hanzhong*, Zhao Song, Xia Tianjiao, Guo Xuetao, Wang Tiecheng, Zhu Lingyan*. Formation of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals on Microplastics under Light Irradiation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53(14): 8177-8186.
[4] Zhao Song, Gao Pin, Miao Duo, Wu Lan, Qian Y, Chen S, Jia Hanzhong*. Formation and Evolution of Solvent-Extracted and Non-Extractable Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Fly Ash of Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 17, 10120-10130.
[5] Zhao Song, Miao Duo, Zhu Kecheng, Tao Kelin, Wang Chuanyi, Sharma K. V., Jia Hanzhong*. Interaction of benzo a pyrene with Cu(II)-montmorillonite: Generation and toxicity of environmentally persistent free radicals and reactive oxygen species. Environ. Int. 2019, 129: 154-163.
[6] Hanzhong Jia*, Song Zhao, Yafang Shi, Lingyan Zhu, Chuanyi Wang, and Virender K. Sharma*. Transformation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Formation of Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals on Modified Montmorillonite: The Role of Surface Metal Ions and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Molecular Properties. Environmental Science and Technology, 2018, 52(10), 5725-5733.
[7] Hanzhong Jia, Song Zhao, Gulimire Nulaji, Fu Wang, Chuanyi Wang*.Environmentally Persistent Free Radicals in Soils of Past Coking Sites: Distribution and Stabilization. Environmental Science and Technology, 2017, 51(11), 6000-6008.
[8] Hanzhong Jia, Gulimire Nulaji, Hongwei Gao, Fu Wang, Yunqing Zhu, Chuanyi Wang*. Formation and stabilization of environmentally persistent free radicals induced by the interaction of anthracene with Fe(III)-modified clays. Environmental Science and Technology, 2016, 50(12), 6310-6319.
[9] Tiecheng Wang, Yang Cao, Guangzhou Qu, Qiuhong Sun, Tianjiao Xia, Xuetao Guo, Hanzhong Jia*, Lingyan Zhu. Novel Cu(II)-EDTA decomplexation by discharge plasma oxidation and coupled Cu removal by alkaline precipitation: Underneath mechanisms. Environmental Science and Technology, 52, 14, 7884-7891.
[10] Hanzhong Jia, Jincai Zhao, Li Li, Xiyou Li, Chuanyi Wang*. Transformation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on Fe(III)-modified clay minerals: Role of molecular chemistry and clay surface properties. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 154-155, 238-245, 2014.
[11] Hanzhong Jia, Jincai Zhao, Xiaoyun Fan, Kamila Dilimulati, Chuanyi Wang*. Photodegradation of phenanthrene on cation-modified clays under visible light. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 123-124, 43-51, 2012.
[12] Hanzhong Jia, Song Zhao, Kecheng Zhu, Dan Huang, Lan Wu, Xuetao Guo. Activate persulfate for catalytic degradation of adsorbed anthracene on coking residues: Role of persistent free radicals. Chemical engineering Journal. 2018, 351, 631-640
[13] Kecheng Zhu, Yanyan Duan, Fu Wang, Hanzhong Jia*, Chuanyi Wang. Silane-modified halloysite/Fe3O4 nanocomposites: Simultaneous removal of Cr(VI) and Sb(V) and positive effects of Cr(VI) on Sb(V) adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal. 311, 236-246.
[14] Hanzhong Jia, Chuanyi Wang*. Adsorption and dechlorination of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) on a multi-functional organo-smectite templated zero-valent iron composite. Chemical Engineering Journal. 191, 202-20, 2012.
[15] Hanzhong Jia, Chuanyi Wang*. Dechlorination of chlorinated phenols by subnanoscale Pd0/Fe0 intercalated in smectite: pathway, reactivity, and selectivity. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2015, 300, 779-787.
[16] Hanzhong Jia, Li Li, Hongxia Chen, Yue Zhao, Chuanyi Wang*. Exchangeable cations-mediated photodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on smectite surface under visible light. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 287, 16-23, 2015.
[17] Hanzhong Jia, Li Li, Xiaoyun Fan, Mingdeng Liu, Wenye Deng, Chuanyi Wang*. Visible Light Photodegradation of Phenanthrene Catalyzed by Fe-smectite: Role of Soil Organic Matter. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 256, 16, 2013.
[18] Gao Pin, Xu Wenli, Ruan Xiaohui, Qian Yajie, Xue Gang, Jia Hanzhong*. Long-term impact of a tetracycline concentration gradient on the bacterial resistance in anaerobic-aerobic sequential bioreactors. Chemosphere, 2018, 205, 308-316.
[19] Tao Kelin, Zhao Song, Gao Pin, Wang Lijin, Jia Hanzhong*. Impacts of Pantoea agglomerans strain and cation-modified clay minerals on the adsorption and biodegradation of phenanthrene. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2018, 161(15), 237-244.
[20] Liang Yuanzhen, Zhang Si, Wu Wei, Yang Fangyuan, Gan Wei*, Jia, Hangzhong*, Yuan, Qunhui*. Lyophobicity may not be the main driving force for long chain surfactants from the bulk phase to the interface. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2018, 20: 10165-10172.
[21] Pin Gao, Ducheng Yao, Yajie Qian, Shan Zhong, Lishan Zhang, Gang Xue, Hanzhong Jia*, Factors controlling the formation of persistent free radicals in hydrochar during hydrothermal conversion of rice straw. Environmental Chemistry Letters, 2018, 1-6.
[22] Xuetao Guo, Jingwen Pang, Shouyi Chen, Hanzhong Jia*, Sorption properties of tylosin on four different microplastics. Chemosphere, 2018, 209, 240-245.
[23] Zhao Song, Hanzhong Jia*, Chuanyi Wang. Photolysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on Fe3+-montmorillonite surface under visible light: Degradation kinetics, mechanism, and toxicity assessments. Chemosphere. 2017, 184, 1346-1354.
[24] Kecheng Zhu, Fu Wang, Yunqin Zhu, Hanzhong Jia*, Chuanyi Wang. Efficient Removal of Pb(II) from Aqueous Solution by Modified Montmorillonite/Carbon Composite: Equilibrium, Kinetics, and Thermodynamics. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data; 62(1), 333-340.
[25] Hanzhong Jia, Hongxia Chen, Gulimire Nulaji, Xiyou Li, and Chuanyi Wang*. Effect of low-molecular-weight organic acids on photo-degradation of phenanthrene catalyzed by Fe(III)-smectite under visible light. Chemosphere. 138, 266-271, 2015.
[26] Hanzhong Jia*, Chuanyi Wang. Comparison of smectite-supported zero-valent iron produced by different methods: reactivity, mobility and stability. Environmental Technology. 34 (1), 25-33, 2013.
[27] Hanzhong Jia*, Gu Cheng, Li Hui, Fan Xiaoyun, Li Shouzhu, Wang Chuanyi. Effect of groundwater geochemistry on pentachlorophenol remediation using clay supported Pd0/Fe0 System. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 19(8): 3498-505, 2012.
[28] Hanzhong Jia, Cheng Gu, Stephen A. Boyd, Brian J. Teppen, and Hui Li*. Comparison of Reactivity of Nanoscaled Zero-Valent Iron Formed On Clay Surfaces. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 75, 357-364, 2011.
[29] Li Li, Hanzhong Jia*, Xiyou Li, Chuanyi Wang*. Transformation of anthracene on various cation-modified clay minerals. Transformation of anthracene on various cation-modified clay minerals. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 22(2), 1261-1269, 2015.
[30] Xiehong Zhou, Hanzhong Jia*, Chengtun Qu, Daidi Fan, Chuanyi Wang*. Low- temperature co-pyrolysis behaviors and kinetics of oily sludge: effect of agricultural biomass. Environmental Technology. 38(3), 361-369.
[31] Zhao Song, Xiehong Zhou, Hanzhong Jia*, Chengtun Qu, Daidi Fan, Chuanyi Wang. Dewatering and low-temperature pyrolysis of oily sludge in the presence of various agricultural biomasses. Environmental Technology. 38(8), 1-9.
[32] Jia Hanzhong, Kelin Tao, Xiehong Zhou. Low-temperature pyrolysis of oily sludge: Roles of Fe/Al-pillared bentonites Archives of Environmental Protection, 2017, 43(3), 82-90.
[33] Kelin Tao, Song Zhao, Hanzhong Jia*, Lijin Wang. Photocatalysis behavior of azinphos-methyl at the surface of modified montmorillonite. Fresenuius Environmental Bulletin, 2017, 26 (6), 3795-3801.
[34] Jiang Yunyun, Tao Kelin, Qu Chengtun, Fan Daidi, Guo Xinfeng, Wang Chuanyi, Jia Hanzhong*, Isolation and characterization of alkali-tolerant crude oil degrading bacteria consortia from the oily sludge, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 2017, 26(12): 7122~7127.
[35] Cheng Gu, Hanzhong Jia, Hui Li, Brian J. Teppen, Stephen A. Boyd. Synthesis of Highly Reactive Subnano-Sized Zero-Valent Iron Using Smectite Clay Templates. Environmental Science and Technology, 44, 4258-4263, 2010.
*="Correspondence" author
2. Papers presented at the International Conferences
[1] Hanzhong Jia. Reactivity of Sub-nano-sized Zero-valent Iron intercalated in Smectite Interlayers. ASA-CSSA-SSSA 2009 international annual meetings.Pittsburgh PE, USA (oral presentation).
[2] Hanzhang Jia. Synthesis and characterization of montmorillonite supported zero valent iron for transformation of nitroaromatic in groundwater. Program of 2009 Beijing International Environmental Technology Conference. Oct. 2009. Beijing, China (oral presentation).
[3] Hanzhong Jia. Effect of pH, palladium and iron content on dechlorination of pentachlorophenol using smectite supported iron-palladium bimetallic system. The 2nd International Conference on Energy and Environment Technology. Oct. 2010. Changsha, China (oral presentation).
[4] Hanzhong Jia. Photo-degradation of PAHs on cation-modified clays under visible light, International Conference on Environmental Science & Technology. Urumqi, Jul. 2013, China (oral presentation).
[5] Hanzhong Jia and Chuanyi Wang. Photodegradation of Phenanthrene on Cations-Modified Clays under Visible Light. SEGH 31st International Conference. Jun. 2015. Bratislava, Slovak republic (oral presentation)
3. Representative invention patents:
[1] Jia Hanzhong, Wang Chuanyi, Li Shouzhu. A method for preparing montmorillonite in-situ intercalated nanometer zero-valent iron, authorization number: ZL201110158838.X.
[2] Jia Hanzhong, Liu Mingguang, Li Shouzhu, Yuan Qunhui, Wang Chuanyi. Preparation method and use of modified orange peel biosorbent, authorization number: ZL 201210260921.2.
[3] Jia Hanzhong, Li Li, Wang Chuanyi. Preparation of a humic acid modified fly ash magnetic material and oil-water separation method, authorization number: ZL 201410011584.2.
[4] Li Shouzhu, Wang Chuanyi, Jia Hanzhong, Liu Huayun, Fan Xiaoyu. Preparation and application of humic acid modified nanometer ferroferric oxide, authorization number: ZL201110258148.1.
[5] Li Yingxuan, Wang Chuanyi, Jia Hanzhong. A method for degrading polyacrylamide in sewage, authorization number: ZL201210564056.0.