Director of the Center
Chai, Liyuan, male, who born in Sep. 1966. He
is the Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, the dean of School of
Metallurgy and Environment of Central South University, and the director of
National Engineering Research Center for Heavy Metal Pollution Control &
Treatment. He is the Chinese chairman of International Organizing Committee of
East Asia Conference on Resource Renewable Technology, and the expert of
Intergovernmental Negotiating Group on mercury of United Nations Environment
Programme. He was awarded various honorary titles "National Advanced
Worker" and "Ho Leung Ho Lee Award" etc.
His research focuses on environmental
engineering during non-ferrous metallurgical processes. He has published 290
SCI papers, 11 books, 130 patents and 9 national standards and policies. He has
invented a series of technologies, which have been achieved large-scale
industrialization nationwide, including "New Deep Purification Technology
of Heavy Metal Wastewater Based on Microorganism Specific",
"Treatment and Clean Utilization Technology of Solid Waste Containing
Arsenic from Nonferrous Smelting", and "Key Technology of Recycling
Treatment of Polymetallic Waste Acid from Smelting". His contribution was
awarded for State Technological Invention Award twice, National Scientific and
Technological Progress, and Provincial/Ministerial Science and Technology many
times.
Lin, Zhang, born in June 1971, is a full professor at Central South University. She has been awarded the titles of National Distinguished Young Scholars and Yangtze River Scholars. She receives special government allowance from the State Council for her academic contribution. Her research has been focused on heavy metal pollution control chemistry. She has been committed to solving scientific problems in engineering practices. Her research mainly focuses on, but not limited to: 1) the application of heavy metal deep extraction and separation from hazardous waste; 2) the transformation of heavy metal by geological microorganisms and the principle of biomineralization；3) highly effective nanotechnology implementation for the extraction of low-concentration rare metals; 4) novel materials to transfer industrial waste-gas carbon dioxide into energy substances. As a principal investigator, she led more than 10 national projects in the past five years. She has published more than 200 SCI papers in many renowned journals such as J Am Chem Soc, Angew Chem, ES&T, Nano Lett and Appl Catal B-Environ. She has been authorized 23 patents, including 9 PCT patents.
Liu, Hui, born in July 1979, is a full professor in Central South University. He has been awarded the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars. He has been involved in teaching and scientific research on air pollution control and resource recycling. He developed the resource recovery and pollution control technologies for air pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, selenium, and mercury. These technologies have been industrialized. As a principal investigator, he led more than 10 national projects such as the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, and the National Key R&D Program. He has published more than 70 SCI papers, and has been authorized 26 patents. He has been awarded the titles of the Chinese Non-ferrous Metals Outstanding Young Scientist Award and the Chinese Society of Environmental Sciences Young Science & Technology Award etc.