Admission Major

• Master’s admissions major: Academic Master: 083000|Environmental Science and Engineering; Master of Professional Degree: 085700|Resources and Environment

• Doctoral admissions major: Academic Ph.D: 083000|Environmental Science and Engineering; Doctor of Professional Degree: 085700|Resources and Environment

Work experience

• 2010.9-2012.2: Centre national de la recherche scientifique(CNRS),Polytech Nantes, Postdoc

• 2012.3-2014.4: Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (INSERM), U791 LIOAD, Postdoc

• 2014.10-2020.5: School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Associate Professor

• 2020.6 to present: School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology, Professor

Educational experience

• 2001.9-2005.7: Bachelor, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), Materials and Chemistry

• 2005.9-2010.7: Ph.D., Fujian Institute of Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Material Physics and Chemistry.

Social, academic and academic part-time jobs

• 2019.10 to present: Deputy Director of Guangdong Environmental Nanomaterials Engineering Technology Research Center

Research areas

• Pollution control of heavy metal solid waste and related basic research

• Recycling and resource utilization of heavy metals in waste residues and wastewater

• Environmental Nanomaterials

Research projects

• National Natural Science Foundation of China Outstanding Youth Project (2020), Solid Waste Pollution Control Chemistry (No.22022602), Preside

• National Key Research and Development Program (2019), Research and Engineering Demonstration on the Recovery of Fine Particles of Toxic Heavy Metals from Industrial Hazardous Waste by Nanocrystalline Growth Control Technology (No. 2019YFA0210400), Participate

• Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (2018), Slow-release hexavalent chromium treatment and mechanism study of a historically stockpiled strong alkaline chromium slag in Guangdong and its mechanism (No.201804010189), Preside

• The Pearl River Talent Plan of Guangdong Province Introduces Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team Project (2016), the application research of nanotechnology in heavy metal pollution control in industrial clusters (No.2016ZT06N569), Participate

• National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Project (2016), Study on the Crystal Growth and Surface Interfacial Control of Chromium Slag Containing Calcium Sulfate Microcrystalline Chromium Slag and the Separation Mechanism of Hexavalent Chromium (No.21607045), Preside

Academic Achievements

Representative works of thesis:

1. Weizhen Liu#, Jing Li#, Jiayi Zheng, Yao Song, Zhenqing Shi, Zhang Lin*, Liyuan Chai. Different Pathways for Cr(III) Oxidation: Implications for Cr(VI) Reoccurrence in Reduced Chromite Ore Processing Residue. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54: 11971-11979.

2. Weizhen Liu, Jiayi Zheng, Xinwen Ou, Xueming Liu,Yao Song, Chen Tian,Wencong Rong, Zhenqing Shi, Zhi Dang, Zhang Lin*. Effective Extraction of Cr(VI) from Hazardous Gypsum Sludge via Controlling the Phase Transformationand Chromium Species. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52(22):13336-13342.

3. Weizhen Liu#, Yao Song#, Jing Li, Lan Ling, Chen Tian, Xueming Liu, Zhang Lin*. Efficient extraction of slowly-released Cr(VI) from nano-sized ion channels in Cr(VI)-ettringite from reduced chromite ore processing residue. Environmental Science Nano, 2020, 7: 1082-1091.

4. Weizhen Liu, Changzhou Weng, Jiayi Zheng, Xiaoqian Peng, Jing Zhang, Zhang Lin*. Emerging investigator series: treatment and recycling of heavy metals from nanosludge. Environmental Science-Nano, 2019, 6(6): 1657-1673.

5. Miao Peng, Guijian Guan, Hong Deng, Bin Han, Chen Tian, Junyang Zhuang, Yunyun Xu, Weizhen Liu*, Zhang Lin. PCN-224/rGO nanocomposite based photoelectrochemical sensor with intrinsic recognition ability for efficient p-arsanilic acid detection. Environmental Science-Nano, 2019, 6(1): 207-215.

6. Zhangbin Liu, Jiayi Zheng, Weizhen Liu*, Xueming Liu, Yunxuan Chen, Xueqiao Ren, Ping Ning*, Zhang Lin. Identification of the key host phases of Cr in fresh chromite ore processing residue (COPR). Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 703: 135075-135083.

7. Changzhou Wen, Xin Sun, Weizhen Liu*, Zhang Lin. Targeted Conversion of Ni in Electroplating Sludge to Nickel Ferrite Nanomaterial with Stable Lithium Storage Performance. Journal Hazardous Materials, 2020, 393, 122296.

8. Jiayi Zheng, Jing Li, Lan Ling, Xueming Liu, Weizhen Liu*, Ping Ning, Zhang Lin. Crystal regulation of gypsum via hydrothermal treatment with hydrogen ion for Cr(VI) extraction. Journal Hazardous Materials, 2020, 390: 120614.

9. Yao Song, Jing Li, Miao Peng, Yao Song, Jing Li, Miao Peng, Ziqi Deng, Jianjun Yang, Weizhen Liu*, Zhenqing Shi, Zhang Lin. Identification of Cr(VI) speciation in ferrous sulfate-reduced chromite ore processing residue (rCOPR) and impacts of environmental factors erosion on Cr(VI) leaching. Journal Hazardous Materials, 2019, 373: 389-396.

10. Xueli Zhou, Weizhen Liu*, Jian Zhang, Can Wu, Xinwen Ou, Chen Tian, Zhang Lin*, Zhi Dang. Biogenic Calcium Carbonate with Hierarchical Organic Inorganic Composite Structure Enhancing the Removal of Pb(II) from Wastewater. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2017, 9(41): 35785-35793

Authorized patents:

1. Treatment method for resource recycling of hexavalent chromium containing waste residues, Patent no. ZL201610502468.X, The inventors: Zhang Lin, Weizhen Liu, Xueming Liu, Wencong Rong.

2. Method for cleaning and detoxifying chromium slag and extracting chromium, Patent no. ZL201610501716.9, The inventors: Xueming Liu, Zhang Lin, Weizhen Liu, Wencong Rong.

3. Detoxification treatment method for extracting and recovering chromium from waste residues including hexavalent chromium, Patent no. ZL201610502493.8, The inventors: Weizhen Liu, Zhang Lin, Xueming Liu, Wencong Rong.

4. Chromium resource recycling and detoxification processing method for chromium slag, Patent no. ZL201610502498.0, The inventors: Weizhen Liu, Zhang Lin, Xueming Liu, Wencong Rong.

5. Toxin removing and chromium recovering method for chromium-containing waste residues, Patent no. ZL201810004213.X, The inventors: Zhang Lin, Yao Song, Weizhen Liu, Xueming Liu, Hong Deng.

6. Comprehensive treatment method of chromium slag, Patent no. ZL201810004238.X, The inventors: Zhang Lin, Zhangbin Liu, Weizhen Liu, Xueming Liu, Hong Deng.

Other (Teaching activities/Honors, etc.)

• Honors: 2019 Guangdong special support program for young talents, 2019 national patent excellence award (2nd accomplisher).

• Courses: Environmental Nanomaterials, Sci-tech Literature Retrieval, Environmental Engineering Materials.

• Guide students: Five master students.