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China
2026

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Engineering and Technology

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144
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World Ranking
12
National Ranking
1

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157
Citations
82410
World Ranking
23
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in China Leader Award

Overview

Daniel C.W. Tsang is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and environmental science, with a significant focus on applied and interdisciplinary topics.

The scientist's primary fields of study include:

  • Engineering
  • Environmental Science

Within these broader areas, key subfields of study focus notably on:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Pollution
  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Daniel C.W. Tsang's research covers a range of important topics, notably:

  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Catalysis for Biomass Conversion
  • Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications

Their publication record includes numerous articles in prominent scientific journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Daniel C.W. Tsang illustrate the thematic breadth of their work and include:

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality, 2021, The Innovation
  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability, 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review, 2020, Chemosphere
  • Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Yong Sik Ok
  • Lei Wang
  • Deyi Hou
  • Yuying Zhang
  • Yuqing Sun

Best Publications

  • Engineered/designer biochar for contaminant removal/immobilization from soil and water: Potential and implication of biochar modification

    Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Season S. Chen;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Ming Zhang

  • Technologies and perspectives for achieving carbon neutrality

    Fang Wang;Jean Damascene Harindintwali;Zhizhang Yuan;Zhizhang Yuan;Min Wang

  • Soil amendments for immobilization of potentially toxic elements in contaminated soils: A critical review.

    Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Season S. Chen;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Metal contamination and bioremediation of agricultural soils for food safety and sustainability

    Deyi Hou;David O’Connor;Avanthi D. Igalavithana;Daniel S. Alessi

  • Effect of pyrolysis temperature, heating rate, and residence time on rapeseed stem derived biochar

    Bin Zhao;David O'Connor;Junli Zhang;Tianyue Peng

  • Biochar technology in wastewater treatment: A critical review.

    Wei Xiang;Xueyang Zhang;Xueyang Zhang;Jianjun Chen;Weixin Zou

  • Waste-derived biochar for water pollution control and sustainable development

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  • Microplastics as pollutants in agricultural soils

    Manish Kumar;Xinni Xiong;Mingjing He;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Biochar application for the remediation of heavy metal polluted land: A review of in situ field trials

    David O'Connor;Tianyue Peng;Junli Zhang;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Environmental fate, toxicity and risk management strategies of nanoplastics in the environment: Current status and future perspectives.

    Liuwei Wang;Wei Min Wu;Nanthi S. Bolan;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Weathering of microplastics and interaction with other coexisting constituents in terrestrial and aquatic environments

    Jiajun Duan;Nanthi Bolan;Yang Li;Shiyuan Ding

  • Multifunctional applications of biochar beyond carbon storage

    Nanthi Bolan;Nanthi Bolan;Son A. Hoang;Jingzi Beiyuan;Souradeep Gupta

  • Biorenewable hydrogen production through biomass gasification: A review and future prospects

    Leichang Cao;Iris K.M. Yu;Xinni Xiong;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Biochar Aging: Mechanisms, Physicochemical Changes, Assessment, And Implications for Field Applications.

    Liuwei Wang;David O'Connor;Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Yong Sik Ok

  • Prediction of Soil Heavy Metal Immobilization by Biochar Using Machine Learning

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  • A critical review on effects, tolerance mechanisms and management of cadmium in vegetables.

    Muhammad Rizwan;Shafaqat Ali;Muhammad Adrees;Muhammad Ibrahim

  • A review of biochar-based catalysts for chemical synthesis, biofuel production, and pollution control

    Xinni Xiong;Iris K.M. Yu;Leichang Cao;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • Ball milling as a mechanochemical technology for fabrication of novel biochar nanomaterials.

    Manish Kumar;Xinni Xiong;Zhonghao Wan;Yuqing Sun

  • Wood-based biochar for the removal of potentially toxic elements in water and wastewater: a critical review

    Sabry M. Shaheen;Sabry M. Shaheen;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Noha E. E. Hassan;Irshad Bibi;Irshad Bibi

  • Conversion of biomass to hydroxymethylfurfural: A review of catalytic systems and underlying mechanisms

    Iris K.M. Yu;Daniel C.W. Tsang

  • A green biochar/iron oxide composite for methylene blue removal

    Ping Zhang;David O’Connor;Yinan Wang;Lin Jiang

  • Multifunctional iron-biochar composites for the removal of potentially toxic elements, inherent cations, and hetero-chloride from hydraulic fracturing wastewater.

    Yuqing Sun;Yuqing Sun;Iris K.M. Yu;Daniel C.W. Tsang;Xinde Cao

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Lei Wang
Lei Wang Zhejiang University
Chi Sun Poon
Chi Sun Poon Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Deyi Hou
Deyi Hou Tsinghua University
Nanthi Bolan
Nanthi Bolan University of Western Australia
Irene M.C. Lo
Irene M.C. Lo Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Eilhann E. Kwon
Eilhann E. Kwon Hanyang University
Shicheng Zhang
Shicheng Zhang Fudan University

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