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Overview

Zengqiang Zhang is affiliated with Northwest A&F University in China and has an extensive publication record focusing primarily on environmental science and engineering. The scientist's research spans multiple subfields such as pollution, soil science, industrial and manufacturing engineering, materials chemistry, and mechanical engineering. Their work involves investigating various environmental issues and advancing sustainable technologies.

The research topics covered by Zengqiang Zhang include:

  • Composting and vermicomposting techniques
  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Heavy metals in the environment
  • Microplastics and plastic pollution
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Anaerobic digestion and biogas production
  • Nematode management and characterization studies

Frequent collaborators in Zengqiang Zhang's research career include Mukesh Kumar Awasthi, Ronghua Li, Sanjeev Kumar Awasthi, Xiuna Ren, and Raveendran Sindhu. These partnerships have contributed to a substantial number of joint publications in the field.

Zengqiang Zhang has published numerous articles in high-impact venues. The main journals for their work include:

  • Bioresource Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Pollution
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Among the notable recent papers authored are:

  • Resource recovery and circular economy from organic solid waste using aerobic and anaerobic digestion technologies, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Refining biomass residues for sustainable energy and bio-products: An assessment of technology, its importance, and strategic applications in circular bio-economy, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Effect of Regional vs General Anesthesia on Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in Older Patients Undergoing Hip Fracture Surgery, 2021, JAMA
  • Production and beneficial impact of biochar for environmental application: A comprehensive review, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives, 2020, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

The body of work reflects a focus on sustainable environmental management and renewable resources, addressing both the technological processes and environmental impacts related to waste treatment, bioenergy, and pollution mitigation.

Best Publications

  • Challenges and opportunities in the phytoremediation of heavy metals contaminated soils: A review

    Amanullah Mahar;Ping Wang;Amjad Ali;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Enhancing phosphate adsorption by Mg/Al layered double hydroxide functionalized biochar with different Mg/Al ratios.

    Ronghua Li;Jim J. Wang;Baoyue Zhou;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Simultaneous capture removal of phosphate, ammonium and organic substances by MgO impregnated biochar and its potential use in swine wastewater treatment

    Ronghua Li;Ronghua Li;Jim J. Wang;Baoyue Zhou;Zengqiang Zhang

  • Soil heavy metal contamination and health risks associated with artisanal gold mining in Tongguan, Shaanxi, China

    Ran Xiao;Ran Xiao;Shuang Wang;Ronghua Li;Jim J. Wang

  • Resource recovery and circular economy from organic solid waste using aerobic and anaerobic digestion technologies.

    Steven Wainaina;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Surendra Sarsaiya;Hongyu Chen

  • Preparation of a carbon-based solid acid catalyst by sulfonating activated carbon in a chemical reduction process.

    Xiao-Yan Liu;Miao Huang;Hai-Long Ma;Zeng-Qiang Zhang

  • Recovery of phosphate from aqueous solution by magnesium oxide decorated magnetic biochar and its potential as phosphate-based fertilizer substitute

    Ronghua Li;Jim J. Wang;Baoyue Zhou;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Evaluation of medical stone amendment for the reduction of nitrogen loss and bioavailability of heavy metals during pig manure composting

    Quan Wang;Zhen Wang;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Yahui Jiang

  • Nutrient transformations during composting of pig manure with bentonite.

    Ronghua Li;Jim J Wang;Zengqiang Zhang;Feng Shen

  • Refining biomass residues for sustainable energy and bio-products: An assessment of technology, its importance, and strategic applications in circular bio-economy

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Surendra Sarsaiya;Anil Patel;Ankita Juneja

  • An overview of carbothermal synthesis of metal–biochar composites for the removal of oxyanion contaminants from aqueous solution

    Ronghua Li;Ronghua Li;Jim J. Wang;Lewis A. Gaston;Baoyue Zhou

  • RETRACTED: Changes in global trends in food waste composting: Research challenges and opportunities

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  • Effects of microbial culture and chicken manure biochar on compost maturity and greenhouse gas emissions during chicken manure composting.

    Hongyu Chen;Sanjeev Kumar Awasthi;Tao Liu;Yumin Duan

  • Recent developments in biochar utilization as an additive in organic solid waste composting: A review.

    Ran Xiao;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Ronghua Li;Jonghwan Park

  • Production and beneficial impact of biochar for environmental application: A comprehensive review.

    Yuwen Zhou;Shiyi Qin;Shivpal Verma;Taner Sar

  • A critical review on livestock manure biorefinery technologies: Sustainability, challenges, and future perspectives

    Benyamin Khoshnevisan;Na Duan;Panagiotis Tsapekos;Mukesh Kumar Awasthi

  • Current research trends on micro- and nano-plastics as an emerging threat to global environment: A review.

    Manish Kumar;Hongyu Chen;Surendra Sarsaiya;Shiyi Qin

  • RETRACTED: Heterogeneity of biochar amendment to improve the carbon and nitrogen sequestration through reduce the greenhouse gases emissions during sewage sludge composting

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  • Altered spontaneous activity in Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment revealed by Regional Homogeneity

    Zengqiang Zhang;Yong Liu;Tianzi Jiang;Tianzi Jiang;Tianzi Jiang;Bo Zhou

  • Immobilization of Lead and Cadmium in Contaminated Soil Using Amendments: A Review

    Amanullah Mahar;Amanullah Mahar;Ping Wang;Ronghua Li;Zengqiang Zhang

  • Heterogeneity of biochar amendment to improve the carbon and nitrogen sequestration through reduce the greenhouse gases emissions during sewage sludge composting.

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Meijing Wang;Hongyu Chen;Quan Wang

  • Spatial distribution and risk assessment of heavy metals in soil near a Pb/Zn smelter in Feng County, China.

    Feng Shen;Renmei Liao;Amjad Ali;Amanullah Mahar

  • Accumulation, ecological-health risks assessment, and source apportionment of heavy metals in paddy soils: A case study in Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China.

    Ran Xiao;Di Guo;Amjad Ali;Shenshen Mi

  • Co-composting of gelatin industry sludge combined with organic fraction of municipal solid waste and poultry waste employing zeolite mixed with enriched nitrifying bacterial consortium

    Mukesh Kumar Awasthi;Akhilesh Kumar Pandey;Pushpendra Singh Bundela;Jonathan W.C. Wong

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronghua Li
Ronghua Li Virginia Tech
Ashok Pandey
Ashok Pandey Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Jim J. Wang
Jim J. Wang Louisiana State University
Mohammad J. Taherzadeh
Mohammad J. Taherzadeh University of Borås
Sabry M. Shaheen
Sabry M. Shaheen Kafrelsheikh University
Sunita Varjani
Sunita Varjani University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Yong Liu
Yong Liu Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal
Tianzi Jiang
Tianzi Jiang Chinese Academy of Sciences

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