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Chunlong Zhang

Chunlong (Carl) Zhang, Ph.D.

Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry,
College of Science and Engineering

Contact number: 281-283-3746
Email: zhang@uhcl.edu
Office: B3531-08

Biography

Chunlong (Carl) Zhang is a professor of environmental science and chemistry at the College of Science and Engineering, University of Houston-Clear Lake (UHCL), and a registered professional engineer (PE) in the field of environmental engineering. His teaching and research interests are environmental chemistry; environmental sampling and analysis; environmental remediation; fate, transport, and remediation of organic chemicals and heavy metals in soil, groundwater, and sediment.

Dr. Zhang is a noted expert and scholar particularly in the field of environmental analysis and contaminant remediation. He has published extensively (100+ journal papers, Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vd8AI5wAAAAJ&hl=en) and is the author of two popular textbooks Fundamentals of Environmental Analysis (2nd edition, John Wiley &S Sons, 2024, 547 pages), Soil and Groundwater Remediation: Fundamentals, Practices and Sustainability (John Wiley & Sons, 2020, 477 pages) and 4 other books and book chapters. Both textbooks have been adopted by universities in the U.S. and worldwide and translated into another foreign language.

Dr. Zhang is the member of American Chemical Society (ACS), Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), and National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), and the editorial board member of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry and Water, Air, & Soil Pollution journals. He serves the advisory board for the Scientific Committee on 5th through 12th International Conference on Environmental Pollution and Remediation (ICEPR) in Europe, and the Standard Method Committee and Joint Task Group for the Examination of Water and Wastewater (American Public Health Association-American Water Works Association-Water Environment Federation). 

Chunlong (Carl) Zhang, Ph.D., PE, (Curriculum Vitae)

Areas of Expertise

Dr. Zhang's areas of expertise include Environmental sampling and analysis; Environmental chemistry; Environmental remediation technologies; Fate, transport, toxicity and remediation of organic chemicals and heavy metals in soil, (ground)water, and sediment; Life cycle assessment and sustainable remediation.

Publications

  1. Meng, H., Nie, Y., Zhang, C., Zhang, H., Dong, J., Deng, J., & Li, X. (2025). A global synthesis on intensity of Greenhouse Gases Emissions from the remediation of contaminated sites based on LCA methodology. Journal of Cleaner Production, 498, 145191.
  2. Zhang, C. (2024). Fundamentals of Environmental Sampling and Analysis. Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons (547 pages).
  3. Ding, T., Wei, L., Hou, Z., Li, J., Zhang, C., & Lin, D. (2022). Microplastics altered contaminant behavior and toxicity in natural waters. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 425, 127908.
  4. Zhang, J., Zhou, F., Liu, Y., Huang, F., & Zhang, C. (2020). Effect of extracellular polymeric substances on arsenic accumulation in Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Science of the Total Environment, 704, 135368.
  5. Zhang, C. (2019). Soil and groundwater remediation: fundamentals, practices, and sustainability. John Wiley & Sons. (447 pages).
  6. Thompson K, Zhang J, Zhang C. (2011). Use of fugacity model to analyze temperature-dependent removal of micro-contaminants in sewage treatment plants. Chemosphere, 84(8):1066-1071.
  7. Lawal, W., Gandhi, J., & Zhang, C. (2010). Direct injection, simple and robust analysis of trace-level bromate and bromide in drinking water by IC with suppressed conductivity detection. Journal of Chromatographic Science, 48(7), 537-543.
  8. Zhang, C., & Hughes, J. B. (2004). Bacterial energetics, stoichiometry, and kinetic modeling of 2, 4‐Dinitrotoluene biodegradation in a batch respirometer. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 23(12), 2799-2806.
  9. Zhang, C., Hughes, J. B., Nishino, S. F., & Spain, J. C. (2000). Slurry-phase biological treatment of 2, 4-dinitrotoluene and 2, 6-dinitrotoluene: role of bioaugmentation and effects of high dinitrotoluene concentrations. Environmental Science & Technology, 34(13), 2810-2816.
  10. Zhang, C., Valsaraj, K. T., Constant, W. D., & Roy, D. (1999). Aerobic biodegradation kinetics of four anionic and nonionic surfactants at sub-and supra-critical micelle concentrations (CMCs). Water Research, 33(1), 115-124. 

Courses (Current Academic Year)

Undergraduate Courses

  • Environmental Chemistry (ENSC 3332)
  • Lab for Environmental Analysis (ENSC 4251)
  • Air Quality and Pollution Control (ENSC 4344)
  • Water Chemistry and Water Pollution (ENSC 4352)
  • Environmental Sampling and Monitoring (ENSC 4355)
  • Soil and Groundwater Remediation (ENSC/GEOL 4356)

Graduate Courses

  • Environmental Remediation (ENSC 5536)
  • Contaminant Fate and Transport (ENSC 5431)
  • Environmental Chemodynamics (ENSC / CHEM 5631)
  • Environmental Organic Chemistry (ENSC / CHEM 5731)
  • Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (ENSC 5333)
  • Sampling and Analysis of Environmental Contaminants (ENSC 5535)
  • Research Methods in Environmental Sciences (ENSC 5530)
  • Research Project and Seminar (ENSC 6838)

Research Projects

Dr. Zhang's general research areas cover a wide spectrum of environmental chemistry, contaminant remediation, sampling and analysis, and life cycle analysis and sustainability. Some past and on-going research projects include: Green and sustainable remediation; Analysis of emerging contaminants (endocrine disrupting chemicals; bromate); Biodegradation of surfactants, explosives chemicals, pharmaceutical and endocrine disrupting compounds; Sorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, explosives and endocrine disrupting compounds in soil and sediment; Zero-valent iron for the remediation of chromium contaminated soil and sediment; Microplastics transport and toxicity; Temporal and spatial analysis of big environmental data (air, water).

Awards and Accomplishments

  1. Jesse A. Dorrington Engineering Grand Award (Faculty Advisor), CCISD (2023).
  2. Special Award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (Faculty Advisor), American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) (2023).
  3. Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers (2020).
  4. Future Engineer Special Award for the exceptional projects demonstrating the principles and practices of engineering (Faculty Advisor), Texas Board of Professional Engineers (2018).
  5. Texas Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) state winner – 1st place (Faculty Advisor), The Water Environment Association of Texas (2018).
  6. First Place Poster Award (Faculty Advisor), The 9th International Conf. on Environmental Science & Technology, The American Academy of Science (2018).
  7. Excellence in Reviewing Award - Top 25 Reviewers, Water, Air & Soil Pollution journal (2016).
  8. First Place Poster Award (Faculty Advisor), The 9th International Conf. on Environmental Science & Technology, The American Academy of Science (2018).
  9. President's Distinguished Research Award, University of Houston-Clear Lake (2013).
  10. University Faculty Fellowship, University of Houston-Clear Lake (2011).
  11. Outstanding Dissertation in the Field of Engineering and Physical Sciences, The Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), Inc. (1997).
  12. Excellent Paper Award, Zhejiang Science and Technology Association (1989).
  13. Excellent Paper Award, Zhejiang Environmental Science Association (1987).