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WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
Professional Record
Faculty
NAME: YONGLI ZHANG
DATE PREPARED: August 19, 2014
DATE REVISED: April 7, 2015
OFFICE ADDRESS: 2168 Engineering
5050 Anthony Wayne Dr.
Detroit, MI 48202
OFFICE PHONE: 313-577-9962
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DEPARTMENT/COLLEGE: Civil & Environmental Engineering/Engineering
PRESENT RANK & DATE OF RANK: Assistant Professor, August 2014
WSU APPOINTMENT HISTORY: Year Appointed/Rank: 2014/Assistant Professor
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EDUCATION:
Baccalaureate:
Sichuan University, Food Engineering
Graduate:
Guangxi University, M.S. Microbiology
University of Virginia, Ph.D. Civil & Environmental Engineering
Postdoctoral:
University of Virginia
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PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP(S):
 America Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA)
 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
 Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
 The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
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HONORS/AWARDS:
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Outstanding graduate research award, Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Virginia, 2014
Acknowledgement of CEE graduate seminar committee, the University of Virginia, 2012
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TEACHING
A. Years at Wayne State: 1
B. Courses Taught
CE6270 – Environmental Management and Sustainable Development
CE 5999/7999 – Applied Environmental Microbiology
C. Essays/Theses/Dissertations Directed
04/07/15
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- Mentor one Ph.D. student and one Master student
- Serve in two Ph.D. dissertation committee
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
A. BOOK CHAPTERS
Xi, C.W., Bush, K., Lachmayr, K.L., Zhang, Y.L., and Ford, T.E. “Interactions between
environmental microbial ecosystems and humans: the case of the water environment and
antibiotic resistance,” Food-Borne Microbes: Shaping the Host Ecosystem, edited by
Lee-Ann Jaykus, Hua H. Wang, and Larry S. Schlesinger (ASM Press, April 2009).
B. PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEW JOURNALS
Zhang, Y.L., Liu, X.W., White, M.A., Colosi, L.M. “Economic evaluation of algae
biodiesel based on meta-analyses,” International Journal of Sustainable Energy,
submitted.
Colosi, L.M., Resurreccion, E.P., Zhang, Y.L. “Assessing the energy and environmental
performance of algae-mediated tertiary treatment of estrogenic compounds,”
Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts. 2015 (17), 421-428.
Zhang, Y.L., Habteselassie, M.Y., Resurreccion, E.P., Mantripragada, V., Peng, S.S.,
Bauer, S., Colosi, L.M. “Evaluating removal of steroid estrogens by a model alga as a
possible sustainability benefit of hypothetical integrated algae cultivation and wastewater
treatment systems,” Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 2014 (11), pp. 2544-2553.
Zhang, Y.L., Colosi, L.M. “Practical ambiguities during calculation of energy ratios and
their impacts on life cycle assessment calculations,” Energy Policy. 2013 (57), pp. 630633, 2013.
Zhang, Y.L., Colosi, L.M. “What are we missing by focusing on algae biodiesel?”
Biofuels. 2013 (60), pp. 591-593, 2013.
Zhang, Y.L., White, M.A., Colosi, L.M. “Environmental and economic assessment of
integrated systems for dairy manure treatment coupled with algae bioenergy production,”
Bioresource Technology. 2013 (130), pp. 486-494.
Colosi, L.M., Zhang, Y.L., Clarens, A.F., White, M.A. “Will algae produce green?
Using published life cycle assessments as a starting point for economic evaluation of
future algae-to-energy systems,” Biofuels. 2012 (2), pp. 129-142.
Zhang, Y.L., Marrs, C.F., Simon, C., Xi, C.W. “Wastewater treatment contributes to
selective increase of antibiotic resistance among Acinetobacter spp.,” Science of the Total
Environment. 2009 (12), pp. 3702-3706.
Xi, C.W., Zhang, Y.L., Marrs, C.F., Ye, W., Simon, C., Foxman, B., and Niragu, J.
“Prevalence of antibiotic resistance in drinking water treatment and distribution systems,”
Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2009 (17), pp. 5714-5718.
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Zhang, Y.L., Li, Y.Z., Tang. J.L. “Research on the application of DNA chip technique,”
Guangxi Agricultural and Biological Science 2001, June, pp. 133-136.
Li, Y.Z., Zhang, Y.L., Tang, J.L. “An introduction to DNA chip technique,” Jiangxi
Medical Inspection 2000, 18(3), pp. 170-172.
C. PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
Zhang, Y.L., Clarens, A.F., White, M.A., Colosi, L.M. Algal biodiesel is financially
promising: an economic meta-analysis of algae-to-fuel systems. Advanced Energy 2013,
New York, April 30 – May 1 (Poster).
Zhang, Y.L., White, M.A., Clarens, A.F., Colosi, L.M. Comparative LCA and Economic
Analysis of Integrated Algae-Dairy Manure Treatment Systems for Small Farms. LCA-XI
International Conference 2012, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Oct 4-6 (Oral).
Zhang, Y.L., Marrs, C., Simon, C., Xi, C.W. Profile of antibiotic resistance of
Acinetobacter spp. and antibiotic resistant genes in the wastewater treatment process and
its receiving water. 108th American Society for Microbiology General Meeting 2008,
Boston, Ma, USA, June 2-6 (Poster).
Zhang, Y.L., Marrs, C., Simon, C., Xi, C.W. Profile of antibiotic resistance of
Acinetobacter spp. in the wastewater treatment process and its receiving water. Graham
Environmental Sustainability Institute Meeting 2008: Water, Health, and the
Environment, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, March 26-27 (Poster).
Zhang, Y.L., Marrs, C., Simon, C., Xi, C.W. Profile of antibiotic resistance of
Acinetobacter spp. in the wastewater treatment process and its receiving water. Borchardt
Conference 2008, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, Feb 27-28 (Poster).
D. INVITED SEMINARS OR LECTURES
Sustainability decision making for integrated biofuel production and water management.
Chemical Department Seminar, Wayne State University, Detroit, U.S. March 3, 2015.
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SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT/DIVISION, UNIVERSITY & GENERAL PUBLIC
A. SERVICE TO COLLEGE
2014-2015
College of Engineering Technology Advisory Committee (TAC)
2014-2015
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
2014-2015
Academic Oversight Committee (AOC)
B. SERVICE TO PUBLIC
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2014
Detroit Climate Action Collaborative (Climate Change Youth Summit 2014),
Detroit, MI. Nov 13, 2014. Representative of Department of Civil &
Environmental Engineering.
C. PAPER REVIEW
[1] Journal Paper:
 Water Research
 Environmental Science: Process and Impact
 Water Science &Technology: Water Supply
 Environmental Science & Pollution Research
[2] Conference Paper
 The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) 2015 International
Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in
Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE)