Dr. Zhen (Jason) He
Laura & William Jens Professor
(CV in PDF)
Education
Ph.D. (2007) Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St.Louis, USA
M.S. (2003) Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark
B.S. (2000) Environmental Engineering, Tongji University, China
Academic Experiences
2020/01 - present, Professor, Laura & William Jens Professor (2023/03 -), Associate Chair (2024/10 -), Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
2013/08 - 2019/12, Associate Professor (2013/08-2017/07), Professor (2017/08-2019/12), The Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
2009/08 - 2013/07, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2007/07 - 2009/07, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California
Editorial Service
Editor in Chief (present), Journal of Hazardous Materials
Editor in Chief (present), Water Environment Research
Member of Editorial Board, Environment International
Member of Editorial Board, Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Member of Advisory Board, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Co-Editor in Chief (2018-2020), Environment International
(Founding) Editor (2019-2020), Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters
Associate Editor (2017-2019), Science of the Total Environment
Associate Editor (2013-2018), Water Environment Research
Associate Editor (2017-2018), Journal of Environmental Engineering
Professional Service
Director, Center for Water Innovation (CWI), McKelvey School of Engineering
Member of WEF Fellow Focus Group
Board Member of the IWA USA National Committee
Member of Management Committee for IWA Membrane Technology Specialist Group
Co-Chair, the 10th IWA Membrane Technology Conference
Associate Chair, the 2022 AEESP Research and Education Conference
Director (2016-2019), Virginia Tech Center for Applied Water Research and Innovation
Director (2018-2019), Virginia Tech Water/Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators Short School
Vice Chair (2015-2018), Research and Innovation Committee, Water Environment Federation
President-elect (2016), President (2017), Chairman of Board (2018), Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES)
Recognition
2022, Fellow, Water Environment Federation (WEF)
2020, Fellow, International Water Association (IWA)
2019, Outstanding Reviewer, Water Research
2019, Dean's Award for Excellence in Research, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
2019, CAPEES Distinguished Service Award
2019, CAPEES/NANOVA Frontier Research Award
2018, Highly Cited Researchers, Clarivate Analytics
2018, Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, ASCE
2017, Outstanding Reviewer, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
2017, Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering, Virginia Tech
2016, Outstanding Reviewer, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
2016, Inventors of the Month, Virginia Tech Intellectural Properties
2015, Innovation Award for Best Technological Advancement (Faculty Adivser), the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (ISMET)
2012, Award of the Millionaires' Club, College of Engineering & Applied Science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2012, The First Year Student Success Award, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
2010, Green Talents Award, The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
2010, University of Wisconwin-Milwaukee Graduate School Research Fellow