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About the Principle Investigator
Dr. Tiezheng Tong is currently an assistant professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. Prior to joining CSU in 2017, he worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Yale University (supervised by Prof. Menachem Elimelech). Dr. Tong received his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University in 2015 (supervised by Prof. Kimberly Gray and Prof. Jean-François Gaillard
). He holds a B.S. degree (2008) with honors in Environmental Engineering from Beijing Normal University, a M.S. degree (2010) in Environmental Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University, and a second M.S. degree (2011) in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University. He is the leading author or co-author of >60 peer-reviewed journal articles, which have been published on high-profile journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Energy & Environmental Science. His work has been cited by >3,500 times globally with an H-index of 30. He is also the recipient of several academic and professional awards, including the CAREER Award from National Science Foundation, the 40 under 40 award from American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists, the Young Membrane Scientist Award from North American Membrane Society (NAMS), Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award from American Chemistry Society (ACS), and a student award from Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO). His current research interests include (1) achieving energy-efficient treatment of hypersaline brines for circular water economy, (2) elucidating fundamental phenomena at the water-membrane interface, and (3) applying data-driven approaches to promote water sustainability.


                                                                                               ​ Education
Northwestern University                      Civil and Environmental Engineering                      Doctor of Philosophy                         2015
Northwestern University                      Civil and Environmental Engineering                      Master of Science                              2011
Tsinghua University                             Environmental Science and Engineering                Master of Science                              2010
Beijing Normal University                    Environmental Engineering                                     Bachelor of Science                           2008

                                                                                   Academic Appointment
08/2017 - Present         Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University
08/2015 - 07/2017        Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University
09/2010 - 07/2015        Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University

                                                                             Selected Awards and Honors
2022     CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
​2022     40 under 40 Award, American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists

2020     Young Membrane Scientist Award, North American Membrane Society
2016     Excellence in Reviewing Award, Water, Air & Soil Pollution, Springer
2013     Student Award, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
2013     Illinois Section of the ASCE Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Student Scholarship Award (graduate-student level)
2013     Certificate of Merit Award for presentation at the American Chemistry Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society
2012     Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award, American Chemistry Society
2012     Goldschmidt Travel Grant
2011     Student Research Award, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern
2010     Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University
2009     Mei-shang International Scholarship (top 5%), Tsinghua University
2008     Undergraduate Research Award, Beijing Normal University 2008 Outstanding Senior Award of Beijing Normal University 2008     Outstanding Senior Award of Beijing City (top 5%) 
2008     Outstanding Senior Award of Beijing Normal University
2005, 2006, 2007      First Class Professional Scholarship of Beijing Normal University (awarded to only top 5% students)



                                                                            Professional Services
Peer-reviewed Journal Referee
ACS Applied & Materials Interfaces, ACS Nano, ACS ES&T Engineering, ACS ES&T Water, Desalination, Engineering, Environmental International, Environmental Pollution, Environmental Science: Nano, Environmental Science: Water Science & Technology, Environmental Science & Technology, Enzyme and Microbial Technology, Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Nature Sustainability, npj Clean Water, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Journal of Membrane Science, Journal of Membrane Science Letter, Journal of Nanoparticle Research, Journal of Water Process Engineering, Langmuir, PLoS One, Separation & Purification Reviews, Separation & Purification Technology, Science of the Total Environment, The ISME Journal, Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, Water Research

Editorial Services
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Membrane Science and Technology, (2022-present)

Topic editor, Membranes, (2020-present)
Early Career Editorial Board, Journal of Membrane Science, Publisher: Elsevier (2021 – present) 
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Grant Review Panel
National Science Foundation: Environmental Engineering Program (panel three times), Nanoscale Interactions Program (panel one time), and Environmental Chemical Science Program (2017-present)
The U.S. − Egypt S&T Joint Fund, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (panel one time)

The USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Exploratory Research program (2018-present)
American Chemical Society - ACS Petroleum Research Fund (2018-present)
The German-Israeli Water Technology Cooperation Program, Israeli Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology 
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering (2018-present)
BARD - The US-Israel Agricultural Research & Development Fund (2017-present)
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