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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, 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. Dr. Tong aims to apply interdisciplinary approach to improve sustainability at the water-energy-health nexus. His research interests include (i) design and development of novel membrane materials and processes for sustainable water supply; (ii) environmental applications and implications of nanotechnology; and (iii) resource recovery from wastewater treatment processes. 


                                                                                               ​ 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
2020      Young Membrane Scientist Award, North American Membrane Society 
2016      Excellence in Reviewing Award, Water, Air & Soil Pollution, Springer
2016      3rd place poster prize at the Gordon Research Seminar on Membranes Materials & Processes
2016      Postdoctoral Scholars Travel Fund Award, Yale University
2015      Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Student Abroad
2014      Best Student Platform (runner-up) presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Chapter of Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
2014      Royal E. Cabell Terminal Year Fellowship, Northwestern University
2013      Student Award, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization
2013      Certificate of Merit Award for presentation at the American Chemistry Society National Meeting, Division of Environmental Chemistry of the American Chemical Society, 2013
2013      Illinois Section of the ASCE Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Student Scholarship Award (graduate-student level, one awardee per year within the Chicago area)
2012      Environmental Chemistry Graduate Student Award, American Chemistry Society (25 awardees per year in the US)
2012      Goldschmidt Travel Grant, 2012 
2011      Student Research Award, Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern (ISEN)
2010      Walter P. Murphy Fellowship, Northwestern University
2009      Best Student Presentation Award at the 2009 International Conference on Environment Simulation and Pollution Control
2009      Mei-shang International Scholarship, Tsinghua University (awarded to only top 5% students)
2008      Outstanding Senior Award of Beijing City (awarded to only top 5% senior students in Beijing)
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, Desalination, 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, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, Journal of Membrane Science, 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
Topic editor, Membranes, (2020-present)

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 USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) Exploratory Research program (2018-present)
American Chemical Society - ACS Petroleum Research Fund (2018-present)
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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