GCIC Intellectual | Nan Zhao
GCIC expert consultants help forward-thinking decision makers and organizations (cities, public agencies, corporations, educational entities and NGOs) to better understand the dynamic climate challenge and provide them with the tools and insights to facilitate solutions. Through research, dialogue, consulting and entrepreneurship.
We focus on: climate, decarbonization, energy, resources, circular economy, sustainable business, green finance, and transformation of cities and regions.
My Story
1. Profile
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Associate Professor and Master Supervisor; School of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University
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Member of China Environmental Society, China Energy Research Society, American Society of Agricultural Bioengineers, and International Solid Waste Association
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Guest deputy editor of Frontiers in Energy Research, a special column of Practical and Engineering Applications of BECCUS
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Deputy editor of MOJ Ecology& Environmental Science
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Member of Editorial board in International Journal of Applied Agricultural Sciences
2. Educational background
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2019.03 -- Present Associate Researcher/Master Supervisor; School of Ecology and Environment, Zhengzhou University
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2019.12 -- 2021.01 (Government-sponsored Joint Training) University of Missouri, United States, Department of Bioengineering
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2019.06-2019.07 (Visiting Scholar) Wageningen University, Netherlands
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2018.09-2018.10 (Visiting Scholar) Tohoku University/University of Tsukuba
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2016.09 -- 2021.06 (Successive Postgraduate and Doctoral Programs of Study) College of Engineering, China Agricultural University
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2012.09-2016.06 (Bachelor Degree) College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Henan Agricultural University
3. Academic and other achievements
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Dr. Zhao has won the winning prize of “China Innovation Challenge Competition”, “the Golden Bridge Award of China Technology Market Association”, and the “Best Researcher Award” of NESIN International Academic. He has presided over/participated in more than 20 projects supported by National Natural Science Foundation, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the State Administration of Foreign Affairs, the United Nations Fund, the World Bank and so forth. He has delivered 3 conference reports both domestically and internationally; and has engaged in 10 enterprise scientific and technological services.
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He has published 15 SCI/EI papers as the first or corresponding author, with a cumulative impact factor of 80+ and 133 times citations in total. And the highest citation of a single paper is 43 times. He has also participated in the publication of 14 SCI papers, authorized 4 national invention patents, engaged in the publication of 2 monographs as well as the compilation of 4 group standards.
4. Research Interests
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High efficiency directional thermochemical conversion and pollution control technology of lignocellulosic biomass
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Preparation and application of laser induced/flash thermojoule graphene
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CCUS technology development and promotion