Zuotai Zhang, PhD of Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, currently holds the position of Professor of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), and the Deputy Director of Technology Transfer Center of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). Before he joined SUSTech, he was an associate professor of the Department of Energy and Resources Engineering at Peking University. Dr. Zhang’s research interest mainly focuses on utilization of industrial and municipal solid waste. His research has been supported by more than 14 nation-level grants, such as National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed papers and around 30 conference papers, and applied 23 patents. Dr. Zhang also serves as board of review members for Metall. Mater. Trans. A, B and E, AIST Trans and J. Innovative Engineering, and serves as Vice-Chair of Asian Coal Ash Association and Solid Waste Subcommittee of Chinese Ceramic Society of China.

Present Employment
Professor: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Deputy Director: Technology Transfer Center of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)
Executive Director: The Key Laboratory for Solid Waste Utilization and Management of Shenzhen City

Education
2006.6 Ph.D., Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
2003.3 Master, University of Science and Technology, Beijing, China.
2000.7 Bachelor, Shandong College of Light Industry, Shandong Province, China.

Work Experience
2018.01-present: Professor, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China.
2015.11-2018.01: Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), China.
2009.02-2015.10: Associate Professor, Department of Energy and Resources Engineering, Peking University, China.
2007.01-2009.01: Research Associate, Materials Science and Engineering and Center for Iron and Steel Research, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.

Personal Awards
2016：Shenzhen Talent Peacock Plan
2016：Outstanding reviewer of Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B
2015：National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars
2011：Outstanding reviewer of Metallurgical and Materials Transaction B

Science and Technology Awards
2015：Investigation of the heat recovery from high temperature slags，TMS 2015 Annual Meeting & Exhibition，Best Paper Award
2014：First Prize of China Association of Circular Economy (Rank Third)
2012：Second Prize of Beijing Science and Technology Award (Rank Fifth)