Education and Appointments:

1999-2003: B.S, Liaoning University, Liaoning, P. R. China

2003-2005: M.S, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P. R. China

2006-2009: D.S, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, P. R. China

2009-2011: Post-doc, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, P. R. China

2012-Present: Chongqing Institute of Green and Intelligent Technology, CAS

Research Interest:

Organic wastewater treatment and reuse; Bioconversion of kitchen waste into renewable resources; Microbial interspecies interactions in multicellular communities

Supported Projects:

1. Application of redox mediators to accelerate the decolorization of azo dyes by photosynthetic bacteria. National Science Foundation of China (No.51008025), 2011-2013
2. Bioconversion of kitchen waste into renewable resources by photosynthetic bacteria. Key Programs of Fuling Science and Technology Commission (FLKJ2013ABA2043), 2013－2015
3. The effect of redox mediators on the decolorization of azo dyes by photosynthetic bacteria. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No.20090450301), 2009-2011

Selected Publications:

1. Wang XZ, Cheng X, Sun DZ*. Autocatalysis of Reactive Black 5 Biodecolorization by Rhodopseudomonas palustris W1. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2008, 80:907-915.
2. Wang XZ, Cheng X, Sun DZ*, Qi H. Biodecolorization and partial mineralization of Reactive Black 5 by a strain of Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Journal of Environmental Science, 2008, 20(10): 1218-1225.
3. Wang XZ, Cheng X, Sun DZ*. Interaction in anaerobic biodecolorization of mixed azo dyes of Acid Red 1 and Reactive Black 5 under batch and continuous conditions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 2011, 379(1-3): 127-135.
4. Wang XZ*, Cheng X, Sun DZ, Ren YW, Xu GH. Simultaneous nutrient and carbon removal from azo dye wastewater using a photorotating biological contactor reactor. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (2013), DOI 10.1002/jctb.4235.
5. Wang XZ*, Cheng X, Sun DZ, Ren YW, Xu GH. Fate and transformation of naphthylaminesulfonic azo dye Reactive Black 5 during wastewater treatment process. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. (2014), DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-2502-y.
6. Wang XZ*, Wang Y, Cheng X, Ren YW, Xu GH. Formation characteristics of an anoxygenic photosynthetic bacterial biofilm in a photorotating biological contactor for azo dye wastewater treatment. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (2014), DOI 10.1002/jctb.4303.
7. Cheng X, Huang XR, Wang XZ, Sun DZ*. Phosphate adsorption from sewage sludge filtrate using zinc–aluminum layered double hydroxides. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2009, 169(1-3): 958-964.
8. Cheng X, Huang XR, Wang XZ, Sun DZ*. Influence of calcination on the adsorptive removal of phosphate by Zn-Al layered double hydroxides from excess sludge liquor. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2010, 177(1-3):516-523.
9. Xu LY, Ren NQ*, Wang XZ, Jia YF. Biohydrogen production by Ethanoligenens harbinense B49: Nutrient optimization. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 2008, 33(23): 6962-6967.
10. Xu LY, Ren NQ*, Wang XZ, Zhang Y, Xu H, Chen GX, Jia YF. Hydrogen producting characteristics by a novel strain of bacteria-ethanoligenens sp. B49. Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology, 2008, 15(3): 321-325.