Research Interests

water environment simulation, watershed pollution control, climate change and water security, data mining

Biography

• 2010-Now, Lecturer and Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, China.   

• 2006-2009, Postdoc, Department of Civil Engineering, Kansas State University, U.S.

• 2005, Postdoc, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, U.S.

• 1999-2004, PhD in Environmental Resource and Policy, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, U.S.

• 1996-1999, MSc in Environmental Planning and Management, Nanjing University, China.

• 1992-1996, BSc in Environmental Planning and Management, Nanjing University, China.

Prizes and Awards

• Zheng Zheng, Weizhen Zhang, Guo Li, Longmian Wang, Wei Chang, Xinshan Chen, Xiaoying Yang, Jian He, Suzhen Huang, Jiao Ran. 2024. Research and development of water ecosystem restoration technology based on the concept of material cycle. First Prize, China Technology Market Association.

• Zheng Zheng, Xingzhang Luo, Zhikai Wang, Guo Li, Xiaoying Yang, Weizhen Zhang, Xiaogang Li, Yaguang Li. 2022. Nonpoint source pollution control system based on clean water network. Gold Medal, 2022 International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva.

• Zheng Zheng, Xingzhang Luo, Weizhen Zhang, Zhikai Wang, Guo Li, Jian He, Xiaoying Yang, Danliang Fu, Qun Liu, Zhongwei Wang. 2022. Innovation R&D and engineering applications of series technologies for watershed pollution control. Golden Bridge Award, China Technology Market Association.

• Zheng Zheng, Xingzhang Luo, Jibiao Zhang, Er Nie, Jian He, Xiaoying Yang, Donghui Su, Junzhuang Li, Longmian Wang, Caixia Fang. 2015. Series technologies of efficient nitrogen and phosphorus removal for non-point source pollution control and water resource recycling & reuse. Second Prize, China Circular Economy Association.

Key Publications

1. Wu, X., He, J., Fu, G., Zheng, Z., Zheng, X., Li, X., Yang, X.*. 2025. Integrating process-based modeling with genetic algorithm to optimize wastewater treatment plant operations incorporating greenhouse gas emissions. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 201. 107486.

2. Yao, N., Ye, J.Y., Wang, S., Yang, S., Lu, Y., Zhang, H.L., Yang, X*. 2024. Bias correction of the hourly satellite precipitation product using machine learning methods enhanced with high-resolution WRF meteorological simulations. Atmospheric Research. 310. 107637.

3. Yang, S., Tan, M.L., Song, Q.X., He, J., Yao, N., Li, X.G., Yang, X*. 2023. Coupling SWAT and Bi-LSTM for improving daily-scale hydro-climatic simulation and climate change impact assessment in a tropical river basin. Journal of Environmental Management. 330. 117244.

4. Wu, X., Zheng, Z., Wang, L., Li, X.G., Yang, X.*, He, J.* 2023. Coupling process-based modeling with machine learning for long-term simulation of wastewater treatment plant operations. Journal of Environmental Management (SCI). 341. 118116.

5. Xiaoying Yang, Gaosheng Xi, Nan Yao, Ming Zhou, Xiaojiang Gao, Ming Chen, Xingxiang Wang, Zezhen Pan, Zimeng Wang*. 2022. Spatiotemporal distribution of residual ammonium in a rare-earth mine after in-situ leaching: A modeling study with scarce data. Journal of Hydrology. 615.

6. Yang, X.*, Yang, S., Tan, M.L., Pan, H., Zhang, H., Wang, G., He, R., Wang, Z.* 2022. Correcting the bias of daily satellite precipitation estimates in tropical regions using deep neural network. Journal of Hydrology (SCI). 608. 127656

7. Yang, X.*, He, R.M., Ye, J., Tan, M.L., Ji, X., Tan, L., Wang, G.Q.*. 2020. Integrating an hourly weather generator with an hourly rainfall SWAT Model for climate change impact assessment in the Ru River Basin, China. Atmospheric Research. 105062.

8. Li, X. G., Huang, S. Z., He, R. M., Wang, G. Q., Tan, M. L., Yang, X. *, Zheng, Z. * 2020. Impact of temporal rainfall resolution on daily streamflow simulations in a large-sized river basin. Hydrological Sciences Journal-Journal Des Sciences Hydrologiques, 65(15), 2630-2645. 

9. Yang, X., Lu, Y., Tan, M.L., Li, X.G., Wang, G.Q., He, R.M.* 2020. Nine-Year systematic evaluation of the GPM and TRMM precipitation products in the Shuaishui River Basin in East-Central China. Remote Sensing. 12(6), 30.

10. He, R., Yang, X.*, Gassman, P.W., Wang, G.*, Yu, C. 2020. Spatiotemporal characterization of nutrient pollution source compositions in the Xiaohong River Basin, China. Ecological Indicators (SCI). DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.105676

11. Xiong, J., Zheng, Z.*, Yang, X.*, Dai, X., Zhou, T., He, J., Luo, X. 2018. Recovery of NH3-N from mature leachate via negative pressure steamstripping pretreatment and its benefits on MBR systems: A pilot scale study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 203:918-925.

12. Xiong, J., Zheng, Z. *, Yang, X.*, He, J., Luo, X., Gao, B. 2018. Mature landfill leachate treatment by the MBBR inoculated with biocarriers from a municipal wastewater treatment plant. Process Safety and Environmental Protection. 119:304-310.

13. Yang, X.*, Warren, R., He, Y., Ye, J., Li, Q., Wang, G. 2018. Impacts of Climate Change on TN Load and Its Control in a River Basin with Complex Pollution Sources. Science of the Total Environment. 615:1155-1163.  

14. Yang, X., Liu, Q., Luo, X., Zheng Z*. 2017. Spatial regression and prediction of water quality in a watershed with complex pollution sources. Scientific Reports. DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-08254-w.

15. Yang, X.*, Tan, L., He, R., Fu, G., Ye, J., Liu, Q., Wang, G*. 2017. Stochastic sensitivity analysis of nitrogen pollution to climate change in a river basin with complex pollution sources. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. DOI 10.1007/s11356-017-0257-y.

16. Yang, X. *, Liu, Q., Fu, G., He, Y., Luo, X., Zheng, Z. 2016. Spatiotemporal patterns and source attribution of nitrogen load in a river basin with complex pollution sources. Water Research. 94:187-199.

17. Yang, X., Liu, Q., He, Y., Luo, X., Zhang, X. * 2016. Comparison of daily and sub-daily SWAT models for daily streamflow simulation in the Upper Huai River Basin of China, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. 30(3):959-972.

18. Yang, X. * and Fang, S.* 2015. Practices, Perceptions, and Implications of Fertilizer Use in East-Central China. AMBIO (SCI). 44(7):647-652.

19. He, Y., Ye, J., Yang, X*. 2015. Analysis of the spatio-temporal patterns of dry and wet conditions in the Huai River Basin using the Standardized Precipitation Index. Atmospheric Research. 166(12):120-128.

20. Nie, E., Wang, D., Yang, M., Luo, X., Fang, C., Su, D., Yang, X.*, Zhou, L., Zheng, Z. 2015. Tower Bio-vermifilter System for Rural Wastewater Treatment: Bench-scale, Pilot-Scale, and Engineering Applications. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology. 12 (3):1053-1064.