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Fields of Research (FoR)
Wastewater treatment processes, Inorganic green chemistry, Electrochemical energy storage and conversion, Waste management, reduction, reuse and recycling, Environmental engineeringSEO tags
Biography
Dr. Zhijie Chen is a research associate at the Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW. He received his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His research mainly focuses on the development of green technology for achieving environmental and energy sustainability. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals (e.g., Nat Rev Clean...view more
Dr. Zhijie Chen is a research associate at the Water Research Centre, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW. He received his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. His research mainly focuses on the development of green technology for achieving environmental and energy sustainability. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals (e.g., Nat Rev Clean Technol, Nat Protoc, Prog Mater Sci, Adv Mater, Sci Bull, J Am Chem Soc, Nano-Micro Lett, Coord Chem Rev, Adv Funct Mater, Green Chem, Appl Catal B, Water Res, Renew Sustain Energy Rev, Chem Sci, and Nano Energy) and 3 book chapters within the fields of resource utilization, waste valorization, green chemistry, wastewater treatment, and green energy. Over 20 of his papers have been listed as ESI Highly Cited Papers/Hot Papers. His work has been featured in global tech media. From 2021 to now, he is ranked #4 in Australia for scholarly output for SciVal topic “Electrocatalysts; Catalyst Activity; Oxygen Evolution”.
My Qualifications
Ph.D. University of Technology Sydney
My Awards
2025, Excellent Youth Editorial Board Member Award, Rare Metals
2025, Academic Communication Award, Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics
2024, Academic Contribution Award, Exploration
2024, ESI Top Article Award, Nano-Micro Letters
2024, Academic Pioneer Award, Exploration
2024, Outstanding Youth Editorial Board Member Award, Green Carbon
2024, Outstanding Paper of the Year Award, Soil & Environmental Health
2024, Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists, (MainField: Earth & Environmental Science; Subfields: Environmental Sciences (Top 0.9%, Ranked 1067 in 115,291 globally, and Ranked 43 in Australia), Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)
2024, Best Young Editorial Board Member Award, Tungsten
2024, Highly Cited Paper Award, Environmental Functional Materials
2023, Stanford's List of World's Top 2% Scientists
2023, Outstanding Paper of the Year Award, Eco-Environment & Health
2023, 10th Anniversary: Most popular articles Award, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
2022, UTS FEIT Post Thesis Award, University of Technology Sydney
2021, UTS FEIT HDR Research Excellence Award, University of Technology Sydney
2018, Outstanding Postgraduate Award, Wuhan University of Technology
2017, National Scholarship for Postgraduates, Ministry of Education of P.R. China
2015, Outstanding Graduate Award, Wuhan University of Technology
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ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0627-0856