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Dr. Huang Ching-hua: "Elucidating Environmental Transformation and Developing Removal Strategies for Contaminants of Emerging Concern"
published date:2014-05-26

Time: 15:00-17:00, May 27th

Place: Room 301, Old Geoscience Building

Titile: Elucidating Environmental Transformation and Developing Removal Strategies for Contaminants of Emerging Concern

Speaker: Dr. Huang Ching-hua, Georgia Institute of Technology

Introduction:
Contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) encompass a wide range of chemicals and materials that may include pharmaceuticals, personal care products, new disinfection by-products, industrial chemicals, and nanomaterials. In this presentation, she will highlight several recent studies from her group including: (1) the environmental hydrolytic and photolytic transformations of ionophore antibiotics, the second most selling veterinary pharmaceutical group in the U.S.; (2) advanced oxidation treatment technologies for mitigating CECs; and (3) formation and control of nitrogenous disinfection by-products during water treatment.  

Profile of Dr. Huang Ching-hua
Dr. Ching-Hua Huang is a Full Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology.  Dr. Huang received PhD and MS degrees in environmental engineering from Johns Hopkins University and BS degree in chemistry from National Taiwan University.  Dr. Huang’s recent research interests include environmental fate and treatment of emerging contaminants in natural and built systems, formation and control of emerging disinfection by-products, and transformation and immobilization of heavy metals in energy production wastes.  Dr. Huang has published more than eighty peer-reviewed journal papers, book chapters and conference proceeding papers and is a frequent invited speaker at many international conferences.  Her research activities have been funded by various agencies including National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Water Research Foundation, Environmental Research and Education Foundation, and industries.