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PhD (University of Adelaide), Masters of Engineering (Research)
Dr Zhanying Zhang is an Associate Professor of Bioprocess Engineering at the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy at QUT. He is also an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow (2018-2021). A/Prof Zhang’s primary research areas are bioprocessing and biorefining and his research aims to solve real world problems in energy, resource and waste. His current projects and project activities include (1) lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment and biorefining for biofuels, biochemicals and bio-based materials, (2) food waste processing and biorefining for nutraceuticals and value-added products, and (3) animal waste and sludge processing for resource recovery and waste management cost reduction. A/Prof Zhang has published many high quality research articles in Q1 journals including Green Chemistry, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Bioresource Technology. He has also been granted 12 patents in 3 patent families in the area of biomass pretreatment and processing.
Projects (Chief investigator)
- High Performance Bioderived Hybrid Fillers for Rubber Composite Production (LP200200965)
- Hydrothermal treatment of sludge for deep dewatering and producing hydrochar soil amendments
- Hydrothermal treatment of sludge for deep dewatering and soil application
- Joint Research Centre for Biofuels and Biorefining
Projects
Additional information
A/Prof Zhang has many years research experience in the development of bioprocessing and biorefinery technologies for value-adding to by-products and wastes generated from agricultural, forestry, food and wastewater treatment industries. His research aims to develop industrially applicable and sustainable technologies to solve the real world problems. A/Prof Zhang was a Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Syngenta Centre for Sugar Cane Biofuels Development, Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, and Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy since he joined the Queensland University of Technology in 2008.
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Visiting professor
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship
- Type
- Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Visiting professor
- Type
- Other
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Vice-Chancellor's Performance Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Mid-Career Researcher Award
- Zhang Z, Wong H, Albertson P, Doherty W, O'Hara I, (2013) Laboratory and pilot scale pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse by acidified aqueous glycerol solutions, Bioresource Technology, 138, pp. 14-21.
- Zhang Z, O'Hara I, Doherty W, (2013) Effects of pH on pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse using aqueous imidazolium ionic liquids, Green Chemistry, 15 (2), pp. 431-438.
- Zhang Z, Harrison M, Rackemann D, Doherty W, O'Hara I, (2016) Organosolv pretreatment of plant biomass for enhanced enzymatic saccharification, Green Chemistry, 18 (2), pp. 360-381.
- Hassanpour M, Abbasabadi M, Gebbie L, Te'o J, O'Hara I, Zhang Z, (2020) Acid-catalyzed glycerol pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse: Understanding the properties of lignin and its effects on enzymatic hydrolysis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 8 (28), pp. 10380-10388.
- Hassanpour M, Abbasabadi M, Strong J, Gebbie L, Te'o V, O'Hara I, Zhang Z, (2020) Scale-up of two-step acid-catalysed glycerol pretreatment for production of oleaginous yeast biomass from sugarcane bagasse by Rhodosporidium toruloides, Bioresource Technology, 313.
- Ketsub N, Latif A, Kent G, Doherty W, O'Hara I, Zhang Z, Kaparaju P, (2021) A systematic evaluation of biomethane production from sugarcane trash pretreated by different methods, Bioresource Technology, 319.
- Ebrahimi M, Dunn K, Li H, Rowlings D, O'Hara I, Zhang Z, (2022) Effect of hydrothermal treatment on deep dewatering of digested sludge: Further understanding the role of lignocellulosic biomass, Science of the Total Environment, 810.
- Wang X, Cao L, Lewis R, Tubuxin T, Zhang Z, Wang H, (2020) Biorefining of sugarcane bagasse to fermentable sugars and surface oxygen group-rich hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitors, Renewable Energy, 162, pp. 2306-2317.
- Tana T, Zhang Z, Moghaddam L, Rackemann D, Rencoret J, Gutierrez A, del Rio J, Doherty W, (2016) Structural changes of sugarcane bagasse lignin during cellulosic ethanol production process, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 4 (10), pp. 5483-5494.
- Li Y, Wang C, Tao Z, Zhao Z, You L, Zheng R, Guo X, Zhang Z, (2019) Enhanced antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf essential oils in microemulsion, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 7 (18), pp. 15173-15181.
- Title
- Joint Research Centre for Biofuels and Biorefining
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- ACSRIV000053
- Start year
- 2022
- Keywords
- Title
- High Performance Bioderived Hybrid Fillers for Rubber Composite
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 79039600
- Start year
- 2021
- Keywords
- Title
- Wastes to Profits: Value Propositions for Better Management of Wastes in Animal Industry Supply Chains (4303)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 00004331.0
- Start year
- 2018
- Keywords
- Title
- A profitable future for Australian agriculture: Biorefineries for higher-value animal feeds, chemicals, and fuels (RnD4Profit 14-01-044) (4207)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 78452104
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Agriculture; Bioproducts; Biorefinery; Diversification; Value Chain
- Title
- Enhancing Sugarcane Growth and Yield by Biocontrol Agents/Biofertilizers (SRA ECR) (4260)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 2014/402
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Biocontrol Agent; Biofertilizer; Fermentation; Sugarcane; Sugarcane Disease
- Title
- Revenue diversification from sugarcane fibre: novel technologies for the processing of bagasse for low-cost biofuels production
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- QUT051
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Pretreatment; Biofuels; Ethanol
- Expression and evaluation of tailor-made thermophilic enzymes for effective hydrolysis of lignocellulosics to fermentable sugars
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Junior Te'o, Associate Professor Mark Harrison - Synthesis of Functional Lignin Particles from Sugarcane Bagasse for Agrochemical Delivery
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ian O'Hara, Dr Morteza Hassanpour - Hydrothermal Treatments of Sludge for Dewaterability Improvement and Value-Adding Applications
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Kameron Dunn, Professor Ian O'Hara - Bioinspired Materials with Enhanced Strength and Toughness
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Cheng Yan, Associate Professor Jennifer MacLeod - Development of an Integrated Process for Biogas Production from Sugarcane Trash
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor William Doherty, Professor Ian O'Hara - Functional Bio-Silica from Rice Husk for Synthesis of High-Performance Rubber Composites
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor William Doherty, Professor Ian O'Hara, Professor Cheng Yan
- Biotransformation of Low-Value Sugarcane Molasses to High-Value Fructooligosaccharides as Functional Feed Prebiotics (2022)
- Biorefining of Sugarcane Bagasse Based on Acid-Catalysed Glycerol Pretreatment (2021)
- Customized Hydrochar from Biomass Materials for Water Treatment (2020)
- Microbial Oil Production from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (2016)