Prof. Dr. Jian Zhang is a professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, at Shandong University. He has worked at this university since 2003 and served successively as a lecturer and associate professor. He received a PhD at Tsinghua University, majoring in Environmental Science and Engineering, from 2003 to 2005. He also serves as a member of the National Committee of the China Association for Science and Technology, Vice Chairman of the Shandong Society of Environmental Sciences, Executive Committee Member of the Water Treatment and Reuse Professional Committee of the China Society of Environmental Sciences, and so on. He has won multiple awards including the 14th China Youth Science and Technology Award, the second prize of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, and the first prize of the Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award. His main research direction is biological and ecological environment purification technology.