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Purdue UniversityZhi (George) Zhou serves as an Associate Professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University, bringing extensive expertise in biological wastewater treatment and environmental biotechnology. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and both master's and bachelor's degrees in Environmental Science from Nanjing University, China. Before joining Purdue in 2014, he gained valuable experience as an Assistant Professor at the National University of Singapore and as a consulting engineer at Carollo Engineers in California, where he conducted significant work on UV disinfection and emerging contaminant removal. His research portfolio focuses on environmental microbiology and biotechnologies in engineering systems, including molecular techniques for evaluating antibiotic-resistant bacteria, cost-effective biofuel production, and water purification using nanomaterials. Zhou's professional credentials include certification as a Professional Engineer in California and recognition as a Board-Certified Environmental Engineer, while his teaching expertise spans wastewater treatment processes, environmental biotechnology, membrane filtration, and emerging contaminant removal. His excellence in academia has been recognized with multiple awards, including Outstanding Engineering Graduate Student Mentor and Outstanding Faculty Mentor of Environmental and Ecological Engineering Graduate Students at Purdue University.