The Northern Region Persistent Organic Pollution Control (NRPOP) Lab is pleased to announce that Dr. Zheng Wang has been awarded the prestigious Transforming Climate Action (TCA) International Postdoctoral Fellowship (IPDF), supported by the Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF).
Dr. Wang’s funded research project, titled “Microalgae aided marine carbon dioxide reduction: Impact of ocean nanobubbles, pollution stress and climate change,” will be conducted at Memorial University of Newfoundland under the supervision of Dr. Baiyu Zhang, with international collaboration from Dr. Lirong Liu at the University of Surrey in Guildford, Surrey, England.
The fellowship will support a two-year research program, enabling advanced investigation into marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) technologies and environmental remediation strategies.
This research aims to advance marine carbon dioxide removal through microalgae-based systems enhanced by nanobubble technologies, while addressing the influence of pollution stress and climate change. The work aligns closely with global priorities in climate mitigation, ocean sustainability, and emerging environmental technologies.
NRPOP Lab congratulates Dr. Wang on this outstanding achievement and looks forward to the impactful contributions his research will bring to environmental engineering and global climate action.
About Dr. Zheng Wang
Photo provided by Dr. Zheng Wang
Dr. Zheng Wang received his bachelor’s degree from Anhui University in 2016, his master’s degree from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2019, and his PhD from Concordia University in 2023. He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Memorial University of Newfoundland.
His main research interests include oil spill remediation along coastlines, the fate, transport, and removal of emerging pollutants, the application of nanobubbles in environmental remediation, and the development and application of marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR) technologies.
He has published 28 papers in journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Water Research. His research has been reported by multiple media outlets, including CTV, Québec Science, La Presse Canadienne, Le Devoir, Le Nouvelliste, and the New York Times. He served as the Guest Editor for Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research and BMC Marine Science. He has also actively organized international conferences, including IOSSC 2022 and the MPRI Research Forum.
About TAC Program
The TCA program, led by Dalhousie University through the Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) in partnership with Memorial University, Université du Québec à Rimouski, and Université Laval, supports interdisciplinary research addressing urgent climate challenges.
This research was undertaken thanks in part to funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund for the Transforming Climate Action research program, led by Dalhousie University through the Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI), in partnership with Memorial University (co-founder of OFI), Université du Québec à Rimouski and Université Laval.
Partner institutes of the Transforming Climate Action (TCA) program
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