General Information
Name: Chen Mengfang
Title: Professor
Work Email: mfchen@issas.ac.cn
Work Phone: 025-86881847
Research Fields
(1)Groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling, and quantitative risk assessment of human health and water environment for heavy metals, organics, radionuclides and emerging pollutants
(2)Risk control and remediation of soil and groundwater pollution for contaminated land
(3)Contamination mechanism and ecological restoration of acid mine drainage for abandoned mines
(4)Applications of green and low-carbon composite reagents, and nano-technologies in-situ groundwater remediation
Education Background
(1)1986 – 1990, PhD, Sedimentary Geochemistry, University of Newcastle upon-Tyne, Newcastle upon-Tyne, UK
(2)1985 – 1986, English Language Training, Shanghai International Studies University, Shanghai, China
(3)1981 – 1985, Bachelor, Coal Geology, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China
Professional Experience
(1)2010 ― Present, Professor, Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, China
(2)2008 ― 2010, Technical Director, Royal Haskoning, Peterborough, UK
(3)2005 ― 2008, Technical Director, Capita Group, East Grinstead, UK
(4)2003 ― 2005, Principal Engineer, Mowlem Group, Reading, UK
(5)2001 ― 2003, Principal Engineer, Jacobs Engineering, Reading, UK
(6)1998 ― 2001, Senior Consultant, Environmental Resource Management Ltd, Oxford, UK
(7)1997 ― 1998, Environmental Scientist, Westlakes Scientific Consulting Ltd, Whitehaven, UK
(8)1995 ― 1997, Senior Research Fellow, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland
(9)1992 ― 1995, Project Hydrogeologist, University of Reading, Reading, UK
(10)1990 ― 1992, Postdoctoral Fellow, Strontium Isotope Geochemistry, University College London, London, UK
Social Positions
(1)2022 – Present, Associate Editor, Sustainable Horizons, Elsevier
(2)2020 – Present, Science Advisor, Soil Remediation Committee, Soil Science Society of China
(3)2017 – Present, Chair, Soil and Groundwater Remediation Committee, Jiangsu Society of Environmental Sciences
(4)2015 – 2020, Chair, Soil Remediation Committee, Soil Science Society of China
(5)2013 – 2018, International Project Advisor, European FP7 NANOREM (Taking Nanotechnological Remediation Processes from Lab Scale to End User Application for the Restoration of a Clean Environment
(6)2004 – 2008, Senior Groundwater Advisor, Regeneration of London 2012 Olympic Park
Projects
(1)Remediation mechanism of the mixed benzene-naphthalene contamination in groundwater by hollow core-shelled iron-carbon composites activated persulfate, 2023.01-2026.12, General Programme of National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(2)Research and integrated demonstration of pollution remediation and redevelopment technologies for gas works in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province and surrounding areas, 2018.01-2022.11, National Key Research and Development Programme (PI)
(3)Optimized iron-biochar composites for degrading halogenated compounds in environmental media: synthesis strategies and reaction mechanisms, 2018.01-2020.12, International Cooperation and Exchanges of National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(4)Migration, dispersion and safety assessment modelling of soil nanomaterials, 2017.01-2022.12, National Key Research and Development Programme (PI)
(5)Remediation mechanism of advanced oxidation processes using nano-magnetite/biochar activated persulphate for degrading 1,4-dioxane in groundwater, 2014.01-2018.12, General Programme of National Natural Science Foundation of China (PI)
(6)Groundwater remediation technologies and demonstration using nanoscale zero valent iron composites, 2015.01-2017.12, Science and Technology Service Network of Chinese Academy of Sciences (PI)
(7)Ecological risk assessment and control of groundwater contamination from the leakage of a rare earth tailing dam, 2014.01-2016.12, Public Welfare Programme of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of China (PI)
(8)Equipment and demonstration of physiochemical and biological remediation of readily mobile organic solvents of contaminated sites, 2013.01-2016.12, The National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (PI)
Patents
(1)Han Lu, Chen Mengfang, Wei Penggang, Qian Linbo, Yan Jingchun. A method of zero-valent magnesium to enhance the removal of chlorinated hydrocarbons in groundwater from industrially contaminated sites: 202111447545.3, 2021-11-30
(2)Chen Mengfang, Yang Lei, Wei Zifei, Yan Jingchun, Zhang Wenying, Wu Wenpei, Shen Jianing. Preparation and application of biochar-coated nanoscale zero-valent iron composites for activating peroxymonosulfate to treat chlorobenzene-contaminated water: 202111431404.2, 2021-11-29
(3)Chen Mengfang, Zhang Wenying, Qian Linbo, Yang Lei, Han Lu. A method for simultaneous and efficient removal of the mixed hexavalent chromium and trichloroethylene: 202111249465.7, 2021-10-26
(4)Yan Jingchun, Chen Mengfang, Qian Linbo, Han Lu, Gu Mingyue. Preparation method and application of spherical iron-sulfur composite: 202011155046.2, 2020-10-26
(5)Chen Mengfang, Yang Lei, Yan Jingchun, Ouyang Da, Chen Yun, Qian Linbo, Han Lu. A invention relating to adsorption activated multifunctional composite and its application: 202010956345.X, 2020-09-11
(6)Chen Mengfang, Chen Yun, Yan Jingchun, Qian Linbo, Han Lu, Yang Lei, Zhang Wenying. Application of layered metal hydroxides: 202010596259.2, 2020-06-28
(7)Chen Mengfang, Zhang Wenying, Qian Linbo, Chen Yun, Ouyang Da, Han Lu. The preparation method and application of attapulgite supported nanoscale zero-valent iron composite: 202010181193.0, 2020-03-16
(8)Yan Jingchun, Chen Mengfang, Qian Linbo, Han Lu, Chen Yun, Yang Lei. The preparation method and application of a mesophilic biochar: 201911260908.5, 2019-12-10
(9)Qian Linbo, Chen Mengfang, Chen Yun, Ouyang Da, Yan Jingchun, Han Lu. A method of groundwater remediation with permeable reactive barrier: 201910759743.X, 2019-08-16
(10)Qian Linbo, Chen Mengfang, Yan Jingchun, Zhang Wenying. The preparation method and application of nanoscale zero-valent iron supported biochar composite: 201810613141.9, 2018-06-14
Publications
(1)Mengfang Chen, Lu Han, Fei Luo. Theory and practice of detailed soil and groundwater risk assessment for contaminated sites. China Science Publishing and Media Ltd, 2022.
(2)Mengfang Chen, Linbo Qian. Groundwater remediation principles, designs and applications of nano zero valent iron technology for contaminated sites. China Science Publishing and Media Ltd, 2022.
(3)Lu Han, Wenpei Wu, Xueyan Chen, Mengfang Chen*. Co-sorption/co-desorption mechanism of the mixed chlorobenzenes by fresh bulk and aged residual biochar. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 429: 128349.
(4)Hongping Chen, Yulu Ai, Yufei Jia, Jing Li, Mingyue Gu, Mengfang Chen*. Effective and simultaneous removal of heavy metals and neutralization of acid mine drainage using an attapulgite-soda residue-based adsorbent. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 843: 157120.
(5)Lei Yang, Jianing Shen, Wenying Zhang, Wenpei Wu, Zifei Wei, Mengfang Chen*, Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Jing Li, Mingyue Gu. Hydrothermally assisted synthesis of nano zero-valent iron encapsulated in biomass-derived carbon for peroxymonosulfate activation: The performance and mechanisms for efficient degradation of monochlorobenzene. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 829: 154645.
(6)Wenpei Wu, Xueyan Chen, Lu Han, Lei Yang, Mingyue Gu, Jing Li, Mengfang Chen*. The evolution of stable nanohybrids to complex heteroaggregates between nZVI and soil nanoparticles: The influence of ionic strength and soil components. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 436: 129155.
(7)Da Ouyang, Yun Chen, Ruihuan Chen, Wenying Zhang, Jingchun Yan, Mingyue Gu, Jing Li, Haibo Zhang, Mengfang Chen*. Degradation of 1,4-dioxane by biochar activating peroxymonosulfate under continuous flow conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 809: 151929.
(8)Jingchun Yan, Linchao Hu, Weiguo Gao, Lei Yang, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen*. Remediation of 1,2-dichlorobenzene contaminated soil by activated persulfate using green synthesized nanoscale zero valent iron: activation mechanism and degradation pathways. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2022, 22: 1135–1144.
(9)Wenying Zhang, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Lei Yang, Da Ouyang, Ying Long, Zifei Wei, Xinzhu Dong, Cong Liang, Jing Li, Mingyue Gu, Mengfang Chen*. Synergistic roles of Fe(II) on simultaneous removal of hexavalent chromium and trichloroethylene by attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron/persulfate system. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 430: 132841.
(10)Xueyan Chen, Wenpei Wu, Lu Han, Mingyue Gu, Jing Li, Mengfang Chen. Carbon stability and mobility of ball milled lignin- and cellulose-rich biochar colloids. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 802: 149759.
(11)Wenpei Wu, Lu Han, Xiang Ni, Mingyue Gu, Jing Li, Mengfang Chen*. Effects of multiple injections on the transport of CMC-nZVI in saturated sand columns. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 784:147160.
(12)Wenying Zhang, Penggang Wei, Mengfang Chen*, Lu Han, Yingxin Zhao, Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Mingyue Gu, Jing Li. Trichloroethylene dechlorination rates, pathways, and efficiencies of ZVMg/C in aqueous solution. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 417: 125993.
(13)Wenying Zhang, Linbo Qian, Yun Chen, Da Ouyang, Lu Han, Xiao Shang, Jing Li, Mingyue Gu, Mengfang Chen*. Nanoscale zero-valent iron supported by attapulgite produced at different acid modification: Synthesis mechanism and the role of silicon on Cr(VI) removal. Chemosphere, 2021, 267: 129183.
(14)Yun Chen, Anett Georgi, Wenying Zhang, Frank-Dieter Kopinke, Jingchun Yan, Navid Saeidi, Jing Li, Mingyue Gu, Mengfang Chen*. Mechanistic insights into fast adsorption of perfluoroalkyl substances on carbonate-layered double hydroxides. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 408: 124815.
(15)Lu Han, Xiang Nie, Jing Wei, Mingyue Gu, Wenpei Wu. Mengfang Chen*. Effects of feedstock biopolymer compositions on the physiochemical characteristics of dissolved black carbon from lignocellulose-based biochar. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 751: 141491.
(16)Lei Yang, Yun Chen, Da Ouyang, Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen, Jing Li, Mingyue Gu. Mechanistic insights into adsorptive and oxidative removal of monochlorobenzene in biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron/persulfate system. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020, 400: 125811.
(17)Jingchun Yan, Lei Yang, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen*. Nano-magnetite supported by biochar pyrolysed at different temperatures as hydrogen peroxide activator: synthesis mechanism and the effects on ethylbenzene removal. Environmental Pollution, 2020, 261: 114020.
(18)Linbo Qian, Yun Chen, Da Ouyang, Wenying Zhang, Lu Han, Jingchun Yan, Petr Kvapil, Mengfang Chen*. Field demonstration of enhanced removal of chlorinated solvents in groundwater using biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 698: 134215.
(19)Xiao Shang, Lei Yang, Da Ouyang, Bo Zhang, Wenying Zhang, Mingyue Gu, Jing Li, Mengfang Chen, Lihui Huang, Linbo Qian. Enhanced removal of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene by modified biochar supported nanoscale zero-valent palladium. Chemosphere, 2020, 249: 126518.
(20)Yun Chen, Da Ouyang, Wenying Zhang, Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen*. Degradation of benzene derivatives in the CuMgFe-LDO/persulfate system: The role of the interaction between the catalyst and target pollutants. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2020, 90: 87-97.
(21)Lu Han, Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Wenying Zhang, Mengfang Chen*. Multifunctional Pd/Fe-biochar composites for the complete removal of trichlorobenzene and its degradation products. Journal of Environmental Management, 2019, 245: 238-244.
(22)Da Ouyang, Yun Chen, Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen*. Activation mechanism of peroxymonosulfate by biochar for catalytic degradation of 1,4-dioxane: Important role of biochar defect structures. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 15: 614-624.
(23)Jingchun Yan, Yudong Chen, Weiguo Gao, Yun Chen, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen*. Catalysis of hydrogen peroxide with Cu layered double hydrotalcite for the degradation of ethylbenzene. Chemosphere, 2019, 225: 157-165.
(24)Wenying Zhang, Linbo Qian, Da Ouyang, Yun Chen, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen*. Effective removal of Cr(VI) by attapulgite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron from aqueous solution: Enhanced adsorption and crystallization. Chemosphere, 2019, 221: 683-692.
(25)Linbo Qian, Sining Liu, Wenying Zhang, Yun Chen, Ouyang, Da, Lu Han, Jingchun Yan, Mengfang Chen*. Enhanced reduction and adsorption of hexavalent chromium by palladium and silicon rich biochar supported nanoscale zero-valent iron. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2019, 533: 428-436.
(26)Linbo Qian, Xiao Shang, Bo Zhang, Wenying Zhang, Anqi Su, Yun Chen, Da Ouyang, Lu Han, Jingchun Yan, Mengfang Chen*. Enhanced removal of Cr(VI) by silicon rich biochar-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron. Chemosphere, 2019, 215: 739-745.
(27)Ruihuan Chen, Cun Liu, Nicholas W. Johnson, Lan Zhang, Shaily Mahendra, Yun Liu, Yuanhua Dong, Mengfang Chen. Removal of 1,4-dioxane by titanium silicalite-1: Separation mechanisms and bioregeneration of sorption sites. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019, 371: 193-202.
(28)Weiguo Gao, Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Lu Han, Mengfang Chen*. Surface catalyzing action of hematite (alpha-Fe2O3) on reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) by citrate. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 2018, 9: 82-90.
(29)Jingchun Yan, Yun Chen, Linbo Qian, Weiguo Gao, Da Ouyang, Mengfang Chen*. Heterogeneously catalyzed persulfate with a cumgfe layered double hydroxide for the degradation of ethylbenzene. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017, 338: 372-380.
(30)Jingchun Yan, Linbo Qian, Weiguo Gao, Yun Chen, Da Ouyang, Mengfang Chen*. Enhanced Fenton-like Degradation of Trichloroethylene by Hydrogen Peroxide Activated with Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron Loaded on Biochar. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 43051.
(31)Linbo Qian, Wengying Zhang, Jingchun Yan, Lu Han, Yun Chen, Da Ouyang, Mengfang Chen*. Nanoscale zero-valent iron supported by biochars produced at different temperatures: Synthesis mechanism and effect on Cr(VI) removal. Environmental Pollution, 2017, 223: 153-160.
(32)Mengfang Chen, Lu Han, Fei Luo. Soil and groundwater risk assessment methodology for contaminated sites. China Science Publishing and Media Ltd, 2017.
(33)Mengfang Chen, Linbo Qian, Jingchun Yan. Groundwater remediation principles, designs and applications of permeable reactive barriers technology. China Science Publishing and Media Ltd, 2017.
Awards & Honors
(1)2020, Second Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences
(2)2017, Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of Soil Science Society of China
