Staff Profile
Professor Gang Pan
Professor of Environmental Sustainability
I am an environmental, material, ecological and physical chemist. I am a professor at York St John University (UK, 2022-) and also a professor at the Guangdong Ocean University (China, 2021-). I was a professor and served as an Associate Dean of School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences and Director of iWEF Centre at Nottingham Trent University (UK) in 2016-2022. I was a Deputy Director of Key Laboratory at Research Center for Eco-environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2000-2016.
Key words: Lake restoration, sediment remediation, nanobubbles, phosphorus cycling, algal blooms, eutrophication, water pollution, sorption, integrated Water-energy-food (iWEF) studies.
- School – School of Humanities
- Email – g.pan@yorksj.ac.uk
- Research - View my work in RaY
Research
I am known for the development of methods to mitigate eutrophication, including removal of harmful algal blooms from water, lock nutrients in-situ to the sediment, and utilization of the nutrients for ecological restoration of submerged macrophytes.
I pioneered in application of nanobubble and geo-engineering nanomaterials for natural water pollution control, including hypoxia/anoxia remediation and its effects on ecological restoration and the reduction of sediment to water flux of nutrients and greenhouse gas emission. It is recognized that his work laid the principle of geo-engineering for lake restoration. He developed a fundamental Metastable-Equilibrium Adsorption theory (MEA). Further he applied synchrotron radiation and quantum chemical simulation methods to quantify the behaviour and molecular structures of inorganic (heavy metals) and organic pollutants (PFOS) on particle-water interfaces to explain their transport and transformation mechanisms.
I am recognized for the technological development of removing and harvesting nutrients/algal blooms in natural waters and utilizing them for wastewater treatment, green energy, soil improvement and fertilizers for food security. The integrated Water-Energy-Food framework he has established (iWEF) providing a novel technical pathway for environmental sustainability.
I have supervised over 80 PhD/MSc students and mentored many research staffs, who have become leading scholars in several countries.
Professional activities
I am actively involved with national and international research collaborators and knowledge exchange program through the following activities:
- Invited keynote, “Eutrophication control using natural geo-engineering materials: harvesting nutrients for integrated Water-Energy-Food (iWEF) products”, Goldschmidt 2022, Hawaii, US (2022)
- Invited keynote speaker, “Oxygen fine bubbles for water pollution control”, International Symposium on Plasma & Fine Bubbles (2022)
- Reviewer of the Science Fund of Serbia (2021)
- Chair and plenary speaker, MDPI webinar: Algal bloom control and lake restoration (2021)
- Plenary speaker, European Sustainable Phosphorus Platform (USPP) Webinar: Challenges for waste-derived algae (2021)
- Guest Editor, Nanomaterials (2020)
- Honorary President, Jiangsu Jiuguan Institute of Environment and Resources (2020-)
- Reviewer for Irish Research Council (2020)
- Panel reviewer, Serbian National Science Foundation (2020)
- Invited plenary, 11th annual conference of Chinese Particle Society (2020)
- Associate Editor of Water (2019-)
- Vice president, Water Environment Committee, Chinese Society of Environment (2010- 2019)
- Member of International Scientific Advisory Board, African Network of Scientists for Water and Environmental Research (2019)
- Invited plenary, INDO-UK workshop on Wastewater treatment: Approaches, management and capacity building (2019)
- Member of UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) Sustainable Advisory Group (2018-)
- Referee for senior scientist promotion at CSIRO Land and Water in Australia (2018)
- Invited plenary, Nanobubble 2018/International Nanobubble Society (2018)
- Invited keynote, ACS symposium: Nanobubbles: A Sustainable Solution for Water Treatment and Agricultural Applications. The 256th National Meeting & Exposition, Boston, MA, USA (2018)
- Member of Academic Committee of SSRF National Science Center (Shanghai Synchrotron Facility, 2014-2018)
- Member of Scientific Committee, Attenborough National Trust, UK (2017-)
- Member of Chinese National Technical Committee of Fine Bubble Standardization (SAC/TC584) (2016-)
- Invited speaker, 5th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit 2016
- Founding member of Judge Panel for Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge Prize (2012-2014)
- Chairman of Global Phosphorus Recycling Initiative (GPRI), international SCOPE (2014)
- Chief Scientist, Sino-EU Cooperation program, Natural Water Pollution Control (0911), Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), China (2009-2012)
- China Lead, Sino-UK Science Bridge Project, Research Council UK (RCUK), 2009 – 2011)
- Board member of Chinese Society of Environmental Nanotechnology (2011-)
- Panel member of National Science Foundation of China (2008-2010)
- International Expert Panel of Lake Tai program, Chinese Development and Reform Commission (NDRC, 2007)
- Deputy Chief Scientist, Chinese National Key Project, Meiliang Bay Lake Tai Water Quality Improvement, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), 45 Million RMB, (2002-2007)
- Board member of Synchrotron Committee, Chinese Society of Physics (2003-)
- Member of Water Committee, Chinese Society of Limnology and Oceanography (2001-2008)
Publications
Recent publications
2023
- Chen Wang, Lei Bi, Jingzhang Liu, Bang Huang, Fengbang Wang, Yichang Zhang, Chongchao Yao, Gang Pan, Maoyong Song, Microalgae-Derived Carbon Quantum Dots Mediated Formation of Metal Sulfide Nano-Adsorbents with Exceptional Cadmium Removal Performance, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 2023, 629 (Part A), 994 (IF: 9.965). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.188
2022
- Huiping Ding, Jie Lan, Shuo Yao, Dahai Zhang, Bin Han, Gang Pan, Xianguo Li, Evolution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the surface sediment of southern Jiaozhou Bay in northern China after an accident of oil pipeline explosion, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022, 183, 114039 (IF: 7.001). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.114039
- Yafeng Zhong, Gang Pan, Hui Zhao, Chao Wang, Characteristics of Dissolved Organic Matter in a Semi-closed Bay in Summer: Insights from Stable Isotope and Optical Analyses, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, 9 (IF: 5.247, in press). https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.956930
- Ying Chen, Chaoxing Ren, Yuting Feng, Haiyi Shi, Gang Pan*, Mick Cooper, Hui Zhao, Different responses of chlorophyll a to the passage of the tropical storm Wipha (2019) in the coastal waters of the northern Beibu Gulf, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022, 6, 1013 (IF: 5.247).
- Sean Waters, David Hamilton, Gang Pan, Steven Michener, Shaun Ogilvie, Oxygen Nanobubbles for Lake Restoration—Where Are We at? A Review of a New-Generation Approach to Managing Lake Eutrophication, Water, 2022, 14,1989 (IF: 3.530). https://doi.org/10.3390/w14131989
- Chongchao Yao, Jiaxin Li, Zhihao Zhang, Chunli Gou, Zhongshen Zhang, Gang Pan, Jing Zhang, Hierarchical Core–Shell Co2N/CoP Embedded in N, P‐doped Carbon Nanotubes as Efficient Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts for Zn‐air Batteries, Small, 2022, 18, 2108094 (IF: 15.153). https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202108094
- Shahi Mulk, Muhammad Sajid, Lei Wang, Feng Liu, Gang Pan*, Catalytic conversion of sucrose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural in green aqueous and organic medium, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2022, 10, 106613 (IF: 7.968). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.106613
- Ming Kong, Tianlun Han, Hongbin Yin, Xueting Xu, Tao Zhang, Ting Chen, Gang Pan, Wenqing Shi, Daming Wei, Algal Settlement Inactivates Lanthanum/Aluminum Comodified Attapulgite: Implications for Phosphorus Control in Shallow Lakes, ACS ES&T Water, 2022, 2, 547. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00334
- Wenqing Shi, Lin Zhu, Bryce Van Dam, Ashley R Smyth, Jianming Deng, Jian Zhou, Gang Pan, Qitao Yi, Jianghua Yu, Boqiang Qin, Wind induced algal migration manipulates sediment denitrification N-loss patterns in shallow Taihu Lake, China, Water Research, 2022, 209, 117887 (IF: 13.400). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117887
- Rui Xu, Tao Lyu, Lijing Wang, Yuting Yuan, Meiyi Zhang, Mick Cooper, Robert JG Mortimer, Queping Yang, Gang Pan*, Utilization of coal fly ash waste for effective recapture of phosphorus from waters, Chemosphere, 2022, 287, 132431 (IF: 8.943). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132431
All publications
To see all my publications dating from 1984 to present, you can download a complete publications list: