Professor Gang Pan, FRSC

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 the application of nanobubble and geoengineering materials 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 emissions. It is recognized that his work laid the principle of geoengineering for lake restoration. I developed a fundamental Metastable-Equilibrium Adsorption theory (MEA). Further he applied synchrotron radiation and quantum chemical simulation methods to quantify the behavior 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) provides a novel technical pathway for environmental sustainability.

I have supervised over 80 PhD/MSc students and mentored many research staff who have become leading scholars in several countries.

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 programs through the following activities:
  
  Plenary and chair: “Progress in lake geoengineering research “, 2024 Annual National Conference of Chinese Society of Environment, Session 8: application of cost-effective advanced materials in water pollution control, 22 September 2024, Changchun.
• Invited keynote, “Harnessing Eutrophication for Integrated Water-Energy-Food (iWEF) Products”, ENSURE waste recycle, 14 March 2024 Boston.
• 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 and 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 to present)
• 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 to present)
• Vice President, Water Environment Committee, Chinese Society of Environment (2010 to 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 and Innovation (UKRI) Sustainable Advisory Group (2018 to present)
• 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 and Exposition, Boston, MA, USA (2018)
• Member of Academic Committee of SSRF National Science Center (Shanghai Synchrotron Facility, 2014 to 2018)
  Member of Scientific Committee, Attenborough National Trust, UK (2017 to present)
• Member of Chinese National Technical Committee of Fine Bubble Standardization (SAC/TC584) (2016 to present)
• Invited speaker, 5th Sustainable Phosphorus Summit 2016
• Founding member of Judge Panel for Reed Elsevier Environmental Challenge Prize (2012 to 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 to 2012)
• China Lead, Sino-UK Science Bridge Project, Research Council UK (RCUK), 2009 to 2011)
• Board member of the Chinese Society of Environmental Nanotechnology (2011 to present)
• Panel member of the National Science Foundation of China (2008 to 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 to 2007)
• Board member of Synchrotron Committee, Chinese Society of Physics (2003 to present)
• Member of Water Committee, Chinese Society of Limnology and Oceanography (2001 to 2008)

Publications

Recent publications

2024

• Xiaojun Song, Jiannan Ding, Yunbo Zhang, Mingda Zhu, Yi Peng, Zhenyu Wang, Gang Pan, Hua, New insights into changes in phosphorus profile at sediment-water interface by microplastics: Role of benthic bioturbation, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 469, 134047 (IF: 13.6) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134047
• Bangguo Wang, Lijing Wang, Wenxi Cen, Tao Lyu, Peter Jarvis, Yang Zhang, Yuanxun Zhang, Yinghui Han, Lei Wang, Gang Pan, Kaili Zhang, Wei Fan, Exploring a chemical input free advanced oxidation process based on nanobubble technology to treat organic micropollutants, Environmental Pollution, 2024, 340, 122877 (IF: 8.9) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2023.122877
• RWWMUP Wanigasekara, Zhenqiu Zhang, Weiqiang Wang, Yao Luo, Gang Pan, Application of Fast MEEMD–ConvLSTM in Sea Surface Temperature Predictions, Remote Sensing, 2024, 16,2468 (IF: 4.2) https://doi.org/ 10.3390/rs16132468
• Zheng, Qiwen, Pan, Gang, Zhao, Hui and Tian, Kai, Regulation of winter river input on the nutrient structure of typical tropical bays around Leizhou Peninsula, South China. Ocean & Coastal Management, 2024, 256. p. 107272 (IF: 4.8) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2024.107272

2023

• Ying Chen, Yan Sun, Haiyi Shi, Hui Zhao, Hui Gao, Gang Pan, Kai Tian, Environmental capacity and fluxes of land-sourced pollutants around the Leizhou Peninsula in the summer, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023, 10, 2023 (IF: 5.247) https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2023.1280753
• Tao Lyu, Yuncheng Wu, Yang Zhang, Wei Fan, Shubiao Wu, Robert JG Mortimer, Gang Pan*, Nanobubble aeration enhanced wastewater treatment and bioenergy generation in constructed wetlands coupled with microbial fuel cells, Science of the Total Environment, 2023, 895, 165131 (IF: 9.8) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165131
• 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
• Zouchuanzhe Sun, Jicheng Zhong, Gang Pan, Robert JG Mortimer, Juhua Yu, Shuailong Wen, Lei Zhang, Hongbin Yin, Chengxin Fan, Controlling internal nitrogen and phosphorus loading using Ca-poor soil capping in shallow eutrophic lakes: Long-term effects and mechanisms, Water Research, 2023, 233, 119797. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119797
• Jafar Alia, Yuesou Yang, Gang Pan*, Oxygen micro-nanobubbles for mitigating eutrophication induced sediment pollution in freshwater bodies, Journal Environmental Management, 2023, (IF: 8.91, in press)
• Xiao Xiao, Hui Zhao, Lin-Feng Li, Bing-Liang Qu, Yu-Lian Wu, Yin-Ling Zhu, Bei-Bei Chen*, Gang Pan*, Ion exchange coupled biomineral self-sacrificial template synthesis of N-enriched porous carbon as robust electrocatalyst for rechargeable Zn-air battery, Rare Metals, 2023, (IF: 6.318). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12598-022-02190-z
• DING Shengjie, XU Xiangru, ZHU Feifei, WANG Renxia, PAN Gang, CUI Yi, HU Xinjuan, Mostafa, HUO Shuhao, Distribution Characteristics and Physiological and Ecological Functions of Soil Algae in Different Habitats, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2023, 32, 1873 https://doi.org/10.16258/j.cnki.1674-5906.2023.10.016
• Feng Liu, Qingwen Long, Guiquan Che, Zhihao Zhang, Mick Cooper, Jing Zhang,

2022

• Ying Chen, Gang Pan, Robert Mortimer, Hui Zhao, Possible Mechanism of Phytoplankton Blooms at the Sea Surface after Tropical Cyclones, Remote Sensing, 2022, 14, 6207 (IF: 5.349). https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14246207
• 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:

• Gang Pan - Complete publication list (docx, 0.3MB)