Dongyang Deng

Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, West Virginia University, 2017

Biography

I am an associate professor who studies environmental related topics: wastewater treatment, emerging chemicals and health impact analysis. The overarching goal of my research is to build a sustainable and environmental-friendly eco-system and reduce contamination and factors contribution to negative human and living animals’ health impact. My work has practical applications in developing new environment-friendly product to alleviate environmental concerns and new cost-effective and sustainable systems to treat industrial/municipal/agricultural wastewater.

Areas of Expertise

• Trace level contaminants removal from aqueous phase
• Physical, chemical and biological wastewater treatment technology development
• Shale gas fracturing flow back water remediation and reuse
• Advanced surface characterization and analysis
• Chemical spill and fate in the environment
• Environmental microbiology
• Sustainable resource and energy development.