Yuansong Wei, Ph. D, Professor, Director of Laboratory of Water Pollution Control Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Member of the 9th Academic Committee and the 9th Degree Committee of RCEES, CAS. Vice Director of CAS-TWAS Center of Excellence for Water and Environment (CEWE). Awarded Bachelor of Fine Chemical Engineering from Jiangxi Polytechnic University in July, 1990; Master of Environmental Engineering from Dalian University of Technology in July, 1995; Ph.D of Environmental Engineering from RCEES, CAS in July, 2000, respectively. Worked as Postdoctoral in TNO Environment, Energy and Process Innovation, the Netherlands from March 2001 to March 2002, and as Visiting Scholar in EAWAG (Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology) from March 2008 to March 2009.

Major research interests including wastewater treatment and reclamation, sludge reduction and resource recovery, river restoration, biological treatment and resource recovery from organic solid wastes, and antibiotic resistances pollution & control in environment. Have finished a number of projects as Principal Investigator and major participant, which were funded by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), National Major Science & Technology Projects for Water Pollution Control and Management, National Natural Science Foundation of China, central & local governments, and industries, respectively. Have published over 200 peer-reviewed papers including over 100 papers of international journals, and over 20 authorized invention patents.

Water treatment, membrane technology and its application, river restoration, solid waste treatment

1. Makehelwala M., Y.S.Wei*, S. K. Weragoda, R. Weerasooriya, 2020. Ca2+ and SO42- interactions with dissolved organic matter: Implications of groundwater water quality for CKDu incidence in Sri Lanka. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 88, 326-327. doi: 10.1016/j.jes.2019.09.018.

2. Cooray T., Y.S. Wei*, J.Y. Zhang, L.B. Zheng, H. Zhong, S. K. Weragoda, R. Weerasooriya, 2019. Drinking water supply for CKDu affected areas of Sri Lanka using nano-filtration membrane technology: from laboratory to practice. Water 11, 2512. doi: 10.3390/w11122512

3. Sui, Q.W., Y.L. Chen, D.W.Yu, T. Wang, Y.L. Hai, J.Y. Zhang, M.X. Chen, Y.S. Wei*, 2019. Fates of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes and microbial community structures in typical swine wastewater treatment processes. Environment international, 133, Pt B, 105183. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105183.

4. Zhang J.Y., Q.W. Sui, T.D. Lu, H. Zhong, P.H. Shen, Y.S. Wei*, 2019. Sludge bio-drying followed by land application could control the spread of antibiotic resistance genes. Environment International, 130, 104906.

5. Makehelwala M., Y.S.Wei*, S. K. Weragoda, R. Weerasooriya, L.B. Zheng, 2019. Characterization of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Shallow Groundwater of Chronic Kidney Disease Affected Regions in Sri Lanka. Science of the Total Environment, 660: 865-875. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.435.

6. Liu M.M., M. Yang, M.X. Chen, D.W. Yu, J.X. Zheng, J. Chang, X.S. Wang, C.M. Ji, Y.S.Wei*, 2018. Numerical optimization of membrane module design and operation for a full-scale submerged MBR by computational fluid dynamics. Bioresource Technology. 269: 300-308.

7. Yu D.W, X.S. Meng, J.B. Liu, L. Dian, Q.W. Sui, J.Y. Zhang, H. Zhong, Y.S.Wei*, 2018. Formation and characteristics of a ternary pH buffer system for in-situ biogas upgrading in two-phase anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating starch wastewater. Bioresource Technology, 269: 57-66.

8. Zheng L.B., D.W. Yu, G. Wang, Z.G. Yue, C. Zhang, Y.W. Wang, J.Y. Zhang, J. Wang, Y.S.Wei*, 2018. Which contributes more to membrane fouling in a full-scale RO wastewater reclamation process: membrane autopsy and fouling characterization? Journal of Membrane Science, 563: 843-856.

9. Yu D.W., M. Yang, L. Qi, M.M. Liu, Y.W. Wang, Y.S.Wei*, 2017. Effects of aeration on matrix temperature by infrared thermal imager and computational fluid dynamics during sludge bio-drying. Water Research, 122, 317-328.

10. Wang Y. Y, Y. W. Wang, Y.S. Wei*, M. X. Chen, 2015. In-situ restoring nitrogen removal of the combined partial nitritation-anammox process deteriorated by nitrate build-up. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 98: 127-136.

Have finished a number of projects as Principal Investigator (PI) and major participant, which funded by National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), National Major Science & Technology Projects for Water Pollution Control and Management, National Natural Science Foundation of China, central & local governments, and industries, respectively.

Principal Investigator

1.01/2019-present: Stationing and Tracking Study on Eco-environmental Protection and Restoration of the Yangtze River, Nanchang City (MEE[2018] No. 206), Team Leader of Work Group

2.01/2019-12/2021: Joint Research Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and National Science Foundation of Sri Lanka (NSFSL) “Membrane fouling mechanism and control of high pressure membrane processes (NF/RO) and electrodialysis (ED) purifying groundwater with DOM and high hardness in CKDu affected areas of Sri Lanka (2181101007)”

3.01/2018-12/2020: Natural Science Foundation of Beijing “Fate and biotransformation of methyl-mercury in advanced anaerobic digestion of sludge (20171ACG70018)”.

4.01/2017-12/2019：Key Research and Development Program of Jiangxi Province “Research & Development of innovative AnMBR-Anammox combined process and equipment (20171ACG70018)”.

5.01/2017-12/2020：National Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment “Integrated technology research and demonstration of water environment treatment and aquatic restoration in the upstream of North Canal River (2017ZX07102)”.

6.01/2017-12/2020：National Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment “Integrated technology research and demonstration of water environment improvement and aquatic restoration in the Shahe Reservoir (2017ZX07102-002)”.

7.07/2017-12/2017：National Natural Science Foundation of China “China - Sri Lanka Symposium on Climate Change Response and Environment and Health (21781340168)”.

8.01/2017-12/2020：National Natural Science Foundation of China “Ammonia inhibition and relief mechanism in anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating high strength organic wastewater (21677161)”.

9.11/2014-08/2017：Program of China Astronaut Research and Training Center “Research and development of wastewater treatment facility for controlled ecological life support system”.

10.01/2014-present：International Cooperation Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences “China-Sri Lanka Water Technology Research and Demonstration Joint Center”

11.01/2014-12/2017: National Natural Science Foundation of China “Characteristics and control of NH₃,N₂O and NO emission in the full process of sludge composting and land application of compost (21377151)”.

12.07/2013-06/2014: Beijing Science and Technology Special Program “Research and development of new technology and equipment for treating high strength, high salinity and recalcitrant industrial wastewater (Z131109002813040)”.

13.1/2013-12/2017: Special Fund for Agro-scientific Research in the Public Interest “Effect and threshold of veterinary drug residues in feed on livestock waste treatment process (201303091)”.

1. The Second Prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award of China in 2018. Yuansong Wei (Ranked at the 4th)

2. The First Prize of the Science and Technology Achievements Transfer Award for the Research Team in the Beijing Branch, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012. Yuansong Wei (Ranked at the 1st)

3. The Third Prize of the Beijing Science and Technology Award in 2010. Yuansong Wei (Ranked at the 2nd)