Dr. Chao Liu is a full Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences (RCEES), Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS) in 2009. After his Ph.D, he had worked at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag). Before joining RCEES in 2020, he was a faculty at Clemson University, USA. Dr. Liu’s research focuses on the development of innovative hybrid water treatment processes to remove undesired constituents from non-conventional source waters and mitigation of the formation of toxic disinfection byproducts in water treatment and distribution systems. He has published his findings in the premier journals of his field, Environmental Science and Technology, Water Research, etc. He serves in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

hybrid water treatment process, control of disinfection byproducts, water quality in distribution systems

1. Liu, C.; Ersan, M.S.; Wagner, E.; Plewa, M.J.; Amy, G.; Karanfil, T. Toxicity of chlorinated algal-impacted waters: Formation of disinfection byproducts vs. reduction of cyanotoxins. Water Research, 2020, 184, 116145.
2. Liu, C.; Ersan, M. S.; Plewa, M. J.; Amy, G.; Karanfil, T. Formation of iodinated trihalomethanes and noniodinated disinfection byproducts during chloramination of algal organic matter extracted from Microcystis aeruginosa. Water Research, 2019, 162, 115-126.
3. Liu, C.; Ersan, M. S.; Plewa, M. J.; Amy, G.; Karanfil, T. Formation of regulated and unregulated disinfection byproducts during chlorination of algal organic matter extracted from freshwater and marine algae. Water Research, 2018, 142, 313-324.
4. Liu, C.; Olivares, C. I.; Pinto, A. J.; Lauderdale, C. V.; Brown, J.; Selbes, M.; Karanfil, T. The control of disinfection byproducts and their precursors in biologically active filtration processes. Water Research, 2017, 124, 630-653.
5. Liu, C.; Croue, J.-P.. Formation of bromate and halogenated disinfection byproducts during chlorination of bromide-containing waters in the presence of dissolved organic matter and CuO. Environmental Science & Technology, 2016, 50 (1), 135–144.
6. Liu, C.; Salhi, E.; Croué, J.-P.; von Gunten, U. Chlorination of iodide-containing waters in the presence of CuO: Formation of periodate. Environmental Science & Technology, 2014, 48 (22), 13173-13180
7. Liu, C.; von Gunten, U.; Croué, J.-P. Enhanced chlorine dioxide decay in the presence of metal oxides: Relevance to drinking water distribution systems. Environmental Science & Technology, 2013, 47 (15), 8365-8372.
8. Liu, C.; von Gunten, U.; Croué, J.-P. Chlorination of bromide-containing waters: Enhanced bromate formation in the presence of synthetic metal oxides and deposits formed in drinking water distribution systems. Water Research, 2013, 47 (14), 5307-5315.
9. Liu, C.; von Gunten, U.; Croué, J.-P. Enhanced bromate formation during chlorination of bromide-containing waters in the presence of CuO: Catalytic disproportionation of hypobromous acid. Environmental Science & Technology, 2012, 46(20), 11054-11061.

1. National Excellent Overseas Young Scientists Fund Program, 2021-2024, Principal Investigator.
2. Water Research Foundation, Application of Nanobubble Technology in Water Treatment, 2020-2022, Co-Principal Investigator