QUT | Staff Profiles | Zhanying Zhang

Name: Associate Professor Zhanying Zhang
Position(s): Principal Research Fellow
Science and Engineering Faculty,
School of Mechanical Medical & Process Engineering
Discipline *: Industrial Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering
Phone: +61 7 3138 7792
Email: jan.zhang@qut.edu.au
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Identifiers and profiles
Qualifications: PhD (University of Adelaide), Masters of Engineering (Research)
Keywords: Biomass, Waste, Biorefining, Pretreatment, Industrial Biotechology, Value-adding, Biofuels, Biochemicals, Biomaterials, Bioactives

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Dr Zhanying Zhang is Associate Professor of Bioprocess Engineering at the Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy (CAB, previously known as Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities – CTCB) at QUT. He is also an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellow (2018-2021).

A/Prof Zhang’s primary research areas are bioprocessing and biorefining and his research aims to solve real world problems in energy, resource and waste. His current projects and project activities include (1) lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment and biorefining for biofuels, biochemicals and bio-based materials, (2) food waste processing and biorefining for nutraceuticals and value-added products, and (3) animal waste and sludge processing for resource recovery and waste management cost reduction.

A/Prof Zhang has published many research articles in Q1 journals including Green Chemistry, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Bioresource Technology. He has also been granted 12 patents in 3 patent families in the area of biomass pretreatment and processing.

This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Zhanying Zhang.

A/Prof Zhang has many years research experience in development of bioprocessing and biorefinery technologies for value-adding to by-products and wastes generated from agricultural, forestry, food and wastewater treatment industries. His research aims to develop industrially applicable and sustainable technologies to solve the real world problems.

A/Prof Zhang was a Research Fellow and Senior Research Fellow at the Syngenta Centre for Sugar Cane Biofuels Development, Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, and Centre for Agriculture and the Bioeconomy since he joined the Queensland University of Technology in 2008.

This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Zhanying Zhang.

Hassanpour M, Abbasabadi M, Gebbie L, Te'o J, O'Hara I, Zhang Z, (2020) Acid-catalyzed glycerol pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse: Understanding the properties of lignin and its effects on enzymatic hydrolysis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering p10380-10388
Hassanpour M, Abbasabadi M, Strong J, Gebbie L, Te'o V, O'Hara I, Zhang Z, (2020) Scale-up of two-step acid-catalysed glycerol pretreatment for production of oleaginous yeast biomass from sugarcane bagasse by Rhodosporidium toruloides, Bioresource Technology
Li Y, Wang C, Tao Z, Zhao Z, You L, Zheng R, Guo X, Zhang Z, (2019) Enhanced antioxidant and antiproliferative activities of Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) Stapf essential oils in microemulsion, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering p15173-15181
Tana T, Zhang Z, Beltramini J, Zhu H, Ostrikov K, Bartley J, Doherty W, (2019) Valorization of native sugarcane bagasse lignin to bio-aromatic esters/monomers via a one pot oxidation-hydrogenation process, Green Chemistry p861-873
Zhang Z, Harrison M, Rackemann D, Doherty W, O'Hara I, (2016) Organosolv pretreatment of plant biomass for enhanced enzymatic saccharification, Green Chemistry p360-381
Zhang Z, Wong H, Albertson P, Harrison M, Doherty W, O'Hara I, (2015) Effects of glycerol on enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol production using sugarcane bagasse pretreated by acidified glycerol solution, Bioresource Technology p367-373
Harrison M, Zhang Z, Shand K, O'Hara I, Doherty W, Dale J, (2013) Effect of pretreatment on saccharification of sugarcane bagasse by complex and simple enzyme mixtures, Bioresource Technology p105-113
Zhang Z, O'Hara I, Doherty W, (2013) Effects of pH on pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse using aqueous imidazolium ionic liquids, Green Chemistry p431-438
Zhang Z, Wong H, Albertson P, Doherty W, O'Hara I, (2013) Laboratory and pilot scale pretreatment of sugarcane bagasse by acidified aqueous glycerol solutions, Bioresource Technology p14-21
Zhang Z, Moghaddam L, O'Hara I, Doherty W, (2011) Congo Red adsorption by ball-milled sugarcane bagasse, Chemical Engineering Journal p122-128

For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Current supervisions

Expression and evaluation of tailor-made thermophilic enzymes for effective hydrolysis of lignocellulosics to fermentable sugars
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Junior Te'o
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Kameron Dunn, Professor Ian O'Hara
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Cheng Yan, Associate Professor Jennifer MacLeod
Biorefining of Sugarcane Bagasse Based on Acid-Catalysed Glycerol Pretreatment
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ian O'Hara, Associate Professor Junior Te'o, Dr Leigh Gebbie
Development of Integrated Processes for Biogas Production from Sugarcane Trash
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor William Doherty, Professor Ian O'Hara
Biosynthesis of fructo-oligosaccharides and other value-added products from sugarcane molasses
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Mark Harrison, Professor Ian O'Hara, Professor Robert Speight
Selective Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Components to Chemicals
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor William Doherty, Professor Huai Yong Zhu

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

Microbial Oil Production from Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (2016)

Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)

Characterization and Utilization of Cellulosic Ethanol By-Products (2017)

Associate Professor Zhanying Zhang

Awards and recognition

Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

Current supervisions

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)