QUT | Staff Profiles | Zhanying Zhang

Name: Dr Zhanying Zhang
Position(s): Senior Research Fellow
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Mechanical, Medical & Process Engineering
Discipline *: Industrial Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering
Phone: +61 7 3138 7792
Fax: +61 7 3138 4132
Email: jan.zhang@qut.edu.au
Location: View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
Identifiers and profiles
Qualifications: PhD (University of Adelaide), Masters of Engineering (Research)
Keywords: Biomass, Waste, Biorefining, Pretreatment, Fermentation, Value-adding, Biofuels, Biochemicals, Biomaterials, Bioactives

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

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
Cai G, Moghaddam L, O'Hara I, Zhang Z, (2019) Microbial oil production from acidified glycerol pretreated sugarcane bagasse by Mortierella isabellina, RSC Advances p2539-2550
Ahmad F, Zhang Z, Doherty W, Te'o J, O'Hara I, (2017) Improved microbial oil production from oil palm empty fruit bunch by Mucor plumbeus, Fuel p180-187
Zhang Z, Vancov T, McIntosh S, Basu B, Lali A, Qian G, Hobson P, Doherty W, (2016) Assessing dilute acid pretreatment of different lignocellulosic biomasses for enhanced sugar production, Cellulose p3771-3783
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
Tana T, Zhang Z, Moghaddam L, Rackemann D, Rencoret J, Gutierrez A, del Rio J, Doherty W, (2016) Structural changes of sugarcane bagasse lignin during cellulosic ethanol production process, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering p5483-5494
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
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.

Awards and recognition

Type: Visiting Professorships/Fellowships
Reference year: 2019
Details: I was invited to deliver a series of lectures on biorefining of lignocellulosic biomass by Sao Paulo State University (Araraquara, Brazil)as a visiting professor in Dec 2019. The visit was sponsored by the Brazilian Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES PrInt) Program.

Type: Fellowships
Reference year: 2018
Details: I was awarded an Advance Queensland Industry Research Fellowship in 2018.

Type: Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year: 2015
Details: I was awarded a Mid-Career Researcher Award by Sugar Research Australia.

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
Microbial Oil Production from Sugarcane Bagasse by Oleaginous Yeast
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: Dr Mark Harrison, Professor Ian O'Hara, Professor Robert Speight
Customized Hydrochar from Biomass Materials for Water Treatment
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ashantha Goonetilleke, Professor Sagadevan Mundree
Selective Catalytic Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass Components to Bio-aromatics and 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)

Awards and recognition

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

Current supervisions

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)