QUT | Staff Profiles | Zhanying Zhang

Name: Associate Professor Zhanying Zhang
Position(s): Principal Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Mech., 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
Wang X, Cao L, Lewis R, Tubuxin T, Zhang Z, Wang H, (2020) Biorefining of sugarcane bagasse to fermentable sugars and surface oxygen group-rich hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitors, Renewable Energy p2306-2317
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
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, 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.

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

Title: High Performance Bioderived Hybrid Fillers for Rubber Composite
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: LP200200965
Start year: 2021
Keywords

Title: Wastes to Profits: Value Propositions for Better Management of Wastes in Animal Industry Supply Chains (4303)
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: V.RDP.3010
Start year: 2018
Keywords

Title: A profitable future for Australian agriculture: Biorefineries for higher-value animal feeds, chemicals, and fuels (RnD4Profit 14-01-044) (4207)
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: 2015/902
Start year: 2016
Keywords: Agriculture;Bioproducts;Biorefinery;Diversification;Value Chain

Title: Enhancing Sugarcane Growth and Yield by Biocontrol Agents/Biofertilizers (SRA ECR) (4260)
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: 2014/402
Start year: 2016
Keywords: Biocontrol Agent;Biofertilizer;Fermentation;Sugarcane;Sugarcane Disease

Title: Revenue diversification from sugarcane fibre: novel technologies for the processing of bagasse for low-cost biofuels production
Primary fund type: CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
Project ID: QUT051
Start year: 2011
Keywords: Pretreatment;Biofuels;Ethanol

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
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

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

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)