Lijie Zhang
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science
- lijie.zhang@njit.edu
- 973-596-3620
- 385 Tiernan Hall (TIER)
About Me
Dr. Zhang's lab investigates interfacial processes that control the fate and transformation of environmental pollutants and resources under natural and engineered conditions.
Education
Ph.D.; Washington University in St Louis; Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering; 2018
B.S.; Tsinghua University; Environmental Science and Engineering; 2012
Awards & Honors
2020 Outstanding Post-Graduate Researcher Award, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2018 Doctoral Student Research Award, Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
2018 Student Travel Award, Geochemistry Division, American Chemical Society
2026 Fall Courses
CHEM 701C - MASTERS THESIS
CHEM 591 - GRADUATE CO-OP WORK EXPER II
CHEM 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CHEM 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
EVSC 701C - MASTER'S THESIS
EVSC 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
EVSC 726 - INDEPENDENT STUDY II
CHEM 391 - RESEARCH AND INDEPENDENT STUDY
EVSC 592 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE II
EVSC 610 - ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL SCIENCE
EVSC 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
FRSC 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY I
CHEM 491 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY I
CHEM 725 - INDEPENDENT STUDY I
EVSC 792B - PRE-DOCTORAL RESEARCH
CHEM 700B - MASTERS PROJECT
CHEM 790A - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
CHEM 492 - RESEARCH & INDEP STUDY
CHEM 590 - GRADUATE CO-OP WORK EXPER I
CHEM 701B - MASTERS THESIS
EVSC 591 - GRADUATE WORK EXPERIENCE I
EVSC 700B - MASTER'S PROJECT
EVSC 701B - MASTER'S THESIS
Past Courses
CHEM 126: GEN CHEMISTRY II - HONORS
CHEM 235: PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY II
CHEM 361: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY OF WATER AND SOIL POLLUTION
ENE 663: WATER CHEMISTRY
EVSC 610: ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL SCIENCE
EVSC 791: GRADUATE SEMINAR
Research Interests
Environmental biogeochemistry; soil/water contamination remediation; resource recovery; water purification; energy-related subsurface processes
Journal Article
Yifan Ding, Hanyue Yang, Chao Li, Valenni R Passaro, Wencong Xing, Amina F Mughal, Zeyuan Qiu, Mengyan Li, Yaqi You, Lijie Zhang. 2026. "Phosphorus cycling mechanisms in lake sediments affected by algal biomass." Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 401, pp. 128806.
L. Zhao, E. Zaborowski, S. Bordoloi, N. Rajagopalan, B.K. Sharma, C. Baroi, W. Xing, Lijie Zhang. 2024. "Characterization of novel polysulfide polymer coated fly ash and its application in mitigating diffusion of contaminants." Environmental Pollution, vol. 347, pp. 123706.
Peihua Li, Yanan Yang, Lin-Lan Zhuang, Zhen Hu, Lijie Zhang, Shuhan Ge, Weiyi Qian, Wanqing Tian, Yinhu Wu, Hong-Ying Hu. 2024. "Effects of chemical oxygen demand and chloramphenicol on attached microalgae growth: Physicochemical properties and microscopic mass transfer in biofilm." Bioresource Technology, vol. 399, pp. 130561.
Fangyu Hu, Chengcheng Gao, Baoyu Wang, Ziming Ding, Lijie Zhang, Shuhe Wei, Jing An. 2024. "Effects of chicken manure-modified biochar on the adsorption capacity of tetracycline and abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil." Land Degradation \& Development, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 1224-1233.
Bin Pan, Tianru Song, Ming Yue, Shengnan Chen, Lijie Zhang, Katriona Edlmann, Chelsea W. Neil, Weiyao Zhu, Stefan Iglauer. 2024. "Machine learning - based shale wettability prediction: Implications for H2, CH4 and CO2 geo-storage." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 56, pp. 1384-1390.
François Nkinahamira, Anqi Feng, Lijie Zhang, Hongwei Rong, Pamphile Ndagijimana, Dabin Guo, Baihui Cui, Huichun Zhang. 2024. "Machine learning approaches for monitoring environmental metal pollutants: Recent advances in source apportionment, detection, quantification, and risk assessment." TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, vol. 180, pp. 117980.
Xujun Liang, Zhi-Cheng Hu, Yu-Rong Liu, Cunbin Gao, Yi Zhang, Yun-Yun Hao, Lijie Zhang, Jiating Zhao, Lizhong Zhu. 2024. "Precipitation patterns strongly affect vertical migration and methylation of mercury in legacy contaminated sites." Water Research, vol. 267, pp. 122511.
Lijie Zhang, Christina S Kang-Yun, Xia Lu, Jin Chang, Xujun Liang, Eric M Pierce, Jeremy D Semrau, Baohua Gu. 2023. "Adsorption and intracellular uptake of mercuric mercury and methylmercury by methanotrophs and methylating bacteria." Environmental Pollution, vol. 331, pp. 121790.
Xujun Liang, Alexander Johs, Macon J Abernathy, Jiating Zhao, Hongxia Du, Peijia Ku, Lijie Zhang, Nali Zhu, Xiangping Yin, Scott Brooks, others. 2023. "High methylation potential of mercury complexed with mixed thiolate ligands by Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 342, pp. 74--83.
Lijie Zhang, Yongchao Yin, Yanchen Sun, Xujun Liang, David E Graham, Eric M Pierce, Löffler, Frank E, Baohua Gu. 2023. "Inhibition of Methylmercury and Methane Formation by Nitrous Oxide in Arctic Tundra Soil Microcosms." Environmental Science \& Technology, vol. 57, no. 14, pp. 5655--5665.
Xujun Liang, Huan Zhong, Alexander Johs, Pei Lei, Jin Zhang, Ta\cs, Neslihan, Lijie Zhang, Linduo Zhao, Nali Zhu, Xixiang Yin, others. 2023. "Light-independent phytoplankton degradation and detoxification of methylmercury in water." Nature Water, pp. 1--11.
Xiuxiu Yan, Jing An, Lijie Zhang, Lingyan Zhang, Xu Zhou, Shuhe Wei. 2022. "Ecotoxicological effects and bioaccumulation in Eichhornia crassipes induced by long-term exposure to triclosan." Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, vol. 193, pp. 90--98.
Xixiang Yin, Lihong Wang, Xujun Liang, Lijie Zhang, Jiating Zhao, Baohua Gu. 2022. "Contrary effects of phytoplankton Chlorella vulgaris and its exudates on mercury methylation by iron-and sulfate-reducing bacteria." Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 433, pp. 128835.
Bin Pan, Xia Yin, Weiyao Zhu, Yongfei yang, Yang Ju, Yujie Yuan, Lijie Zhang, Stefan Iglauer. 2022. "Theoretical study of brine secondary imbibition in sandstone reservoirs: Implications for H2, CH4, and CO2 geo-storage." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, vol. 47, pp. 18058-18066.
Xujun Liang, Nali Zhu, Alexander Johs, Hongmei Chen, Dale A. Pelletier, Lijie Zhang, Xixiang Yin, Yuxi Gao, Jiating Zhao, Baohua Gu. 2022. "Mercury Reduction, Uptake, and Species Transformation by Freshwater Alga Chlorella vulgaris under Sunlit and Dark Conditions." Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 56, no. 8, pp. 4961-4969.
Lijie Zhang, Michael Philben, Neslihan Taş, Alexander Johs, Ziming Yang, Stan D. Wullschleger, David E. Graham, Eric M. Pierce, Baohua Gu. 2022. "Unravelling biogeochemical drivers of methylmercury production in an Arctic fen soil and a bog soil." Environmental Pollution, vol. 299.
Bin Pan, Teng Ni, Weiyao Zhu, Yongfei Yang, Yang Ju, Lijie Zhang, Shengnan Chen, Jianwei Gu, Yajun Li, Stefan Iglauer. 2022. "Mini Review on Wettability in the Methane–Liquid–Rock System at Reservoir Conditions: Implications for Gas Recovery and Geo-Storage." Energy & Fuels, vol. 36, no. 8, pp. 4268-4275.
Yaoling Zhang, Lijie Zhang, Xujun Liang, Quanying Wang, Xiangping Yin, Eric M. Pierce, Baohua Gu. 2022. "Competitive exchange between divalent metal ions [Cu(II), Zn(II), Ca(II)] and Hg(II) bound to thiols and natural organic matter." Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 424.
Lin Lan Zhuang, Mengting Li, Yingfei Li, Lijie Zhang, Xiaoli Xu, Haiming Wu, Shuang Liang, Chang Su, Jian Zhang. 2022. "The performance and mechanism of biochar-enhanced constructed wetland for wastewater treatment." Journal of Water Process Engineering, vol. 45.
Christina S. Kang-Yun, Xujun Liang, Philip Dershwitz, Wenyu Gu, Aloys Schepers, Andrew Flatley, Josef Lichtmannegger, Hans Zischka, Lijie Zhang, Xia Lu, Baohua Gu, Joshua C. Ledesma, Daly J. Pelger, Alan A. DiSpirito, Jeremy D. Semrau. 2022. "Evidence for methanobactin “Theft” and novel chalkophore production in methanotrophs: impact on methanotrophic-mediated methylmercury degradation." ISME Journal, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 211-220.
Lijie Zhang, Xujun Liang, Quanying Wang, Yaoling Zhang, Xiangping Yin, Xia Lu, Eric M. Pierce, Baohua Gu. 2021. "Isotope exchange between mercuric [Hg(II)] chloride and Hg(II) bound to minerals and thiolate ligands: Implications for enriched isotope tracer studies." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 292, pp. 468-481.
Michael Philben, Lijie Zhang, Ziming Yang, Neslihan Taş, Stan D. Wullschleger, David E. Graham, Baohua Gu. 2020. "Anaerobic respiration pathways and response to increased substrate availability of Arctic wetland soils." Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts, vol. 22, no. 10, pp. 2070-2083.
Quanying Wang, Lijie Zhang, Xujun Liang, Xiangping Yin, Yaoling Zhang, Wang Zheng, Eric M. Pierce, Baohua Gu. 2020. "Rates and Dynamics of Mercury Isotope Exchange between Dissolved Elemental Hg(0) and Hg(II) Bound to Organic and Inorganic Ligands." Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 54, no. 23, pp. 15534-15545.
Jared Zaporski, Megan Jamison, Lijie Zhang, Baohua Gu, Ziming Yang. 2020. "Mercury methylation potential in a sand dune on Lake Michigan's eastern shoreline." Science of the Total Environment, vol. 729.
Xixiang Yin, Lihong Wang, Lijie Zhang, Hongmei Chen, Xujun Liang, Xia Lu, Alan A. DiSpirito, Jeremy D. Semrau, Baohua Gu. 2020. "Synergistic effects of a chalkophore, methanobactin, on microbial methylation of mercury." Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 86, no. 11.
Xuanhao Wu, Samantha Burnell, Chelsea W. Neil, Doyoon Kim, Lijie Zhang, Haesung Jung, Young Shin Jun. 2020. "Effects of Phosphate, Silicate, and Bicarbonate on Arsenopyrite Dissolution and Secondary Mineral Precipitation." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 515-525.
Lijie Zhang, Yaguang Zhu, Xuanhao Wu, Young-Shin Jun. 2019. "Effects of sulfate on biotite interfacial reactions under high temperature and high CO 2 pressure." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 6381--6390.
Linduo Zhao, Yunzi Li, Lijie Zhang, Jianqiu Zheng, Eric M. Pierce, Baohua Gu. 2019. "Mercury adsorption on minerals and its effect on microbial methylation." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 3, no. 7, pp. 1338-1345.
Jing An, Lijie Zhang, Xia Lu, Dale A. Pelletier, Eric M. Pierce, Alexander Johs, Jerry M. Parks, Baohua Gu. 2019. "Mercury Uptake by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132: Passive or Active?." Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 11, pp. 6264-6272.
Xia Lu, Jiangtao Zhao, Xujun Liang, Lijie Zhang, Yurong Liu, Xiangping Yin, Xiangkai Li, Baohua Gu. 2019. "The Application and Potential Artifacts of Zeeman Cold Vapor Atomic Absorption Spectrometry in Mercury Stable Isotope Analysis." Environmental Science and Technology Letters, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 165-170.
Lijie Zhang, Shan Wu, Linduo Zhao, Xia Lu, Eric M. Pierce, Baohua Gu. 2019. "Mercury Sorption and Desorption on Organo-Mineral Particulates as a Source for Microbial Methylation." Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 5, pp. 2426-2433.
Lijie Zhang, Doyoon Kim, Young Shin Jun. 2018. "Effects of Phosphonate Structures on Brine-Biotite Interactions under Subsurface Relevant Conditions." ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, vol. 2, no. 9, pp. 946-954.
Lijie Zhang, Young Shin Jun. 2018. "The Role of Fe-Bearing Phyllosilicates in DTPMP Degradation under High-Temperature and High-Pressure Conditions." Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 52, no. 16, pp. 9522-9530.
Lijie Zhang, Doyoon Kim, Young Shin Jun. 2018. "The Effects of Phosphonate-Based Scale Inhibitor on Brine-Biotite Interactions under Subsurface Conditions." Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 52, no. 10, pp. 6042-6049.
Young-Shin Jun, Lijie Zhang, Yujia Min, Qingyun Li. 2017. "Nanoscale chemical processes affecting storage capacities and seals during geologic CO2 sequestration." Accounts of Chemical Research, vol. 50, no. 7, pp. 1521--1529.
Lijie Zhang, Doyoon Kim, Yongman Kim, Jiamin Wan, Young Shin Jun. 2017. "Effects of phosphate on biotite dissolution and secondary precipitation under conditions relevant to engineered subsurface processes." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol. 19, no. 44, pp. 29895-29904.
Lijie Zhang, Yongman Kim, Haesung Jung, Jiamin Wan, Young-Shin Jun. 2016. "Effects of salinity-induced chemical reactions on biotite wettability changes under geologic CO2 sequestration conditions." Environmental Science \& Technology Letters, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 92--97.