Full-Time Faculty

Basic Introduction:

Kong Lingchao is a Research Assistant Professor and Master’s Supervisor at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). He has been recognized as a Shenzhen Overseas Talent (Category C). He has carried out theoretical research and application innovation focusing on water pollution control technologies and nitrogen-phosphorus element geochemistry processes. Dr. Kong has led five research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China funded project, the Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project, the Key Technology R&D Program of Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Outstanding Scientific Innovation Talent Project, and a State Key Laboratory Open Project, etc. To date, he has published over 30 SCI papers with an H-index of 21, applied for 8 Chinese invention patents. Dr. Kong also serves as a Young Editorial Board Member for Sustainable Horizonsand a peer reviewer for prestigious journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, and Applied Clay Science.

Professional Experience:

Feb. 2023 – Present，Research Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

Aug. 2022 – Jan. 2023, Senior Research Fellow, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

May 2020 – Jul. 2022, Post doctor, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

Education:

September 2014 – April 2020, Ph.D of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

August 2018 – August 2019, Joint Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan, USA – Sponsored by the Chinese Scholarship Committee

September 2010 – June 2014, Bachelor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China

Synergistic Activities:

1. Youth Editorial Board Member for Sustainable Horizons, an ESCI open-access journal.

2. Peer reviewer for internationally renowned journals, including Chemical Engineering Journal, Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, and Applied Clay Science.

Research Interests:

1. Water pollution control technologies

2. Nitrogen and phosphorus cycling Geochemistry

3. Functional materials for environmental remediation

4. Single-cell Raman spectroscopy (SCRS) combined with stable isotope labeling techniques (Raman-D₂O)

Selected funded projects:

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China funded project: In-situ phosphorus release activity analysis of phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in sediments post-passivation using single-cell Raman-deuterium labeling technology (2024.01–2026.12). Role: Principal Investigator.

2. Shenzhen Outstanding Scientific Innovation Talent Youth Project: Structural and molecular mechanism analysis of characteristic lipid compounds in marine archaea MGII using single-cell Raman-deuterium stable isotope technology (2023.03–2025.03). Role: Principal Investigator.

3. Key Technology R&D Program of Shenzhen: Development of key technologies for high-performance membrane bioreactors (Project Code: Zhong 2022242, 2022.03–2024.03) Role: Main Investigator.

4. Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation funded project: Construction of nanofiber-supported graphene/transition metal composites and their application in the advanced degradation of perfluorinated compounds in groundwater (2020.05–2022.05). Role: Principal Investigator.

5. State Key Laboratory Open Project: Mechanism of phosphorus slow-release using microwave-assisted palygorskite layered double hydroxide (2021.01–2022.12). Role: Principal Investigator.

6. Enterprise-Funded Research Project: Development of a novel phosphorus remediation material for lake and reservoir sediments (2023.09–2024.09). Role: Principal Investigator.

7. Enterprise-Funded Research Project: Mineralogical mechanisms of acidic mine wastewater formation in Suichang pyrite mines in Zhejiang Province (2024.01–2025.01). Role: Principal Investigator.

Teaching (Courses and outstanding students)

1. Guangdong University Student Scientific Innovation Fund (Pioneer Plan): Construction of Nano-Fiber-Supported Layered Composite Materials on Mineral Substrates and Their Application in Remediating Perfluorinated Compound-Contaminated Groundwater.

2. Undergraduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program: Mechanistic Study on the Remediation of Perfluoroorganic Compound-Contaminated Groundwater Using Nano-Fiber-Supported Layered Materials.

3. Undergraduate Graduation Thesis, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech):

Study on the Metabolic Activity of Phosphate-Solubilizing Bacteria Using Single-Cell Raman Technology.

Published Works:

1. Lingchao Kong, Yi Wang, Charles B. Andrews, Chunmiao Zheng*. One-step construction of hierarchical porous channels on electrospun MOF/polymer/graphene oxide composite nanofibers for effective arsenate removal from water. Chemical Engineering Journal. 614，2022, 47-57.

2. Lingchao Kong, Jun Zhang, Yi Wang, Qinlin Yan, Jiayu Xu, Xi Quan, Charles B. Andrews Zuotai Zhang, Chunmiao Zheng*. Bowknot-like Zr/La bimetallic organic frameworks for enhanced arsenate and phosphate removal: combined experimental and DFT studies. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 435, 2022, 134830.

3. Lingchao Kong, Qinlin Yan, Yi Wang, Qinyu Wang, Charles B. Andrews, Chunmiao Zheng*. Self-supported trimetallic NiZnLa nanosheets on hierarchical porous graphene oxide-polymer composite fibers for enhanced phosphate removal from water. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 628, 2022, 807-818.

4. Lingchao Kong, Yu Tian*, Yi Wang, Ning Li, Yang Liu, Zheng Pang, Xiaohong Huang, Ming Li, Jun Zhang, Wei Zuo. Periclase-induced generation of flowerlike clay-based layered double hydroxides: A highly efficient phosphate scavenger and solid-phase fertilizer. Chemical Engineering Journal, 359 (2019) 902–913.

5. Lingchao Kong, Yu Tian*, Zheng Pang, Xiaohong Huang, Ming Li, Ning Li, Jun Zhang, Wei Zuo, Junjing Li. Needle-like Mg-La bimetal oxide nanocomposites derived from periclase and lanthanum for cost-effective phosphate and fluoride removal: characterization, performance and mechanism. Chemical Engineering Journal, 382 (2020) 122963.

6. Lingchao Kong, Yu Tian*, Zheng Pang, Xiaohong Huang, Ming Li, Ruochen Yang, Ning Li, Jun Zhang, Wei Zuo. Synchronous phosphate and fluoride removal from water by 3D rice-like lanthanum-doped LDH-La nanocomposites. Chemical Engineering Journal, 371 (2019) 893–902.

7. Lingchao Kong, Yu Tian*, Ning Li, Yang Liu, Jian Zhang, Jun Zhang, Wei Zuo. Highly-effective phosphate removal from aqueous solutions by calcined nano-porous palygorskite matrix with embedded lanthanum hydroxide. Applied Clay Science, 162 (2018) 507–517

8. Lingchao Kong, Qinyu Wang, Yi Wang, Qinlin Yan, Wenhui Qiu, Chunmiao Zheng*. Sustainable Cu2(OH)2CO3/g-C3N4/cellulose acetate derived porous composite membrane for congo red and tetracycline removal with photocatalytic self-cleaning property under natural solar irradiation [J]. Sustainable Horizons, 2023: 5, 10047.

9. Wang C, Kong L, Wang Y, et al. New insight into the synergy of nitrogen-related sites on biochar surface for sulfamethoxazole adsorption from water[J]. Chinese Chemical Letters, 2023, 34(9): 108159.

10. Li N, Ye J, Dai H, P Shao, L Liang, L Kong, et al. A critical review on correlating active sites, oxidative species and degradation routes with persulfate-based antibiotics oxidation[J]. Water Research, 2023: 119926.

11. Wang C, Ye J, Liang L, X Cui, L Kong, et al. Application of MXene-based materials in Fenton-like systems for organic wastewater treatment: A review[J]. Science of The Total Environment, 2023, 862: 160539.

12. Wang Q, Zuo W, Tian Y, L Kong, et al. Functionally-designed floatable amino-modified ZnLa layered double hydroxides/cellulose acetate beads for tetracycline removal: Performance and mechanism[J]. Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023, 311: 120752.

13. Wang Q, Zuo W, Tian Y, L Kong, et al. An ultralight and flexible nanofibrillated cellulose/chitosan aerogel for efficient chromium removal: Adsorption-reduction process and mechanism[J]. Chemosphere, 2023, 329: 138622.

14. Cui D, Kong L, Wang Y, et al. In situ identification of environmental microorganisms with Raman spectroscopy[J]. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 2022: 100187.

15. Wang C, Ye J, Liang L, X Cui, L Kong, et al. Application of MXene-based materials in Fenton-like systems for organic wastewater treatment: A review[J]. Science of The Total Environment, 2022: 160539.

16. Wang Q, Zuo W, Tian Y, Kong L, et al. Flexible Brushite/Nanofibrillated Cellulose Aerogels for Efficient and Selective Removal of Copper (II)[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022: 138262.

17. Wang Q, Li L, Tian Y, Kong L, et al. Shapeable amino-functionalized sodium alginate aerogel for high-performance adsorption of Cr (VI) and Cd (II): Experimental and Theoretical Investigations[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022: 137430.

18. Wang Q, Li L, Kong L, et al. Compressible amino-modified carboxymethyl chitosan aerogel for efficient Cu (II) adsorption from wastewater[J]. Separation and Purification Technology, 2022, 293: 121146.

19. Wang Q, Tian Y, Kong L, et al. A novel 3D superelastic polyethyleneimine functionalized chitosan aerogels for selective removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution: performance and mechanisms[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021, 425: 131722.

20. Wang Y, Xu J, Cui D, Kong L, et al. Classification and Identification of Archaea Using Single-Cell Raman Ejection and Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Investigating Uncultivated Microorganisms[J]. Analytical Chemistry, 2021, 93, 51, 17012–17019.

21. Wang, P., Tian, Y., Wang, H., Zhang, J., Kong, L., Zuo, W., ... & Yin, L.. Strong adsorption of tetracycline on octahedral Cu2O nanocrystals exposed with {111} facets: Adsorption behavior and mechanism insight. Applied Surface Science, 2021, 542, 148545.

22. Zhai Y, Chen L, Liu G, Song L, Arenas-Lagoe D, Kong L, et al. Compositional and functional responses of bacterial community to titanium dioxide nanoparticles varied with soil heterogeneity and exposure duration[J]. Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 773: 144895.

23. Li, N., Li, R., Zhao, J., Liang, L., Yu, Y., Kong, L. & Yan, B. (2020). Multi-interface Mn3O4@ ZnO/TiO2 with controllable charge transfer routes for highly selective denitrification under ultrasonic-assisted visible light photocatalysis. Chemical Engineering Journal, 394, 124997.

24. Wang, Y., Xu, J., Kong, L., Li, B., Li, H., Huang, W. E., & Zheng, C. (2020). Raman‐activated sorting of antibiotic‐resistant bacteria in human gut microbiota. Environmental microbiology, 22(7), 2613-2624.

25. Wang, Y., Xu, J., Kong, L., Liu, T., Yi, L., Wang, H., ... & Zheng, C. (2020). Raman–deuterium isotope probing to study metabolic activities of single bacterial cells in human intestinal microbiota. Microbial biotechnology, 13(2), 572-583.

26. Lei, Y. J., Tian, Y., Zhang, J., Sun, L., Kong, X. W., Zuo, W., & Kong, L. C. (2018). Microalgae cultivation and nutrients removal from sewage sludge after ozonizing in algal-bacteria system. Ecotoxicology and environmental safety, 165, 107-114.

27. Li, N., Tian, Y., Zhao, J., Kong, L., Zhang, J., Zuo, W., ... & Lin, Q. (2018). Anti-irreversible fouling of precisely-designed PVDF-ZnO membrane: Effects of ion strength and co-existing cations. Applied Surface Science, 459, 397-405.

28. Li, N., Tian, Y., Zhao, J., Zhang, J., Zuo, W., Kong, L., & Cui, H. (2018). Z-scheme 2D/3D g-C3N4@ ZnO with enhanced photocatalytic activity for cephalexin oxidation under solar light. Chemical Engineering Journal, 352, 412-422.

29. Li, N., Tian, Y., Zhao, J., Zhan, W., Du, J., Kong, L., ... & Zuo, W. (2018). Ultrafast selective capture of phosphorus from sewage by 3D Fe3O4@ ZnO via weak magnetic field enhanced adsorption. Chemical Engineering Journal, 341, 289-297.

30. Li, N., Tian, Y., Zhao, J., Zhang, J., Kong, L., Zhang, J., & Zuo, W. (2018). Static adsorption of protein-polysaccharide hybrids on hydrophilic modified membranes based on atomic layer deposition: Anti-fouling performance and mechanism insight. Journal of Membrane Science, 548, 470-480. (IF: 8.742)

31. Zhang J, Tian Y, Zhang J, Li, N., Kong, L., et al. Distribution and risk assessment of heavy metals in sewage sludge after ozonation[J]. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017, 24(6): 5118-5125.

32. Zhang, J., Zhang, J., Tian, Y., Li, N., Kong, L., Sun, L. & Zuo, W. (2016). Changes of physicochemical properties of sewage sludge during ozonation treatment: Correlation to sludge dewaterability. Chemical Engineering Journal, 301, 238-248.