Zhou Liang, born in 1993, is an Associate Researcher and PhD supervisor at the School of Resources and Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology. He is dedicated to the research of organic wastewater advanced treatment theory and technology. He has led eight provincial and national-level projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation projects. He has received multiple honors, including the Shanghai Super Talent Program, Shanghai Outstanding Graduate, and the National Scholarship for Postgraduate Students.

Zhou has published over 50 SCI papers, of which 27 were high-level papers published as the first or corresponding author. These include 14 papers in journals ranked in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Zone 1, 8 ESI Highly Cited Papers, 4 Hot Papers, and a Hirsch index (H-index) of 30. He has also filed 20 invention patents, of which 11 have been granted.

Focusing on the advanced treatment of organic wastewater, he has developed a series of modified Fenton technologies, overcoming the bottleneck of hazardous iron sludge produced by traditional Fenton processes. This innovation improves the utilization of hydrogen peroxide, reducing the cost of the Fenton process by 30%. The simultaneous introduction of photochemical green technologies has also reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions.

Contributing to the development of the new engineering discipline at his university, Zhou Liang established and led the undergraduate course Environmental Engineering Simulation and Artificial Intelligence, and has published two teaching papers. Under his guidance, students won the second prize in the Shanghai Challenge Cup competition.

Environmental and energy catalysis, including photocatalytic hydrogen production, pollutant degradation, Fenton-like processes, and photocatalytic reduction.