Curriculum Vitae
Zaixing HUANG

Personal Information

Gender: Male

Email:

Postal Address: 317 S 10th Street Apt #5

Laramie, WY 82072 Tel: 307-220-3014

Education Background

8/07-5/12 Ph.D. in Civil Engineering

University of Wyoming

Dissertation title: The evaluation of pretreatment agents for the stimulation of secondary biogenic coalbed natural gas (CBNG)

5/10-8/10 Research Cooperation International Graduate School of Zittau (IHI), Zittau, Germany Fungal enzyme (peroxidase and laccase) production and application in coal solubilization/depolymerization

8/04-6/06 Master of Science in Applied Environmental Measurement Techniques

Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden Thesis title: Uptake characteristics and speciation of heavy metals on the chemcatcher passive sampler

9/00-7/04 Bachelor of Science, in Biotechnology

Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

People’s Scholarship 5 times, 2000-2003

Honored “Excellent Student Cadre” 2001 and 2002

Honored “Excellent Youth League Cadre” 2001-2002

2/03-6/03 Inter-universities Exchange Program, Feb 2003-Jun 2003

Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong, China

Teaching Experience

9/06-8/07 Lecturer, International College, Xiamen University, Fujian, China

Publications

Huang, Z., and Urynowicz, M.A. “Chemical solubilization/depolymerization of Powder River subbituminous coal and bioavailability study using respirometric approach.”

Submitted International Journal of Coal Geology (special conference session)

Huang, Z., and Urynowicz, M.A. “Bioconversion of Powder River basin subbituminous coal: Methane production using permanganate as a pretreatment agent.”

Submitted International Journal of Coal Geology (special conference session)

Huang, Z., Liers, C., Ullrich, R., Hofrichter, M., and Urynowicz, M.A. “Disintegration and depolymerization of chemically pretreated Powder River Basin subbituminous coal by manganese peroxidase (MnP) from Bjerkandera adusta.” Will submit to Bioresource Technology shortly

Huang, Z., Pribyl, R., and Urynowicz, M.A. “Pore size distribution and water adsorption/desorption isotherms of Powder River Basin Subbituminous Coal.” Will submit to Energy and Fuel shortly

Huang, Z., Guan, H., and Urynowicz, M.A. “A thermodynamics study of chemical pretreatments on a subbituminous coal.”

In preparation

Conferences and Presentations

AWWA/WEF Conference (8th) Albuquerque, New Mexico. May, 2011

Platform presentation: An Evaluation of Various Coal Pretreatment Agents for the Stimulation of Secondary Biogenic Coalbed Natural Gas. Authors: Zaixing Huang and Michael A. Urynowicz

The 4th European Meeting in OxiZymes and the 9th International Symposium on Peroxidases Leipzig, Germany July, 2010.

AWWA/WEF Conference (6th) Laramie, WY. May, 2009

Platform presentation: Feasibility Study for Screening Pretreatment Agents for the Stimulation of Secondary Biogenic Coalbed Natural Gas (CBNG). Authors: Zaixing Huang and Michael A. Urynowicz

Extracurricular Activities

Vice President of AWWA/WEF, University of Wyoming, Aug 2009-Aug 2010 Member of AWWA/WEF, University of Wyoming, Aug 2007-present Member of Youth Volunteer Association, HIT, Apr 2001-Jul 2004 Head of Spaceflight Model Group in Aero-Model Association, HIT, Oct 2001-Aug 2002 Member of Aero-Model Association, HIT, Sep 2000-Sep 2001

President of Living Affair Section of Student Council and Secretary Associate of Chinese Communist Youth League, School of Science, HIT, Feb 2001-Aug 2001

Co-Founder and Vice President of Dream of Life Club, HIT, May 2001-Sep 2002