本人博士就读于美国亚利桑那大学，师从Jim Field教授。毕业后，受邀前往美国亚利桑那州立大学Paul Westerhoff院士团队从事博士后研究，后被晋升为助理研究教授。于2023年9月加入同济大学环境科学与工程学院徐斌教授科研团队。主要从事水中新污染物识别与处理，环境功能材料开发与应用，污染物资源化及可持续发展相关研究。目前已于Environmental Science & Technology、Water Research等环境领域学术期刊发表论文30余篇，包括封面文章4篇，并长期担任上述期刊审稿人；授权发明专利1项；编写教材1部，并入选战略性新兴领域“十四五”高等教育规划教材。近5年主持或共同主持科研项目3项；曾荣获亚利桑那大学工程学院杰出毕业生奖、南亚利桑那州环境管理学会奖学金、优秀毕业论文等奖励，并于2022年入选上海市高层次人才项目。

（一）科研项目

1. 横向课题：市政污水厂原位提质增效项目, 2024.06 – 至今, 在研, 主持

2. 上海市委组织部, 上海市海外高层次人才项目, 2023.09 - 2026-09, 在研, 主持

3. Baxter International, In-home peritoneal dialysis solution generation system using water extracted from atmosphere (Phase 2), 2022.01 - 2023.01, 结题, 主持

4. Baxter International, Softlight - Low-maintenance technology for removing water hardness, 2021.01 – 2021.12, 结题, 主持

5. NSF Nanotechnology Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT）, Suburban Water System RSSCT, 2020.10 – 2021.05, 结题, 主持

6. Water Research Foundation, Occurrence Survey of Bromide and Iodide in Water Supplies, 2018.06 – 2020.05, 结题, 参与

（二）代表性学术论文

1.  Lu, J.; He, H.; Zhang, T.; Fu, Q.; Pan, R.; Zeng, C.*; Zhou, Y.; Xu, B.* Fe(II)/Sulfite Process with Rapid Fe(II) Oxidation Enhances p-Arsanilic Acid Oxidation and Simultaneous Arsenic Adsorption. ACS ES&T Engineering 2025.

2. 曾超, 张天阳, 何欢, 徐斌. 市政饮用水品质提升关键问题与发展路径分析. 能源环境保护, 2025, 39 (1): 1−10.

3. Zhao, H. X.; He, H.; Zeng, C.; Zhang, T. Y.; Hu, C. Y.; Pan, R.; Xu, M. Y.; Tang, Y. L.; Xu, B. Overlooked Role of Fungi in Drinking Water Taste and Odor Issues. Environ Sci Technol 2024, 58 (40), 17817-17827.

4. Zeng, C.*; Rajput, H.; Brown, J. R.; Liu, B.; Long, T. E.; Westerhoff, P. Methoxy Substitution Enhances Metal Ion Binding Capacity of the Water-Soluble Spiropyran Copolymer. ACS Applied Polymer Materials 2024, 6 (1), 362-370.

5. Zeng, C.*; Mojiri, A.; Ananpattarachai, J.; Farsad, A.; Westerhoff, P. Sorption-based atmospheric water harvesting for continuous water production in the built environment: Assessment of water yield and quality. Water Res 2024, 265, 122227.

6. Yin, C.; He, X.; Yang, X.; Zeng, C.; Feng, Y.; Xu, B.; Tang, Y. Enhanced electrocatalytic removal of bisphenol a by introducing Co/N into precursor formed from phenolic resin waste. Chemosphere 2024, 358, 142204.

7. Xu, M. Y.; Zeng, C.; Lin, Y. L.; Zhang, T. Y.; Fu, Q.; Zhao, H. X.; Luo, Z. N.; Zheng, Z. X.; Cao, T. C.; Hu, C. Y.; et al. Wavelength dependency and photosensitizer effects in UV-LED photodegradation of iohexol. Water Res 2024, 255, 121477.

8. Wang, J.; Lai, Y. S.; Wang, T. H.; Zeng, C.; Westerhoff, P.; Mu, Y. Water quality constraints H₂O₂ production in a dual-fiber photocatalytic reactor. Water Res 2024, 260, 121880.

9. Luo, Z. N.; He, H.; Zhang, T. Y.; Wei, X. L.; Dong, Z. Y.; Xu, M. Y.; Zhao, H. X.; Zheng, Z. X.; Pan, R. J.; Hu, C. Y.; Zeng, C.; El-Din, M. G. Xu, B. Enhanced iodinated disinfection byproducts formation in iodide/iodate-containing water undergoing UV-chloramine sequential disinfection: Machine learning-aided identification of reaction mechanisms. Water Res 2024, 272, 122975.

10. Fu, Q.; Zhang, Z.; Lin, Y.-L.; Zhang, T.-Y.; Zhang, Y.-L.; Pan, R.; Xu, M.-Y.; Zheng, Z.-X.; Lu, J.; Luo, Z.-N.; Zeng, C.; He, H.; Xu, B. Mechanisms of radical regulation during carbamazepine degradation by UV-LED/chlorine process with different wavelengths in water. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 2024, 12 (6).

11. Sharma, N.; Zeng, C.; Eaton, A.; Karanfil, T.; Ghosh, A.; Westerhoff, P. Co-Occurrence of Bromine and Iodine Species in USDrinking Water Sources That Can Impact Disinfection Byproduct Formation. Environ Sci Technol 2023, 57 (47), 18563-18574.

12. Liu, B.; Brown, J. R.; Zeng, C.; Rajput, H.; McDonough, R. K.; Westerhoff, P.; Long, T. E. Spiropyran-containing water-soluble and photoreversible copolymers. Polymer 2023, 272.

13. Sharma, N.; Westerhoff, P.; Zeng, C*. Lithium occurrence in drinking water sources of the United States. Chemosphere 2022, 305, 135458.

14. Zeng, C.; Nguyen, C.; Boitano, S.; Field, J. A.; Shadman, F.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Toxicity of abrasive nanoparticles (SiO₂, CeO₂, and Al₂O₃) on Aliivibrio fischeri and human bronchial epithelial cells (16HBE14o-). Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2021, 23 (2).

15. 1Zeng, C.; Atkinson, A.; Sharma, N.; Ashani, H.; Hjelmstad, A.; Venkatesh, K.; Westerhoff, P. Removing per‐ and polyfluoroalkyl substances from groundwaters using activated carbon and ion exchange resin packed columns. AWWA Water Science 2020, 2 (1).

16. Long, X.; Luo, Y. H.; Zhang, Z.; Zheng, C.; Zeng, C.; Bi, Y.; Zhou, C.; Rittmann, B. E.; Waite, T. D.; Herckes, P.; et al. The Nature and Oxidative Reactivity of Urban Magnetic Nanoparticle Dust Provide New Insights into Potential Neurotoxicity Studies. Environ Sci Technol 2020, 54 (17), 10599-10609.

17. Long, M.; Zeng, C.; Wang, Z.; Xia, S.; Zhou, C. Complete dechlorination and mineralization of para-chlorophenol (4-CP) in a hydrogen-based membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR). Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 276.

18. Li, G.; Field, J. A.; Zeng, C.; Madeira, C. L.; Nguyen, C. H.; Jog, K. V.; Speed, D.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Diazole and triazole inhibition of nitrification process in return activated sludge. Chemosphere 2020, 241, 124993.

19. Bi, X.; Zeng, C.; Westerhoff, P. Adsorption of Arsenic Ions Transforms Surface Reactivity of Engineered Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54 (15), 9437-9444.

20. Zeng, C.; Nguyen, C.; Boitano, S.; Field, J. A.; Shadman, F.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Cerium dioxide (CeO2) nanoparticles decrease arsenite (As(III)) cytotoxicity to 16HBE14o- human bronchial epithelial cells. Environ Res 2018, 164, 452-458.

21. Zeng, C.; Shadman, F.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Transport and abatement of fluorescent silica nanoparticle (SiO₂ NP) in granular filtration: effect of porous media and ionic strength. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 2017, 19 (3).

22. Zeng, C.; Gonzalez-Alvarez, A.; Orenstein, E.; Field, J. A.; Shadman, F.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Ecotoxicity assessment of ionic As(III), As(V), In(III) and Ga(III) species potentially released from novel III-V semiconductor materials. Ecotoxicol Environ Saf 2017, 140, 30-36.

23. Ramos-Ruiz, A.; Zeng, C.; Sierra-Alvarez, R.; Teixeira, L. H.; Field, J. A. Microbial toxicity of ionic species leached from the II-VI semiconductor materials, cadmium telluride (CdTe) and cadmium selenide (CdSe). Chemosphere 2016, 162, 131-138.

24. Zeng, C.; Ramos-Ruiz, A.; Field, J. A.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Response to the comments on "Cadmium telluride leaching behavior: Discussion of Zeng et al. (2015)". J Environ Manage 2015, 164, 65-66..

25. Zeng, C.; Ramos-Ruiz, A.; Field, J. A.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Cadmium telluride (CdTe) and cadmium selenide (CdSe) leaching behavior and surface chemistry in response to pH and O2. J Environ Manage 2015, 154, 78-85.

26. Otero-Gonzalez, L.; Field, J. A.; Calderon, I. A. C.; Aspinwall, C. A.; Shadman, F.; Zeng, C.; Sierra-Alvarez, R. Fate of fluorescent core-shell silica nanoparticles during simulated secondary wastewater treatment. Water Res 2015, 77, 170-178.

（三）申请与授权发明专利

1. 一种基于氨基修饰铁配位聚合物活化过氧乙酸降解新污染物的方法: ZL202410944834.1

（四）出版专著

1. 徐斌，唐玉霖，张天阳，何欢，曾超，水质科学，中国建筑工业出版社，2024

（五）奖励与荣誉

1. 入选上海市海外高层次人才项目，2022

2. 亚利桑那大学工程学院优秀毕业生，2016

3. 南亚利桑那州环境管理协会研究生奖学金，2016