Educational Background

  • B.Sc., Nanjing University
  • Ph.D., The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Current Research Interests

  • Environmental chemistry; Risk assessment and control of new pollutants; Green chemistry and safe alternatives.

Selected Publications

  1. Han, J., Lim, S., DiPietri, V.T., Najm, B.L., Zhang, X., Mitch, W.A., Comparison of haloaromatic DBP formation vs. 1-2 carbon DBP formation during chlorination and chloramination of surface waters. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2025, 59, 21343–21354.
  2. Han, J., Li, W., Zhang, X., An effective and rapidly degradable disinfectant from disinfection byproducts. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 4888.
  3. Han, J., Li, W., Yang, Y., Zhang, X., Bao, S., Zhang, X., Zhang, T., Leung, K.M.Y., UV-based advanced oxidation processes for antibiotic resistance control: efficiency, influencing factors, and energy consumption. Engineering, 2024, 37, 27–39.
  4. Han, J., Zhai, H., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Sharma, V.K., Effects of ozone dose on brominated DBPs in subsequent chlor (am) ination: a comprehensive study of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic DBPs. Water Res., 2024, 250, 121039.
  5. Li, W., Han, J., Zhang, X., Chen, G., Yang, Y., Contributions of pharmaceuticals to DBP formation and developmental toxicity in chlorination of NOM-containing source water. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2023, 57, 18775–18787.
  6. Yang, Y., Zhang, X. Jiang, J., Han, J., Li, W., Li, X., Leung, K.M.Y., Snyder, S.A., Alvarez, P.J.J., Which micropollutants in water environments deserve more attention globally? Environ. Sci. Technol., 2022, 56, 13–29.(ES&T Best Paper Award by ACS)
  7. Han, J., Zhang, X., Jiang, J. Li, W., How much of the total organic halogen and developmental toxicity of chlorinated drinking water might be attributed to aromatic halogenated DBPs? Environ. Sci. Technol., 2021, 55, 5906–5916 (ESI top 1% highly cited paper by Web of Science).
  8. Han, J., Zhang, X., Li, W., Jiang, J., Low chlorine impurity might be beneficial in chlorine dioxide disinfection. Water Res., 2021, 188, 116520.
  9. Yeom, Y., Han, J.*, Zhang, X.*, Shang, C., Zhang, T. Li, X., Duan, X., Dionysiou, D.D., A review on the degradation efficiency, DBP formation, and toxicity variation in the UV/chlorine treatment of micropollutants. Chem. Eng. J., 2021, 424, 130053.
  10. Jiang, J.#, Han, J.#, Zhang, X., Nonhalogenated aromatic DBPs in drinking water chlorination: A gap between NOM and halogenated aromatic DBPs. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020, 54, 1646–1656. (#shared first authorship; ESI top 1% highly cited paper by Web of Science)
  11. Han, J., Zhang, X., Evaluating the comparative toxicity of DBP mixtures from different disinfection scenarios: a new approach by combining freeze-drying or rotoevaporation with a marine polychaete bioassay. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2018, 52, 10552–10561 (ESI top 1% highly cited paper by Web of Science).
  12. Han, J., Zhang, X., Liu, J., Zhu, X., Gong, T., Characterization of halogenated DBPs and identification of new DBPs trihalomethanols in chlorine dioxide treated drinking water with multiple extractions. J. Environ. Sci., 2017, 8, 83–92.