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Name: Xu Defu
Gender: Male
Title: Professor
Position: Vice Dean
Highest education: Doctoral degree
Work Unit: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Technology
Department: School of Environmental Science and Engineering
Graduation institution: Zhejiang University
Office location: C215
Email: defuxu1@163.com
Main courses: Environmental Engineering Microbiology, Water Pollution Control Engineering, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal
Main research areas: sewage artificial wetland purification technology, solid waste treatment and resource utilization, advanced oxidation photocatalytic technology research
Educational background:
September 2002 to December 2005: studied at Zhejiang University and obtained a doctoral degree;
From October 2011 to March 2012: studied at the University of Reading in the UK.
September 2012- September 2013: Visiting Scholar at Purdue University in the United States.
Work experience:
From January 2006 to July 2007, worked as a lecturer and associate professor at the School of Resources and Environment, Guizhou University;
August 2007 to July 2014: Associate Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Technology;
From July 2014 to present: Professor at Nanjing University of Information Technology
Honorary Awards:
Received the title of Excellent Communist Party Member from Nanjing University of Information Technology;
Received the title of Excellent Class Teacher from Nanjing University of Information Technology;
Selected as one of the top six high-level talents in Jiangsu Province;
Selected as a young and middle-aged academic leader in the "Blue Project" of Jiangsu universities.
Recent published papers:
Junhong Yi, Zanmei Chen, Defu Xu, Die Wu, Alan Howard. Preparation of a coagulant of polysilicate aluminum ferric from foundry dust and its coagulation performance in treatment of swine wastewater. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024.
Liuying Wu, Defu Xu, Bing Li, Die Wu, Hong Yang. Enhanced removal efficiency of nitrogen and phosphorus from swine wastewater using MgO modified pig manure biochar. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2024.
Shuaishuai Li, Defu Xu, Die Wu, Alan Howard. Characteristic of geopolymer modified by MgO and its adsorption capacity of phosphate and ammonium ions from swine wastewater. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2024.
Xiaozhen Hu, Mutian Yang, Dejian Yang, Defu Xu, Jiangang Lu, Lin Zhou. Omniphobic melamine sponge for interfacial solar desalination of saturated water with anti-fouling performance. Applied Surface Science, 2024.
Mengqing Wang, Defu Xu, Hui Ma, Bing Li, Alan Howard. Synthesis of NaA zeolite from foundry dust and its adsorption capacity of ammonia. Journal of Environmental Management, 2023.
Yingxue Li, Defu Xu, Haizhi Lin, Wenhua Wang, Hong Yang. Nutrient released characteristics of struvite-biochar fertilizer produced from concentrated sludge supernatant by fluidized bed reactor. Journal of Environmental Management, 2023,.
Xianyao Ma, Defu Xu, Yingxue Li, Zuochen Ou, Alan Howard. Synthesis of a new porous geopolymer from foundry dust to remove Pb2+ and Ni2+ from aqueous solutions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022.
Xianyao Ma, Yingxue Li, Defu Xu, Hanxin Tian, Hong Yang. Simultaneous adsorption of ammonia and phosphate using ferric sulfate modified carbon/zeolite composite from coal gasification slag. Journal of Environmental Management, 2022.
Hui Ma,Yingxue Li, Defu Xu, Hanxin Tian, Hong Yang. Decontamination of multiple pollutants from eutrophic river water using iron modification carbon/zeolite. Journal of soil and sediment, 2022.
Yingxue Li , Defu Xu, Haizhi Lin, Wenhua Wang, Hong Yang.Nutrient released characteristics of struvite-biochar fertilizer produced from concentrated sludge supernatant by fluidized bed reactor, Journal of Environmental Management, 2023.
Mengqing Wang, Defu Xu , Hui M, Bing Li, Alan Howard.Synthesis of NaA zeolite from foundry dust and its adsorption capacity of ammonia. Journal of Environmental Management, 2023
Kun Li, Defu Xu, Hong Liao, Yan Xue, Mingyang Sun, Han Su, Xiaojia Xiu, Tianyi Zhao. A review on the generation, discharge, distribution, environmental behavior, and toxicity (especially to microbial aggregates) of nano-TiO2 in sewage and surface-water and related research prospects. Science of the Total Environment, 2022,824,153866.
Lei Yan, Lihong Xue, Evangelos Petropoulos, Cong Qian, Pengfu Hou, Defu Xu, Linzhang Yang. Nutrient loss by runoff from rice-wheat rotation during the wheat season is dictated by rainfall duration. Environmental Pollution, 2021.
Lei Zhou, Jiajun Wang, Defu Xu, Yingxue Li, Bin Yao, Alan Howard. Responses of nitrogen transformation and dissolved oxygen in constructed wetland to biochar and earthworm amendment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, 27:29475-29484.
Defu Xu, Junmin Cao, Yingxue Li, Alan Howard, Kewei Yu. Effect of pyrolysis temperature on characteristics of biochars derived from different feedstocks: A case study on ammonium adsorption capacity. Waste Management, 2019, 87:652-660.
Lei Zhou, Defu Xu, Yingxue Li, Qianchen Pan, Jiajun Wang, Lihong Xue, Alan Howard. Phosphorus and nitrogen adsorption capacities of biochars derived from feedstocks at different pyrolysis temperatures. Water, 2019, 11,1-12.
Defu Xu, Jiaru Gu, Yingxue. Purifying capability, enzyme activity, and nitriLification potentials in December in integrated vertical flow constructed wetland with earthworms and different substrates. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2016, 23, 273-281.
Defu Xu, et al. Effect of the interaction of earthworms and substrates on photosyntheticcharacteristics, nitrogen and phosphorus uptake by Iris pseudacorus in constructed wetland system. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal,2016.
Defu Xu, et al. The forms and bioavailability of phosphorus in integrated vertical flow constructed wetland with earthworms and different substrates. Chemosphere, 2015.
Defu Xu, Yinjuan Wu, Yingxue Li, et al. Influence of UV radiation on chlorophyll, and antioxidant enzymes of wetland plants in different types of constructed wetland, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014.
Defu Xu, Yingxue Li, Alan Howard. Effect of earthworm Eisenia fetida and wetland plants on nitrification and denitrification potentials in vertical flow constructed wetland, Chemosphere, 2013, 92:201-206.
Defu Xu, Yingxue Li. Influence of earthworm Eisenia fetida on removal efficiency of N and P in vertical flow constructed wetland, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2013, 20:5922-5929。
Defu Xu, Yingxue Li, Xiaolong, et al, Influence of earthworm Eisenia fetida on Iris pseudacorus’s photosynthetic characteristics, evapotranspiration losses and purifying capacity in constructed wetland systems, Water Science & Technology,2013, 68:335-341。
Defu Xu, Yingxue Li, Xianghua Xu, et al. Effect of microbial activity in the rhizosphere of wetland plants on removal of total organic matter and nitrogen from wastewater, Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2011.
Defu Xu, Jianming XU, Yan He, P.M. Huang. Effect of iron plaque formation on phosphorus accumulation and availability in the rhizosphere of wetland plants.Water, Air, & Soil Pollution, 2009,200:79–87.
Defu Xu, Jianming Xu, Jianjun Wu, Akmal Muhammad. Studies on the phosphorus adsorption capacity of substrates used in constructed wetland systems.Chemosphere, 2006, 63:344-352.