Biography

I am currently a PhD student at Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, NC State University. I came to NC State after completing my Master’s degree in environmental engineering at Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences in China with Dr. Haiyan Wang. During my master’s study, I focused on the application of plant carbon source in improving nitrate removal efficiency for treatment of nitrate-rich agricultural runoff by constructed wetlands and bioreactors. At NC State, I work on quantifying water quality benefits of stream restoration in the coastal plain of NC with Dr. François Birgand. The overarching questions that motivate my research are 1) whether stream restoration does improve water quality, and in what magnitude? 2) how do we precisely quantify and interpret the real impacts of stream restoration on water quality? 3) What are the drivers of the observed effects? 4) Is there any guideline of practices and features which we will find to have contributed most to the overall restoration effects