Education

Biography

Dr. Wei-Hsiang Chen is an associate professor in the Institute of Environmental Engineering at National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU) in Kaohsiung of Taiwan.  He is also the Associate Vice President for General Affairs/Vice Chief Executive Officer for Environmental Protection and Safety Center and Associate Director of Aerosol Science Research Center in NSYSU. Before joining NSYSU, Dr. Chen was a Post-Doctoral Scholar in John Muir Institute of the Environment at the University of California in Davis of CA (UCD) since January 2009.  Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering (Minor in Environmental Chemistry) from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UCD in 2009, his Master degree of  Environmental Engineering, Science, and Management from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh of PA in 2004, and his Bachelor degree from the Department of Water Resources and Environmental Engineering at Tamkang University in Taipei of Taiwan in 2000.

Research Interest

• Water and Wastewater Treatment Technology
• Emerging Contaminant and Disinfection Byproduct
• Multi-Media Environmental Fate, Transport, and Distribution
• Health Risk Assessment
• Multivariate Statistical Analysis for Sustainable Environmental Management

Professional Activities:

Professional Activities

• Editorial board, Academic periodical of the Chinese Institute of Civil and Hydraulic Engineering, 2019-2021
• Editorial board, Academic periodical of the Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering,2019-present
• Member, The Water Environment Engineering Committee of the Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering,2017-2018
• Member, The Soil and Groundwater Environment Committee of the Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering,2015-2018
• Member, The Youth Work Committee of the Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering,2015-2016
• Permanent member, The Chinese Institute of Environmental Engineering, #002674
• Permanent member, Taiwan Association for Aerosol Research, #L103005
• Associate Member (A.M.), American Society of Civil Engineers
• Member, American Chemical Society
• Member, The Science Advisory Board
• Member, Global Association of Chinese Creativity, GACCI-0052

Honors & Awards:

Scientific Activities

• Preparation of the graphene oxide-iron membrane, under review, The R.O.C. Patent, ID#108049
• Increasing the nano-sized pores of iron-containing graphene-oxide composite for efficient adsorption of pharmaceuticals in water, The R.O.C. Patent, Patent# I651127, 2019/02/21-2037/05/07

Publications

1. Lin C-H, Chen W-H (2021) Influence of water, H₂O₂, H₂SO₄, and NaOH filtration on the surface characteristics of a graphene oxide-iron (GO-Fe) membrane.  Separation Purification Technol 262: 118317.
2. Chen W-H, Wang Y-A, Hsu E-H (2021) The competitive effect of different chlorination disinfection methods and additional inorganic nitrogen on nitrosamine formation from aromatic and heterocyclic amine-containing pharmaceuticals. Chemosphere  267: 128922
3. Chen W-H, Hsieh M-T, You J-U, Quadir A, Lee C-L (2021) Temporal and vertical variations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon at low elevations in an industrial city of southern Taiwan. Scientific Report 11:3453.
4. Chen W-H, Huang C-J, Lin C-H, Huang C-P (2020) Catalytic degradation of chlorpheniramine over GO-Fe3O4 in the presence of H2O2 in water: The synergistic effect of adsorption. Science of the Total Environ 736: 139468.
5. Kuo C-H, Hsieh S, Chen W-H, Chen C-W, Dong C-D, et al. (2020) Novel MoS₂ quantum dots as highly efficient visible-light driven photocatalyst in water remediation. RSC Advances 10: 31793-31799.
6. Chen G-F, Lai C-H, Chen W-H  (2020) Principal Component Analysis and Mapping to Characterize the Emission of Volatile Organic Compounds in a Typical Petrochemical Industrial Park.  Aerosol Air Quality Res 20: 465-476.
7. Lin C-H, Li C-M, Chen C-H, Chen W-H (2019) Removal of chlorpheniramine and variations of nitrosamine-formation potentials in municipal wastewaters by adsorption onto the GO-Fe₃O₄. EnvironScience Pollut Res.
8. Chen W-H, Chen G-F, Lin Y-C (2019) Influence of emulsified biodiesel on the emission and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the vapor and particulate phases during engine combustion. Environ Sci Pollut Res 26: 13510-13521.
9. Chen W-H, Wong Y-T, Huang T-H, Chen W-H, Lin J-W (2019) Removals of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater using a staged anaerobic fluidized membrane bioreactor. Int Biodeterioration Biodegradation 140: 29-36.
10. Lee TH, Tsang DCW, Chen WH, Verpoort F, Sheu YT, et al. (2019) Application of an emulsified polycolloid substrate biobarrier to remediate petroleum-hydrocarbon contaminated groundwater. Chemosphere 219: 444-455.
11. Yeh TY, Kao CM, Chen W-H (2018) Integrated phytoremediation focused on microbial investigation.  RSC Advances 8: 4680-4685.
12. Chen W-H, Huang T-H, Wang C-Y (2018) Impact of pre-oxidation on nitrosamine formation from a source to drinking water: A perspective on cancer risk assessment. Process Safety Environ Protect 113: 424-434.
13. Yang W-B, Yuan C-S, Chen W-H, Yang Y-H, Hung C-H (2017) Diurnal Variation of Greenhouse Gas Emission from Petrochemical Wastewater Treatment Processes Using In-situ Continuous Monitoring System and the Associated Effect on Emission Factor Estimation. Aerosol Air Quality Res 17: 2608-2623.
14. Chen W-H, Lin S-J, Lee F-C, Chen M-H, Yeh T-Y, et al. (2017) Comparing Volatile Organic Compound Emissions during Equalization in Wastewater Treatment between the Flux-Chamber and Mass-Transfer Methods. Process Safety Environ Protect 109: 410-419.
15. Li C-M, Chen C-H, Chen W-H (2017) Different influences of nanopore dimension and pH between chlorpheniramine adsorptions on graphene oxide-iron oxide suspension and particle. Chem Engineer J 307: 447-455.
16. Chen W-H, Yang J-H, Yuan S-H, Yang Y-H (2016) Toward better understanding and feasibility of controlling greenhouse gas emissions from treatment of industrial wastewater with activated sludge. Envir Sci Pollut Res 23: 20449-20461.
17. Chen W-H, Wang C-Y, Huang T-H (2016) Formation and fates of nitrosamines and their formation potentials from a surface water source to drinking water treatment plants in Southern Taiwan. Chemosphere 161: 546-554.
18. Shen H, Ie I-R, Yuan C-S, Hung C-H, Chen W-H (2016) Removal of elemental mercury by TiO₂ doped with WO₃ and V₂O₅ for their photo- and thermo-catalytic removal mechanisms. Environ Science and Pollut Res 23: 5839-5852.
19. Chen W-H, Chen Z-B, Yuan C-H (2016) Investigating the differences between receptor and dispersion modeling for concentration prediction and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds from petrochemical industrial complexes. Journal of Environ Manag 166; 440-449.
20. Chen W-H, Yang Y-C, Wang Y-H, Li C-M, Lin K-Y, et al. (2015) Effect of molecular characteristics on formation of nitrosamines during chlor(am)ination of phenylurea herbicides. Environmental Science: Processes Impacts 17: 2092-2100.