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Z. JASON ZHANG, Ph.D., P. Eng. Department of Chemical Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa 161 Louis Pasteur Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5 Canada Tel: 613-562-5800 ext 6110 (o), 613-796-9771(cell), Email: zzhang@uottawa.ca INTERESTS AND EXPERTISE: Interests Non-food biomass refining for fuels and other value-added products; Novel reactor and systems for process intensification; Ptotocatalysis for corrosion inhibition, renewable energies, water detoxification and disinfection; Biotechnology for bioenergy, bioproducts and environmental control; Expertise: Full spectrum expertise in chemical bioprocess engineering with RD experiences on Hybrid process heterogeneous catalysis for oil gas processing; cyclone separators; fluidization and solvent extraction; assessment, modelling, mitigation of air/water pollutions; microwave induction heating; Cultivation of natural and transgenic microbial cells and algae for pharmaceuticals, nutraceticals, health foods, and biofuels; Leaching, adsorption, membrane and LC methods for the separation purification of bioproducts; EDUCATION: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, 1999 M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, 1992 M.E.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 1986 B.E.Sc.,?Chemical Process Equipment, Hebei University of Technology, China, 1982 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: 2008 - Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa; 2007 - Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering (tenured), University of Ottawa; 2005 - 2009 Associate Director, Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Environmental Engineering; 2003 - 2007 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa; 2001 - 2003 Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick; 2000 - 2001 Research Associate, Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta; 1999 - 2000 Chemical Engineering Specialist, BC Resear