Zhiyong Jason Ren
- Member of Steering committee for the National Testbed Network for Energy Positive Water Resource Recovery
- Chairman, President, President-Elect, Board Member of Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES)
- Co-Chair and Member, Education Committee, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
- AEESP Student Service Committee
- NSF IGERT Executive Committee
- Denver Metro Wastewater Reclamation Disctrict CPG Committee
Biography
Dr. Zhiyong Jason Ren (@zjasonren) is a professor in the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University. He serves as the center’s associate director for research and was the acting director in 2020-2021. He leads the Princeton WET (Water & Energy Technologies) Lab with research focusing on water sector decarbonization and digitalization during environmental processes such as wastewater treatment and reuse, water desalination, and remediation (https://ren.princeton.edu). He has received various recognitions including the Paul L. Busch Award from the Water Research Foundation and the Walter L. Huber Research Prize from the American Society of Civil Engineers.
Honors, Awards, Distinctions
2021 Paul L. Busch Award, The Water Research Foundation
2021 Super Reviewer Award, Environmental Science & Technology
2021 Inaugural Excellence in Review Award, ACS ES&T Engineering
2020 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers
2020 Top 10 hot article first quarter, Energy & Environmental Science
2019 Best Reviewer Award, Environmental Science: Water Research Technology
2019 Best Paper Award (co-author), Environmental Science: Water Research Technology
2018 Inaugural RIO Fellow, University of Colorado Boulder
2017 Nanova/CAPEES Frontier in Research Award
2017 Research Development Award, Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering, UCB
2016 Top 16 News in 2016 (#3) by University of Colorado Boulder (Beer to Battery Research)
2016 Distinguished Service Award, Chinese-American Professor Association in Environmental Engineering and Science
2015 Top 10 Hottest Articles in Environmental Science: Water Research Technology in 2015
2015 New Inventor of the Year Award, University of Colorado Technology Transfer Office
2015 Research Development Award, Department of Civil, Environmental, Architectural Engineering, UCB
2012 Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science & Technology
2012 University Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activities, UCD
2012 Outstanding Faculty in Research Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, UCD
2012 Chang Junior Faculty Achievement Award, College of Engineering and Applied Science, UCD
2007 Student Research Award, Pennsylvania Water Environment Association (PWEA)
Journal Services
Topic Editor – Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T) and ES&T Letters, by American Chemical Society
Associate Editor – Environmental Science: Water Research Technology, By Royal Society of Chemistry
Editorial Advisory Board – ACS ES&T Engineering, by American Chemical Society
Editorial Advisory Board – Chemical Engineering Journal, By Elsevier
Editorial Advisory Board – Environmental Science & Ecotechnology, By Elsevier
Editorial Advisory Board – iScience, by Cell Press