◆Present Address: 

UNEP-Tongji Institute of Environment for Sustainable Development (IESD)

1239 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China

Phone:  +86 21  65981650   Fax: +86 21 65981650 

Mobile Phone: +86 18701974804   

email:zl_liao@tongji.edu.cn

◆Areas of Interest:

Environmental Systems Analysis, Environmental Rehabilitation, Environmental Management, Low Carbon Economy

◆Degrees

• 1992 - B.E. Environmental Engineering, Hohai University

• 1997 - M.E. Civil Engineering, Tongji University

• 2002 – Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Tongji University

◆Professional Experience

• Jul 2005 - present, Associate Professor, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• Jul 2004 - Jun 2005, Lectorate, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

• Jul 2002 - Jun 2004, Post-doctorate, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai. China

• Apr 1997 - Sep 1999, Senior Staff Member, Construction Committee of Jiangxi Province, Nanchang, China

• Jul 1992 - Sep 1994, Assistant, East China Jiaotong University, Nanchang, China

◆Visiting Appointments:

• Nov 2009 - Mar 2010, Visiting Fellow, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

• Mar 2009 - Nov 2009, Visiting Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA

◆Teaching

• Hydraulics (Undergraduate Program)

• Environment and Development (Undergraduate Program)

• Environmental Simulation (Graduate Program)

• Environmental Systems Analysis (Graduate Program at IESD, oncoming)

• Best Strategies Based on Game Theory-Water Resource Use in the Mekong River (Practice Workshop Series at IESD)

◆Major Research Links

• 2007 - present, Demonstration of Emergency Technologies for Great Affairs of Environmental Pollution in Megapolis

• 2004 - 2007, Practical Technologies for the Third Stage of Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project

• 2002 - 2006，Demonstration of Shanghai Urban Water Environment Quality Improving Technologies

• 2001 - 2002, Shanghai Water Environment Protection Planning

• 1999 - 2002, Key Measures for Improving Water Environment of Suzhou Creek

◆Selected Publications

[1] Zhenliang Liao, Xuewei Mao, Yanhui Liu, Zuxin Xu, Phillip M. Hannam. Environmental Emergency Response and Preparedness System Based on Case-Based Reasoning: Demonstrated Using a Hypothetical Oil Spill. Journal of Environmental Management (submitted).

[2] Zhenliang Liao, Bo Wang, Xiaowei Xia, Phillip M. Hannam.Environmental Emergency Decision Support System Based on Artificial Neural Network. Journal of Environmental Informatics. (submitted).

[3] Zhenliang Liao, Zuxin Xu, Dingbao Wang, Shiqiang Lu, Phillip M. Hannam. River Environmental Decision Support System Development for Suzhou Creek in Shanghai. Journal of Environmental Management (in press).

[4] Zhenliang Liao, Zuxin Xu, Yuxin Li, Dingbao Wang, Michael J. Borrebach. GIS Development for Environmental Hazard Management Based on Gridding Management. Journal of Environmental Informatics. (in press).

[5] Zhenliang Liao, Shufu Dong. Development of Modeling Subsystem in Comprehensive Rehabilitation DSS of Suzhou Creek. 3nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering- Environmental Pollution and Public Health. 11-13 June 2009, Beijing.

[6] Zhenliang Liao, Shufu Dong. Establishment of Water Environmental Data Mart. 3nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering- Environmental Pollution and Public Health. 11-13 June 2009, Beijing.

[7] Liao Zhen-liang, Xu Zu-xin. Impacts of Upstream Input and Local Pollution Loads on the Water Quality of Suzhou Creek Based on Mathematical Models. Environmental Engineering Science, 2008, 25(2):507-518.

[8] Liao Zhen-liang. Study on the Water Supply Mode of Three Islands of Chongming County. 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering- Environmental Pollution and Public Health. 16-18 May 2008, Shanghai.

[9] Liao Zhen-liang. Wastewater Treatment Mode of Three Islands of Chongming County. 2nd International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering- Environmental Pollution and Public Health. 16-18 May 2008, Shanghai.

[10] Xu Zu-xin, Liao Zhen-liang. Optimization of Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project Stage I: Based on Water Quality Model. Environmental Engineering Science, 2006, 23(2): 253-262.

[11] Liao Zhen-liang, Xu Zu-xin. Target Analysis on Suzhou Creek Rehabilitation Project Stage II Based on Water Quality Model. J. of Hydrodynamics, Ser. B, 2004, 16(1): 101-108.

[12] Liao Zhen-liang, Yu Guo-ping. A New Macroscopic Model of Multi-source Water Distribution Network. 4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics & 14th Congress of the Asia & Pacific Division of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research. 15-18 December 2004, Hong Kong.

[13] Xu Zu-xin, Liao Zhen-liang. Study on Upstream Water Quality Boundary and Local Pollution Loads of Suzhou Creek Based on Mathematical Model. 4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics & 14th Congress of the Asia & Pacific Division of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research. 15-18 December 2004, Hong Kong.

[14] Xu Zu-xin, Liao Zhen-liang. Establishing and Applying Water Quality Model of Suzhou Creek．4th International Symposium on Environmental Hydraulics & 14th Congress of the Asia & Pacific Division of the International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research. 15-18 December 2004, Hong Kong.

[15] 廖振良, 徐祖信, 高廷耀. 苏州河环境综合整治一期工程水质模型分析研究. 同济大学学报, 2004, 32(4): 499-502.

[16] 廖振良, 俞国平. 多水源给水管网宏观模型开发与应用的研究. 同济大学学报, 2004, 32(9): 1188-1191, 1201.

[17] Xu Zu-xin, Liao Zhen-liang, Liu Dong-sheng. Water Quality Modeling of Suzhou Creek. 2002, 14(2): 83-90.