Ye Zhuang, Research Engineer, received a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Science from the University of Cincinnati in 2000 and a M.S. in 1995 and a B.E. in 1992 from Beijing Polytechnic University. Prior to his current position, Dr. Zhuang served as a Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Cincinnati, a Research Associate at Beijing Polytechnic University, and a Project Manager for the National Environmental Protection Agency of China. Dr. Zhuang's principal areas of interest and expertise include control of fine-particle emissions, including submicrometer and ultrafine particle capture in electrostatic precipitators, enhancing capture of ultrafine particles by photoelectron charging, and ambient PM2.5 and PM1 aerosol characterization; high-temperature aerosols, including in situ sorbent methodology for toxic metal emissions control (capture of Hg and heavy metals), submicrometer aerosol formation during coal combustion, health effects of oil fly ash (Ni species) submicrometer aerosols, and optical characterization of sidestream cigarette smoke; aerosol processing of materials, including processing of nanostructured iron-doped titania photocatalysts, aerosol-processed film reactors for environmentally benign synthesis (partial photo-oxidation), and flame processing of nanocomposite oxides; and particles in liquid systems, including laser light-scattering measurements of particles in liquids, transport and filtration characteristics of cryptosporidium parvum, and particle and chlorine transport in dead-end distribution systems. Dr. Zhuang is a member of the Air & Waste Management Association and the American Association of Aerosol Research. He has authored or coauthored numerous professional publications.