Microplastics in the Environment

Xinxing Zhang is the national youth talents of China, doctor of Engineering, professor of Sichuan University and doctoral supervisor. He is a chief expert of the China National Key R&D Program during the 13th Five-year Plan, the recipient of Sichuan Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars, a top-notch young technical talent in the national ecological environmental protection and a permanent staff member of the State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering. He is mainly engaged in the research work on the microplastic pollution treatment, green and functionalization of polymer materials and recycling of solid waste and presided over more than 20 projects such as China National Key R&D Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China (4 projects), the Science Fund for Outstanding Young Scholars of Sichuan Province. Furthermore, he has published more than 100 papers in mainstream SCI journals such as Nat. Commun. Adv. Mater., Angew. Chem., ACS Nano, Adv. Funct. Mater., Adv. Sci., which have been cited more than 3200 times by others. In addition, he was awarded the first prize in the Science and Technology Progress Award of China National Light Industry Federation, China Rubber Science and Technology Innovation Award, etc. He is concurrently the director of the Sichuan Tire Rubber Powder Functionalization and Modification Engineering Laboratory and the guest editor of Materials and other journals.