Email: mengjun0912@126.com
Education Background
1. 2010-2014 Ph.D. Zhejiang University
2. 2014-2018 Research Assistant, Zhejiang University
3. 2018-present Associate professor, Zhejiang University of Science & Technology
Fields of research:
1. Remediation of heavy metal contaminated soil and water by biochar
2. Effect of microplastic on soil bioavailability of heavy metals and microbial activity
Granted projects:
1. Public Welfare Technology Application Research Project of Zhejiang Province: Preparation of swine manure-derived biochar and its application in remediation of cadmium contaminated soil (2021.01-2023.12)
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China: Availability of Cu and Zn in biochar and its transformation and migration in the charosphere (2017.01-2019.12)
3. Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China: Distribution, migration and transformation mechanism of Cd in the charosphere (2016.01- 2018.12)
4. State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Hazard Factors and Risk Prevention and Control (Open Fund): Preparation of swine manure-derived biochar and its resistance and control to the accumulation of heavy metals in wheat (2019.01-2020.12)
5. Fuyang District Agriculture and Rural Bureau: Acidified arable land repair project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (2023.09-2025.12)
Main publications:
1. Jun Meng, Wenjin Li, Chengmei Diao, Zhangtao Li, Jiayi Zhao, Ghulam Haider, Haibo Zhang, Jun Xu, Minjun Hu, Shengdao Shan, Huaihai Chen. Microplastics drive microbial assembly, their interactions, and metagenomic functions in two soils with distinct pH and heavy metal availability. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 458, 131973.
2. Muhammad Auwal, Han Sun, U.K Adamu, Jun Meng*, Lukas Van Zwieten, Bhupinder Pal Singh, Yu Luo, Jianming Xu. The phosphorus limitation in the post- fire forest soils increases soil CO2 emission via declining cellular carbon use efficiency and increasing extracellular phosphatase. Catena, 2023, 224, 106968.
3. Jun Meng, Wenjin Li, Yingbo Qiu, Zhangtao Li, LinzeLi, Yu Luo, Haipeng Guo, Yijun Yu, Shengdao Shan, Huaihai Chen. Response of soil microbial communities to manure and biochar amendments in wheat cultivation of rice-wheat rotation agroecosystem in Eastern China. Pedosphere. 2023, 33(6), 893-904.
4. Jun Meng, Yan Li, Yingbo Qiu, Yu Luo, Yunying Fang, Lukas Van Zwieten, Hailong Wang, Huaihai Chen. Biochars regulate bacterial community and their putative functions in the charosphere: a mesh-bag field study. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 2023, 23, 596-605.
5. Wenjin Li, Jun Meng*, Yule Zhang, Ghulam Haider, Tida Ge, Haibo Zhang, Yijun Yu, Shengdao Shan. Co-pyrolysis of sewage sludge and metal-free/metal- loaded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) microplastics improved biochar properties and reduced environmental risk of heavy metals. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 302(2), 119092.
6. Jun Meng, Henglei Zhang, Zhonghua Cui, Haipeng Guo, Ondřej Mašek, Binoy Sarkar, HailongWang, Nanthi Bolan, Shengdao Shan. Comparative study on the characteristics and environmental risk of potentially toxic elements in biochar obtained via pyrolysis of swine manure at lab and pilot scales. Science of The Total Environment, 2022, 825, 153941.
7. Jun Meng, Baile Xu, Fei Liu, Wenjin Li, Nathan Sy, Xiaoxia Zhou, Bing Yan. Effects of chemical and natural ageing on the release of potentially toxic metal additives in commercial PVC microplastics. Chemosphere, 2021. 283, 131274.
8. Jun Meng, Zhonghua Cui, Henglei Zhang, Jin Zhang, Xianjin Tang, Ming Hung Wong, Shengdao Shan. Combined effects of arbuscular mycorrhizae fungus and composted pig manure on the growth of ryegrass and uptake of Cd and Zn in the
soil from an e-waste recycling site. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28: 12677-12685.
9. Jun Meng, Mengming Tao, Lili Wang, Xingmei Liu*, Jianming Xu. Changes in heavy metal bioavailability and speciation from a Pb-Zn contaminated soil amended with biochars from co-pyrolysis of rice straw and swine manure. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 633: 300-307.
10. Jun Meng, Sijie Liang, Mengming Tao, Xingmei Liu*, Philip C. Brookes, Jianming Xu. Chemical speciation and risk assessment of Cu and Zn in biochars derived from co-pyrolysis of pig manure with rice straw. Chemosphere, 2018, 200: 344-350.
Patents:
1. A method for reducing bioavailability of heavy metals in straw and its application, China, No.: 202110474654.8, Date: 29/04/2021
2. A method to quickly assess the potential release risk of endogenous heavy metals in biochar, China, No.: CN202011295802.1, Date: 18/11/2020
3. Method for extracting thallium from lead-zinc mine tailings contaminated soil and adsorbent used, China, No.: CN109837391 A, Date: 19/06/2019
4. Silkworm excrement biochar, its preparation method and application, China, No.: ZL201810350553.8, Date: 01/12/2020
5. Preparation method of modified magnet and its application in remediation of heavy metal pollution, China, No.: ZL201710534395.7, Date: 12/07/2019
6. Preparation method of nano-material modified zeolite and its application in environmental remediation, China, No.: ZL201610644164.7, Date: 09/201
