Zuxin Xu

Member of Chinese Academy of Engineering，Professor, Tongji University, China

Prof. Zuxin Xu has been dedicated to the comprehensive management of urban river pollution for an extended period, conducting research that reveals the causes and major issues of urban river pollution in China. By leveraging the interdisciplinary advantages of environmental science, hydraulics, and municipal engineering, she has innovated a systematic, coordinated, and coupled governance technology system. She developed a coupled pollution control technology for urban drainage and river networks, established a collaborative regulation method for ecological flow and environmental capacity, and pioneered key technologies for storm overflow management in urban drainage systems and ecological treatment of rural sewage. Her work played a significant role in the remediation of the Suzhou Creek in Shanghai. She has served as the Deputy Chief Engineer of the National Major Science and Technology Project for Water Pollution Control and Management and as a consulting expert for the United Nations Zimbabwe Water Project, making outstanding contributions to the management of urban river pollution in China. Prof. Zuxin Xu has been awarded two National Science and Technology Progress Second Prizes, three First Prizes, and four Second Prizes at the provincial and ministerial levels. She has published four academic monographs, was invited to co-author a special technical report for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, and has been granted 23 invention patents. Additionally, she has published over 100 papers as the first or corresponding author. In 2019, she was elected as a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.