Our faculty members conduct a wide range of research work relevant with environmental science and Engineering. In the past five years (2012-2016), the school has ~50 projects granted by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), and ~100 provincial and other projects, with a total fund of 150 million RMB. In 2016, our faculty members have a collected total of ~25 million RMB government funding, ranking No. 3 of all schools of the university. Moreover, the NSFC projects includes two Key Programs of the Major Research Plan of NSFC, and the school is also issued three Key R&D Programs from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST). Our faculty have published ~ 300 SCI-indexed papers during 2012-2016, including many high-quality paper published in renowned journals, such as 《Environmental Science & Technology》、《Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics》、《Journal of Materials Chemistry A》、《Renewable and Sustainable Energy Review》， etc. The school has also published a significant number of textbooks, and patents, etc. Our research has also earned a few national and provincial level prizes, including one Second and one Third Prizes from Environmental Protection bureau of China.
Our school also has a few high-tech research and educational platforms: National Demonstrative Joint Training Base for Professional Master’s Degree in Engineering, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control (AEMPC), Collaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology (CIC-AEET), Jiangsu Engineering Technology Research Center of Environmental Cleaning Materials, Jiangsu Joint Laboratory of Atmospheric Pollution Control, National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Atmospheric Environment and Environmental Meteorology, National Environmental Engineering Practical Education Center. We also have established some substantial, solid and high-level international collaborations, including the world-class Harvard-NUIST air quality and climate center, and the Yale-NUIST Atmospheric Environmental Center, International Joint National Laboratory of Climate and Environmental Changes (one out of three of the first-batch issued by the Ministry of Education, Prof. Hong Liao is the director), the “NUIST doctoral funds” and oversea young faculty training center, which has become an important base for the cultivation of international top-notch talents in Environmental Science and Engineering.
The research of our school can be classied into four major directions:
Atmospheric environmental chemistry
Main research interests: 1) On-line monitoring of atmospheric particles and relevant trace gases；2) Formation mechanism and source apportionment of atmospheric pollutants；3) Air quality modeling; 4) Development of on-line monitoring instruments of atmospheric trace gases and particles.
Major faculty members
Dr. Hong Liao
Dr. Xinlei Ge
Dr. Huan Yu
Dr. Yan Ma
Dr. Jun Zheng
Dr. Gang Liu
Dr. Yuhao Mao
Dr. Zhenxin Liu
Atmospheric pollution control technology
Main research interests: 1) new treatment techniques of flue gas from solid waster disposal; 2) Techniques of carbon dioxide reduction; 3) Catalytical degradation of environmental pollutants; 4) Resource development of greenhouse gases.
Major faculty members
Dr. Mindong Chen
Dr. Hongcang Zhou
Dr. Zhaobing Guo
Dr. Hui Cao
Dr. Fei Teng
Dr. Yafei Shen
Dr. Jiangang Lu
Dr. Qinggang Kong
Dr. Ming Wang
Dr. Yunxia Zhao
Dr. Zhenxuan Li
Water pollution control
Main research interests: 1) Lake water pollution remediation；2) Novel environmental materials synthesis and application in water treatment; 3) Urban water pollution control and management
Major faculty members
Dr. Defu Xu
Dr. Jianghua Yu
Dr. Xiaojun Zuo
Dr. Lin Huang
Dr. Dagang Liu
Dr. Chaozhi Zhang
Dr. Ying Li
Dr. Zhengwen Xu
Dr. Zhuang Wang
Dr. Jingjing Xu
Environmental management and assessment
Main research interests: 1) Regional environmental Changes and trends；2) Effects of Environmental changes on the climate, ecology and health; 3) Environmental policy and management
Major faculty members:
Dr. Youfei Zheng
Dr, Jianlin Hu
Dr. Weishou Shen
Dr. Yun Wu
Dr, Fengying Li
Dr. MengYang