1. Taiying Zhang
1210 Plant and Environmental Sciences, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616
Home: (319) 541-3484(cell) Work: (530) 752-7348
Email: tgzhang@ucdavis.edu or taiying.zhang@gmail.com
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RESEARCH INTEREST
The production of biofuels including ethanol, biomethane, jet fuel and biodiesel from crops or residue,
lignocellulosic biomass, and algae etc.; economic simulation and life-cycle assessments of different
conversion technologies for biofuels; integrating biofuels production with the solution of environmental
problems such as salinity management, CO2 monetization, and nutrients mitigation; biochemicals and
intermediates for drop-in fuels from cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin; biomass feedstocks for
biochemical and biofuels production; reactor design and reactor simulation; subcritical and supercritical
fluid technology.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, May 2008
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA Advisor: Dr. Gary A. Aurand and Dr. V. G. J. Rodgers
Thesis title: Glucose Production from Cellulose and Cellulosic Biomass in Subcritical and Supercritical
Water
M. S. Chemical Engineering, July 2001
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, P. R. China Advisor: Dr. Shaolie Huang
Thesis title: Synthesis and Separation of Erucic Amide from Erucic Acid and Carbamide
B. S. Food Science and Engineering, July 1998
Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, P. R. China Advisor: Dr. Pengzhi Hong
Thesis title: Acidic Mucopolysaccharide Extraction from Jadeite Mollusk
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Assistant Project Scientist, PI: Stephen Kaffka
Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, and California Biomass Collaborative
The University of California, Davis, June 2013-present
Research Emphasis: Biomass utilization for biofuels and bioproducts in California including sugar
beet ethanol, biogas; Algal fuels; anaerobic digestion for manure processing and etc.
Project #1: Anaerobic Digestion for Fertilizer and Biogas Production to Mitigate Nutrient & Salt of
Dairy Manure (including the integration with Algae cultivation and potential heating by solar panel)
(Task 5 of Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program)
Project #2: MSW Conversion Options (Survey of MSW Conversion Options: Task 6 of Public Interest
Energy Research (PIER) Program)
Project #3: Small-scale biorefinery for production of sugar and ethanol from beet; Life cycle assessment
of different processes in EU & USA (also with Prof. Mariek E. Bruins and Prof. Johan P. M. Sanders
in Wageningen University, the Netherlands)
Project #4: Integrating salinity management with biofuel/energy production in California using
perennial, salt-tolerant grasses as feedstocks
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2. Taiying Zhang--- Curriculum Vitae
Postdoctoral Scholar, PI: Dr. Charles E. Wyman
Bourns College of Engineering — Center for Environmental Research & Technology
The University of California, Riverside, June 2008-June 2013
Research Emphasis: Biological conversion of cellulosic biomass to ethanol and other products;
Aqueous phase processing for reactive intermediates from cellulosic biomass.
Project #1: Characterization and Conversion of Xylooligomers Released during Hydrothermal (HT) and
Low Severity Dilute Acid (LS-DA) Pretreatments
Project #2: Aqueous Phase Processing for Efficient and Cost-effective Conversion of Feedstocks to
Reactive Intermediates
Project #3: Catalysts for Production of JP-8 Range Molecules from Lignocellulosic Biomass (Phase I &
II)
Project #4: Production of Fermentable Sugars from New Energy Crop-Miscanthus (also with Dr. Bin
Yang)
Graduate Research Assistant, PIs: Dr. G. A. Aurand and Dr. V. G. J. Rodgers
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, August 2001-June 2008
Specific Research Emphasis: Investigation of cellulose reaction methods to produce biofuels.
Project #1: Glucose production from cellulose in subcritical and supercritical water
• Determined significant factors in cellulose reactions in subcritical and supercritical water and
investigated all reactions related to cellulose.
• Developed kinetic models of reactions of cellulose and oligomers in subcritical water
• Simulated various reactor designs using COMSOL Multiphysics® and Matlab®
• Optimized reactor operating conditions
Project #2: Biodiesel production in one stage and two stages with supercritical fluids
• Setup reaction system to produce biodiesel in supercritical fluid
• Used GC-MS to analyze biodiesel quality
Graduate Research Assistant, PI: Professor Shaolie Huang
South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, July 1998-2001
Project #1: Synthesis and separation of erucic amide from erucic acid and carbamide
• Compared various synthesis methods and applied carbamide metathesis
• Optimized reaction operation and identified appropriate catalysts
• Separated products by molecular distillation
• Determined reaction temperatures and pressures for this process.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, January - July 1998
Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang PI: Pengzhi Hong
• Extracted acidic mucopolysaccharide from Jadeite mollusk
• Improved database for some common mollusks by standard methods
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching assistant (including grading homework and laboratory setup)
• Unit Operations Laboratory II, University of Iowa, Fall 2003
• Process Control, University of Iowa, Fall 2001
• Unit Operations II, Fall 1999
Research Projects Managed and Students Instructed
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3. Taiying Zhang--- Curriculum Vitae
• Jerry Tang, The Effect of Wood Chip Size on Sugar Yields from Hydrothermal Pretreatment,
University of California Riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, MS
candidate, 2012-June 2013.
• Phillip Mui, The Effect of Wood Chip Size on Sugar Yields from Hydrothermal Pretreatment,
University of California Riverside, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering,
undergraduate student, January -June 2013.
• Yueh-Du Tsai, Dilute Acid Hydrolysis of Oligomers in Hydrothermal Pretreatment Hydrolyzate
into Monomers with High Yields, University of California Riverside, Department of Chemical and
Environmental Engineering, MS graduate, 2011-2012
• Xiaoqi Sun, The improvement of hemicellulosic hydrolyzates fermentation by pretreatment
methods plus nitrogen supplement with Escherichia coli K011, University of California Riverside,
Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, visiting PhD student from Beijing Forest
University, 2009-2011
• Isaac B Helmer, Conversion of Cellulose in Subcritical and Supercritical Water, University of
Iowa, Department of Chemical Engineering, undergraduate, 2004-2005
• Charles Rayon, Gasification of Cellulose in Supercritical Water, University of Iowa, Department
of Chemical Engineering, undergraduate, Spring 2004
• Aiman Alam, Hydrolysis of Cellulose in Subcritical and Supercritical Water, University of Iowa,
Department of Chemical Engineering, undergraduate, 2003-2004
INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Internship, Factory director assistant, Qingyuan Light Calcium Carbide Factory, March-May 2000
• Learned manufacturing and helped solve technical problems
• Completed safe process ordinance
• Evaluated process environmental issues
INVENTIONS
• Charles Cai, Taiying Zhang, Charles E. Wyman, and Rajeev Kumar, Co-solvent to Promote Biofuel
Precursor Production from Biomass, filed April 27, 2013. (Patent pending, UC-2013-412, bearing
application No. 61/816,713).
• Taiying Zhang and Charles E. Wyman, Production of Xylose and Levulinic Acid from Lignocellulosic
Biomass, filed November 2009.
• Taiying Zhang and Charles E. Wyman, Xylose Release from Lignocellulosic Biomass by Oxalic Acid
Pretreatment, filed April 2010 (UC Case No. 2010-763-1).
• Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Furfural Production from Lignocellulosic
Biomass in a Biphasic Reactor, filed December 2010 (UC Case No. 2011-447-1).
• Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Acid Precipitation of Non-xylooligomers in
Hemicellulose Solution from Maple Wood by Hydrothermal Pretreatment, filed December 2011.
REFERRED PUBLICATIONS
1. Taiying Zhang, Charles E Wyman, and Bing Yang, Rapid selection and identification of Miscanthus
species with enhanced glucan and xylan yields from hydrothermal pretreatment followed by
enzymatic hydrolysis, Biotechnology for Biofuels. 2012, 5:56, doi:10.1186/1754-6834-5-56.
2. Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Sugar yields from dilute oxalic acid
pretreatment of maplewood compared to those with other dilute acids and hot water, Carbohydrate
Polymers. 2013, 92:1, pp 334-344. doi:10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.09.070 .
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4. Taiying Zhang--- Curriculum Vitae
3. Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Enhanced the yields of furfural and other
products by simultaneous solvent extraction from cellulosic biomass, RSC Advances, DOI:
10.1039/C3RA41857J.
4. Charles M. Cai, Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar and Charles E. Wyman, THF co-solvent enhances
hydrocarbon fuel precursor yields from lignocellulosic biomass, Green Chemistry, 2013, DOI:
10.1039/c3gc41214h.
5. Charles M. Cai, Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar and Charles E. Wyman, 2013. Integrated furfural
production as a renewable fuel and chemical platform from lignocellulosic biomass. Journal of
Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4168.
6. Stephen Kaffka, Rob Williams, Taiying Zhang, University of California, Davis, California Biomass
Collaborative. 2013. Survey of MSW Conversion Options_Draft Report. California Energy
Commission. October 2013.
7. Jesse Q. Bond, Aniruddha A. Upadhye, Hakan Olcay, Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Jungho Jae, Rong Xing,
David Martin Alonso, Dong Wang, Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, Andrew Foster, S. Murat Sen,
Christos T. Maravelias, Robert Malina, Steven R. H. Barrett, Raul Lobo, Charles E. Wyman, James
A. Dumesicand George W. Huber, Production of renewable jet fuel range alkanes and commodity
chemicals from integrated catalytic processing of biomass, Energy Environ. Sci., 2014,7, 1500-1523
8. Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, Richard T. Elander, and Charles E. Wyman, Xylose Yields and
Relationship to Combined Severity for Dilute Acid Post-Hydrolysis of Xylooligomers from
Hydrothermal Pretreatment of Corn Stover, Green Chemistry, 2015, DOI: 10.1039/C4GC01283F.
9. Li, N., Tompsett, G., Zhang, T., Shi, J., Wyman, C., Huber, G. 2011. Renewable gasoline from
aqueous phase hydrodeoxygenation of aqueous sugar solutions prepared by hydrolysis of maple
wood, Green Chemistry, 13(1), 91-101.
10. Shi J, Qing Q, Zhang T, Lloyd TA, Wyman CE. 2010. Aqueous processing of cellulosic biomass
for biological and chemical conversion to ethanol and other fuels, in Materials for Energy and
Environmental Sustainability, David Ginley and David Cahen, Eds, Materials Research Society and
Cambridge University Press, 2011.
REFERRED PUBLICATIONS (In Preparation)
1. Taiying Zhang and Stephen Kaffka, Integrating salinity
management with biofuel/energy production in California using perennial, salt-tolerant grasses as
feedstocks, full paper for 3rd
International Salinity Forum, Riverside, June 2014.
2. Taiying Zhang, Charles E Wyman, and Bing Yang, Study of
deconstruction differences in Miscanthus by flowthrough reactor to enhance total sugar yields in
biological conversion, for Biotechnology for Biofuels. June 2014.
3. Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Levulinic
acid production from cellulosic biomass, in preparation, Energy & Environmental Science. July
2014.
4. Taiying Zhang, Charles E Wyman, and Bing Yang, Optimization
for fermentable sugars production from Miscanthus by diluted acid pretreatment followed by
enzymatic hydrolysis, for Bioresource Technology. June 2014.
5. Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Kinetics of
levulinic acid production from 5-HMF, glucose, pure cellulose, and cellulosic biomass, for
Biotechnology for Biofuels. July 2014..
6. Taiying Zhang, Yueh-Du Tsai, Rajeev Kumar, Richard T. Elander,
and Charles E. Wyman, Adjusted severity parameter to relate xylose yields to conditions for dilute
acid post-hydrolysis of xylooligomers from hydrothermal pretreatment of corn stover, submitted to
Biotechnology for Biofuels (under review). November 2013.
PRESENTATIONS
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5. Taiying Zhang--- Curriculum Vitae
1. Taiying Zhang and Stephen Kaffka, Integrating salinity management with biofuel/energy
production in California using perennial, salt-tolerant grasses as feedstocks, accepted for oral
presentation at 3rd
International Salinity Forum, Riverside, June 2014.
2. Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, Richard T. Elander, and Charles E. Wyman, Characterization and
conversion of xylooligomers (XOs) released during hydrothermal and low severity dilute acid
pretreatments, presented at 35th
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Portland,
Oregon, May 2013.
3. Charles Cai, Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Targeted conversion of
hemicellulose and cellulose into reactive intermediates by a single phase solvent process, presented
at 35th
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Portland, Oregon, May 2013.
4. Taiying Zhang, Charles Cai, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Optimization of
Simultaneous Reaction and Solvent Extraction to Enhance Yields of Furfural and Other Derivatives
from Cellulosic Biomass, presented at 34th
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals,
New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2012.
5. Charles Cai, Taiying Zhang, and Charles E. Wyman, Comparison of tetrahydrofuran and methyl
isobutyl ketone solvent systems for enhanced furfural production from cellulosic biomass, presented
at 34th
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 2012.
6. Taiying Zhang, Qing Qing, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Kinetics Study of Furfural
Production from Cellulosic Biomass, presented at 2011 AIChE Annual Meeting, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, October 2011.
7. Taiying Zhang, Rajeev Kumar, and Charles E. Wyman, Enhanced Furfural Production from
Cellulosic Biomass by Simultaneous Solvent Extraction Followed by Conversion of the Cellulose
Enriched Solids to Glucose, 5-(Hydroxymethyl) Furfural, and Levulinic acid, presented at 33rd
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Seattle, Washington, May 2011.
8. Lishi Yan, Taiying Zhang, Bin Yang, and Charles Wyman, Role of hemicellulose-lignin
oligomers dissolution in flowthrough pretreatment of Miscanthus Enhanced Furfural Production
from Cellulosic Biomass by Simultaneous Solvent Extraction Followed by Conversion of the
Cellulose Enriched Solids to Glucose, 5-(Hydroxymethyl) Furfural, and Levulinic acid, presented at
33rd
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Seattle, Washington, May 2011.
9. Taiying Zhang and Charles E Wyman, Integrated Production of Levulinic Acid and Furfural
from Cellulosic Biomass, presented at 2011 ACS Annual Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March, 2011.
10. Taiying Zhang and Charles E Wyman, Comparison and Optimization of Hemicellulose
Extraction from Maple Wood by Different Acid Pretreatments, presented at 2011 ACS Annual
Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March, 2011.
11. Taiying Zhang and Charles E Wyman, Comparison of One and Two Step Methods for Producing
Jet Fuel Building Blocks from Cellulosic Biomass: Hemicellulose Release and Levulinic Acid
Production from Maple Wood, presented at 2010 AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah,
November 2010.
12. Taiying Zhang, Charles E Wyman, and Bing Yang, Development of Comprehensive Models to
Predict the Processability of Miscanthus in Biological Conversion, presented at 2009 AIChE Annual
Meeting, Nashville, TN, November 2009.
13. Taiying Zhang, Charles E Wyman, and Bing Yang, Cellulosic Ethanol and Biological
Conversion of Miscanthus to Ethanol, presented at CME, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, May 2009.
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6. Taiying Zhang--- Curriculum Vitae
14. Taiying Zhang, Charles E Wyman, and Bing Yang, Identification of Desirable traits in
Miscanthus to Enhance Total Sugar Yields in Biological Conversion, presented at 31st
Symposium on
Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, San Francisco, May 2009.
15. Taiying Zhang, V. G. J. Rodgers, and Gary A Aurand, Production of Sugars from Cellulose in
Subcritical and Supercritical Water Using a Non-Isothermal Reactor, presented at AIChE
Conference, San Francisco, Nov. 2006.
SKILLS
Minicourses/Training
Ten Action Points (TAP) for a Steam System, San Diego Fluid System Technologies, 2013
Beyond UHPLC User Training, Dionex, Burch, Oct. 2008.
COMSOL (formerly Fermlab) User Training, Seattle, May 2005.
GC-MS User Training, University of Iowa, March 2005.
Engineering Software
SuperPro Designer®
, COMSOL Multiphysics®
, Matlab®
, Fluent®
, ChemCAD®
, Aspen II®
, MathCAD®
,
Origin®
, SigmaPlot®
Laboratory Equipment
High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Gas Chromatography-Mass
Spectrometry, Total Organic carbon analyzer, Gel Permeation Chromatography, High Throughput
Pretreatment and co-Hydrolysis (with boiler, steam gun & chamber), custom-made high pressure system
Maintain and troubleshoot lab equipments
Laboratory safety officer for Wyman team at UCR
AFFILIATIONS/SERVICE
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), member, 2006-present
American Chemistry Society (ACS), member, 2008-present
Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB), member, 2009-present
Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), member, 2013-present
Reviewer for:
Bioresource Technology
Agricultural and Food Chemistry
AWARDS
• Center for Bioprocessing and Biocatalysis Fellowship, Fall 2003-Spring 2006
• Excellent Graduate in Training, South China University of Technology, April 2000
• Graduated with honors and excellent thesis, Guangdong Ocean University, May 1998
• Academic Excellence scholarships, Guangdong Ocean University, 1995-1998
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7. Taiying Zhang--- Curriculum Vitae
14. Taiying Zhang, Charles E Wyman, and Bing Yang, Identification of Desirable traits in
Miscanthus to Enhance Total Sugar Yields in Biological Conversion, presented at 31st
Symposium on
Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, San Francisco, May 2009.
15. Taiying Zhang, V. G. J. Rodgers, and Gary A Aurand, Production of Sugars from Cellulose in
Subcritical and Supercritical Water Using a Non-Isothermal Reactor, presented at AIChE
Conference, San Francisco, Nov. 2006.
SKILLS
Minicourses/Training
Ten Action Points (TAP) for a Steam System, San Diego Fluid System Technologies, 2013
Beyond UHPLC User Training, Dionex, Burch, Oct. 2008.
COMSOL (formerly Fermlab) User Training, Seattle, May 2005.
GC-MS User Training, University of Iowa, March 2005.
Engineering Software
SuperPro Designer®
, COMSOL Multiphysics®
, Matlab®
, Fluent®
, ChemCAD®
, Aspen II®
, MathCAD®
,
Origin®
, SigmaPlot®
Laboratory Equipment
High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Gas Chromatography-Mass
Spectrometry, Total Organic carbon analyzer, Gel Permeation Chromatography, High Throughput
Pretreatment and co-Hydrolysis (with boiler, steam gun & chamber), custom-made high pressure system
Maintain and troubleshoot lab equipments
Laboratory safety officer for Wyman team at UCR
AFFILIATIONS/SERVICE
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), member, 2006-present
American Chemistry Society (ACS), member, 2008-present
Society for Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (SIMB), member, 2009-present
Algae Biomass Organization (ABO), member, 2013-present
Reviewer for:
Bioresource Technology
Agricultural and Food Chemistry
AWARDS
• Center for Bioprocessing and Biocatalysis Fellowship, Fall 2003-Spring 2006
• Excellent Graduate in Training, South China University of Technology, April 2000
• Graduated with honors and excellent thesis, Guangdong Ocean University, May 1998
• Academic Excellence scholarships, Guangdong Ocean University, 1995-1998
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