

Personal Information
Rao Pinhua, male, Ph.D, awarded from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Associate Professor, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science. +86-21-67791214, raopinhua@sues.edu.cn .
Research Fields
Preparation of functional materials and its application for environmental remediation; Heavy metal pollution control; Control and assessment of soil pollution; Reclamation and reuse of organic wastewater containing high salinity; Purification of slightly polluted water.
Research Achievements
1. Rao, P. H., Lo, I.M.C., Yin, K., Tang, S.C.N. 2011. Removal of natural organic matter by cationic hydrogel with magnetic properties. Journal of Environmental Management, 92(7), 1690-1695.
2. Rao, P. H., Mak, M.C.H., Liu, T., Lai, K.C.K, Lo, I.M.C. 2009. Effects of humic acid on arsenic(V) removal by zero-valent iron from groundwater with special references to corrosion products analyses. Chemosphere, 75, 156-162.
3. Mak, M.S.H., Rao, P.H., Lo, I.M.C. 2009. Effects of hardness and alkalinity on the removal of arsenic(V) from humic acid-deficient and humic acid-rich groundwater by zero-valent iron. Water Research, 43, 4296-4304.
4. Liu, T., Rao, P.H., Mak, M.S.H., Wang, P., Lo, I.M.C. 2009. Removal of co-present chromate and arsenate by zero-valent iron in groundwater with humic acid and bicarbonate. Water Research, 43, 2540-2548.
5. Liu, T., Rao, P.H., Lo, I.M.C. 2009. Influences of humic acid, bicarbonate and calcium on Cr(VI) reductive removal by zero-valent iron. Science of the Total Environment, 407, 3407-3414.



















