Prof. DU Penghui

Prof. DU Penghui 杜朋輝

Research Assistant Professor

Room LG78, Science Center South Block
3943 5542
Prof. DU Penghui

Education

2018 Ph.D. Environmental Engineering University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
2012 B.S. Environmental Engineering China University of Petroleum (East China), China

Academic Employments

2024 - present Research Assistant Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
2020 - 2024 Postdoc/Research Assistant Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology
2018 - 2020 Research Fellow, Shenzhen Water Planning & Design Institute Co. ltd

Research Fields and Current Research Interests

  • Aquatic Environmental Chemistry
  • Emerging Contaminants and Dissolved Organic Matter
  • Quantum Chemistry and Data Science

Representative Publications

2024 Penghui Du, Kexin Tang*, Biwei Yang, Xiaohan Mo, Junjian Wang*. Reassessing the Quantum Yield and Reactivity of Triplet-State Dissolved Organic Matter via Global Kinetic Modeling. Environmental Science & Technology 2024, 58, 13, 5856-5865.
2023 Penghui Du, Wen Liu, Qiang Zhang, Peng Zhang, Chen He, Quan Shi, Ching-Hua Huang, Junjian Wang*. Transformation of dissolved organic matter during UV/peracetic acid treatment. Water Research 2023, 232: 119676.
2022 Penghui Du, Junjian Wang, Guodong Sun, Long Chen, and Wen Liu*. Hydrogen atom abstraction mechanism for organic compound oxidation by acetylperoxyl radical in Co(II)/peracetic acid activation system. Water Research 2022, 212: 118113.
2017 Penghui Du, He Zhao*, Hongbin Cao, Ching-Hua Huang, Wen Liu, and Yao Li. Transformation of halobenzoquinones with the presence of amino acids in water: Products, pathways, and toxicity. Water Research 2017, 122, 299-307.
2016 Penghui Du, He Zhao*, Chenming Liu, Qingguo Huang, and Hongbin Cao. Transformation and products of captopril with humic constituents during laccase-catalyzed oxidation: Role of reactive intermediates. Water Research 2016, 106, 488-95.

Professional Activities

Current

2020 - present Youth editorial board, Chinese Chemical Letters
2023 - present Youth editorial board, Environmental Functional Materials
- Reviewer for the journals: Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research

College Affiliation in CUHK

New Asia

Research Grants

  • 2023-2025, NSFC, Identification and Reaction Properties Study of Carbon-Centered Radicals in Peracetic Acid-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes, 300,000 CNY
  • 2022-2025, SZSFC, Control and Abatement of Secondary Disinfection Byproducts, 2,000,000 CNY
  • 2021-2024, GDBABRF, Formation of Brominated Byproducts during Peracetic Acid Disinfection: Mechanism and Toxicity, 100,000 CNY
  • 2021-2022, CPSF, Catalytic Degradation of Emerging Organic Compounds in Water by Multivalent Cobalt Iron Sulfate Materials: Efficiency and Mechanism, 80,000 CNY

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