Dr. Zongsu Wei

Associate Professor

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Biography

Zongsu Wei is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering at Aarhus University, Denmark. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Ohio State University in 2015 and subsequently completed postdoctoral research at Technion, UCLA, and Auburn University. Wei joined Aarhus University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 2019 and is the group leader of the Water Engineering Innovation Lab, where he secured 31 million Danish kroner in funding from Danish EU agencies. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers, with an h-index of 53 according to Google Scholar, and was recognized as one of Stanford’s TOP 2% Scientists in Environmental Science in 2021. Wei's research focuses on water sustainability, PFAS degradation, radical chemistry, and sonochemistry. He serves as an editor for multiple reputable journals, including Water Research and the Chemical Engineering Journal. Throughout his career, he has received several prestigious awards, including the ES&T Letters James J. Morgan Early Career Award in 2025 and the Sapere Aude Research Leader Award from the Independent Research Foundation Denmark in 2021.

Research Interests

Experience

Associate Professor

2019-01-01 — Present

Aarhus University • Aarhus, Denmark

Tenured Associate Professor leading the Water Engineering Innovation Lab.

Awards

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ES&T Letters James J. Morgan Early Career Award

2025-01-01
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Outstanding Contribution Reviewing Chemosphere

2020-01-01
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Outstanding Contribution Reviewing Water Research

2018-01-01
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Guangdong-Technion Postdoctoral Fellowship

2015-01-01

Requirements for Aarhus University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
IELTS
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:83
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field Specific credit requirements in programming, algorithms, and computer systems
Application Checklist
  • Official Bachelor's degree certificate
  • Official transcripts of records
  • Course descriptions
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Documentation of English language proficiency
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science offers tracks in Software Efficiency, Cryptography, and Data Science.