Research

School

School of Ecology, Environment and Resources

Mentor Category

Doctoral Supervisor

Job title

Associate Dean and Professor, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources

Research Direction

Environmental Systems undefinedysis, Regional Trade and Environmental Impacts

Home Page

https://seer.gdut.edu.cn/info/1029/1060.htm

Contacts

liangsai@gdut.edu.cn

Master's and Doctoral Admissions Colleges

School of Ecology, Environment and Resources

Personal Description

Sai Liang, B.S. and Ph.D. from Tsinghua University, is a Distinguished Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor of the "Hundred Talents Program" of Guangdong University of Technology, a young talent of the National Overseas High-Level Talent Introduction Program, and the Executive Director of the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Urban Environmental Security and Green Development in the Greater Bay Area. He is engaged in teaching and research in the field of environmental system analysis, focusing on the coupled simulation analysis of socio-economic and eco-environmental processes, identifying the key factors affecting eco-environmental issues in socio-economic systems from multiple perspectives, and providing multi-perspective and multi-process scientific support for policy decisions to reduce environmental impacts. He has chaired the project of National Natural Science Foundation of China and the sub-project of Guangdong Province "Pearl River Talent Program" to introduce innovation and entrepreneurial team. He has published more than 140 papers in Nature, Cell, and Environmental Science & Technology, the top environmental journal. He has been awarded the second prize of the 14th Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Beijing, the Young Scholar Award of Zijin Quanxing Environmental Foundation of Nanjing University, the Outstanding Review Award of Environmental Science & Technology 2020, and the Best Paper Award of the Chinese Society of Industrial Ecology, etc. He has been selected as one of the top 100,000 scientists in the world for two consecutive years from 2021 to 2022. Scientists.

Educational Background

2007-2013, Tsinghua University, Environmental Science and Engineering, Ph.

2003-2007, Tsinghua University, Environmental Engineering, B.S.

Work Experience

2020-present, Guangdong University of Technology, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources and Institute of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, Professor and PhD Director

2018-2020, Beijing Normal University, School of Environment, Professor, PhD Director

2017-2018, Beijing Normal University, School of Environment, Researcher, PhD Director

2013-2017, University of Michigan (Ann Arbor Campus), USA, Postdoctoral

Academic Adjuncts

1. Journal of Cleaner Production  Editorial Board

2. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability Youth Editorial Board

Main Honors

1. The Second Prize of the 14th Beijing Excellent Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Science

2. Young Scholar Award of Nanjing University Zijin Quanxing Environment Fund

3. Environmental Science & Technology 2020 Annual Excellent Review Award

4. Best Paper Award of Chinese Society of Industrial Ecology

5. 2021-2022 Top 100,000 scientists in the global scholar database for two consecutive years

Major scientific and educational achievements

已发表论文140余篇，包括Nature子刊6篇、Cell姊妹刊One Earth 2篇、环境专业顶刊Environmental Science & Technology 26篇。代表性论文如下：
1. Li, Jiashuo#; Zhou, Sili#; Wei, Wendong#; Qi, Jianchuan; Li, Yumeng; Chen, Bin; Zhang, Ning; Guan, Dabo; Qian, Haoqi; Wu, Xiaohui; Miao, Jiawen; Chen, Long*; Feng, Kuishuang*; Liang, Sai*. China's retrofitting measures in coal-fired power plants bring significant mercury-related health benefits. One Earth 2020, 3(6), 777-787. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2020.11.012. (Cell Press)

2. Liang, Sai#,*; Yu, Yadong#,*; Kharrazi, Ali; Fath, Brian D.; Feng, Cuiyang; Daigger, Glen T.; Chen, Shaoqing; Ma, Tieju; Zhu, Bing; Mi, Zhifu*; Yang, Zhifeng. Network resilience of phosphorus cycling in China has shifted by natural flows, fertilizer use and dietary transitions between 1600 and 2012. Nature Food 2020, 1(6), 365–375. doi:10.1038/s43016-020-0098-6.

3. Lin, Chen#; Qi, Jianchuan#; Liang, Sai*; Feng, Cuiyang; Wiedmann, Thomas O.; Liao, Yihan; Yang, Xuechun; Li, Yumeng; Mi, Zhifu; Yang, Zhifeng. Saving less in China facilitates global CO2 mitigation. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 1358. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15175-2.

4. Qi, Jianchuan#; Wang, Yafei#; Liang, Sai*; Li, Ying; Li, Yumeng; Feng, Cuiyang; Xu, Lixiao; Wang, Shuxiao; Chen, Long; Wang, Dongfang; Yang, Zhifeng. Primary Suppliers Driving Atmospheric Mercury Emissions through Global Supply Chains. One Earth 2019, 1(2), 254-266. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2019.10.005. (Cell Press)

5. Chen, Long; Liang, Sai*; Liu, Maodian; Yi, Yujun; Mi, Zhifu*; Zhang, Yanxu; Li, Yumeng; Qi, Jianchuan; Meng, Jing; Tang, Xi; Zhang, Haoran; Tong, Yindong; Zhang, Wei; Wang, Xuejun; Shu, Jiong*; Yang, Zhifeng*. Trans-provincial health impacts of atmospheric mercury emissions in China. Nature Communications 2019, 10, 1484. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09080-6.

6. Mi, Zhifu*; Zheng, Jiali; Meng, Jing*; Ou, Jiamin; Hubacek, Klaus; Liu, Zhu; Coffman, D'Maris; Stern, Nicholas; Liang, Sai; Wei, Yi-Ming*. Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China. Nature Sustainability 2020, 3(7), 529-537. doi:10.1038/s41893-020-0504-y.

7. Yang, Yuantao; Qu, Shen*; Cai, Bofeng; Liang, Sai; Wang, Zhaohua; Wang, Jinnan; Xu, Ming. Mapping global carbon footprint in China. Nature Communications 2020, 11, 2237. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-15883-9.

8. Liu, Zhu; Davis, Steven J.; Feng, Kuishuang; Hubacek, Klaus; Liang, Sai; Anadon, Laura Diaz; Chen, Bin; Liu, Jingru; Yan, Jinyue; Guan, Dabo. Targeted opportunities to address the climate-trade dilemma in China. Nature Climate Change 2016, 6(2), 201-206. doi:10.1038/nclimate2800.

9. Yang, Xuechun; Zhong Qiumeng; Liang, Sai*; Li, Yumeng; Wang, Yafei; Zhu, Xiaobiao; Liu, Yu. Global Supply Chain Drivers of Agricultural Antibiotic Emissions in China. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56(9), 5860-5873. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c07110.

10. Li, Yumeng#; Chen, Long#; Liang, Sai*; Zhou, Haifeng; Liu, Yu-Rong; Zhong, Huan; Yang, Zhifeng. Looping Mercury Cycle in Global Environmental−Economic System Modeling. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56(5), 2861-2879. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c03936.

11. Jetashree; Zhong, Qiumeng; Zhou, Haifeng; Li, Yumeng; Liu, Yu; Li, Jiashuo; Liang, Sai*. Role of Trade in India’s Rising Atmospheric Mercury Emissions. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56(2), 790–803. doi:10.1021/acs.est.1c06321.

12. Li, Yumeng#; Chen, Long#; Liang, Sai*; Qi, Jianchuan; Zhou, Haifeng; Feng, Cuiyang; Yang, Xuechun; Wu, Xiaohui; Mi, Zhifu; Yang, Zhifeng. Spatially explicit global hotspots driving China’s mercury related health impacts. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54(22), 14547–14557. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c04658.

13. Liang, Sai; Yang, Xuechun; Qi, Jianchuan; Wang, Yutao*; Xie, Wei; Muttarak, Raya; Guan, Dabo*. CO2 Emissions Embodied in International Migration from 1995 to 2015. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54(19), 12530–12538. doi:10.1021/acs.est.0c04600.

14. Liang, Sai; Qu, Shen; Zhao, Qiaoting; Zhang, Xilin; Daigger, Glen; Newell, Joshua; Miller, Shelie; Johnson, Jeremiah; Love, Nancy; Zhang, Lixiao; Yang, Zhifeng; Xu, Ming. Quantifying the Urban Food-Energy-Water Nexus: The Case of the Detroit Metropolitan Area. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53(2), 779–788. doi:10.1021/acs.est.8b06240.

15. Liang, Sai; Qu, Shen; Zhu, Zeqi; Guan, Dabo; Xu, Ming. Income-based greenhouse gas emissions of nations. Environmental Science & Technology 2017, 51 (1), 346–355. doi:10.1021/acs.est.6b02510.

Main Projects

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Ecosystem undefinedysis Development Exchange and Training Conference, 2021-07 to 2021-12, Chair

2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on the evolution of phosphorus cycle network robustness and management strategies, 2019-01 to 2022-12, Supported by

3. Guangdong "Pearl River Talents Program" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Team, Wetland System Water Quality Improvement and Ecological Restoration Research Team, 2020-12 to 2025-12, sub-project leader

4. National Natural Science Foundation of China, undefinedysis of Metabolic Processes and Collaborative Management Strategies of Urban Clusters, 2018-01 to 2020-12, Participant

5. Consulting Research Project of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Study on the Synergistic Green Development Strategy of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area City Cluster, 2020-01 to 2021-06, Participant

Research Team

Students with backgrounds in environmental science, economics, computer science, etc. are welcome to apply for master's and doctoral degrees, and post-doctoral positions in related directions are available for a long time!

Address: School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, 100 Waihuan West Road, University City, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Zip code: 510006

Contact: liangsai@gdut.edu.cn

WeChat public number: Frontier_ESA (Environmental System undefinedysis)