Tiezheng Tong, Arizona State University

Tiezheng Tong

Dr. Tiezheng Tong is a tenured Associate Professor at the School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment (SSEBE), Arizona State University (ASU). Before joining ASU, he was a tenured Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Colorado State University (CSU). He completed a postdoc position in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University and received his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Northwestern University. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed journal articles, which have been cited by >9,000 times globally with an H-index of 46. He is the recipient of many academic and professional awards, including the Frontiers of Engineering (FOE)-Engineering Research Visioning Alliance (ERVA) Idea Award from U.S. National Academy of Engineering (2026), the Excellence in Review Award from ACS ES&T Engineering (2025), Rising Star in Environmental Research from ACS Environmental Au (2024), the James J. Morgan Early Career Award from American Chemical Society (honorable mention, 2024), the Young Talent Award from Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering (2024), the Excellence in Review Award from Environmental Science & Technology (2023), the George T. Abell Outstanding Early-Career Faculty Award and Faculty Award for Excellence in Research from CSU (2023), the CAPEES/UCEEF Early Career Award from Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (2023), the Super Reviewer Award from Environmental Science & Technology (2022), the CAREER Award from National Science Foundation (2022), the 40 under 40 Award from American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (2022), ACS ES&T Engineering Best Paper Award (2022), and the Young Membrane Scientist Award from North American Membrane Society (2020). He is currently the Deputy Editor of npj Clean Water, an Associate Editor of Desalination, an Editorial Board member of Journal of Membrane Science, and an Early Career Editorial Advisory Board member of Environmental Science & Technology. He is serving as the president of Chinese-American Professors in Environmental Engineering and Science (CAPEES) and a board member of Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO). The current research interests of Dr. Tong and his research group include (1) developing novel materials and processes to achieve circular water economy, (2) understanding interfacial phenomena such as mineral scaling in membrane desalination, and (3) elucidating mechanisms of solute transport across selective membranes for water purification and resource recovery.