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Keywords: Forest soils, global change, greenhouse gas emissions, land reclamation, wastewater treatment
Dr. Scott Chang is a Professor in the Department of Renewable Resources at the University of Alberta. He received his education from the University of British Columbia (Ph.D. in forest soils), the Chinese Academy of Sciences (M.Sc. in soil ecology) and Zhejiang Agricultural University (B.Sc. in soil science and agricultural chemistry).
His main research interests are in forest soils, biogeochemistry, and the application of soil science in land reclamation, agriculture, forestry, and global change. In his Future Energy Systems project, he is developing novel materials from agricultural/forestry waste products using three approaches: production of biochars through pyrolysis in a muffle furnace or in a microwave, and production of hydrochars through hydrothermal carbonization under high temperature and pressure. The feedstock type and production conditions for biochars and hydrochars are being optimized to produce novel materials that are effective for the removal of toxic metals from wastewater. The effectiveness and mechanisms of biochars/hydrochars for wastewater treatment are being studied using adsorption/desorption experiments. The stability of metals adsorbed on to biochars/hydrochars are being studied and the techniques are being scaled up for potential industrial applications (e.g., in constructed wetlands).
Dr. Chang is currently a regional editor for Biology and Fertility of Soils, and an editorial board member for Pedosphere and Forests. He served as Chair of the Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition Commission of the International Union of Soil Science, Chair for the Forest, Range and Wildland Soils Division of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), and Chair of the Alberta Soil Science Workshop. He was an editor for special issues for the Canadian Journal of Soil Science and an associate editor/guest editor for Journal of Environmental Quality, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Forests, Forest Ecology and Management, and the Canadian Journal of Soil Science. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (2016), American Society of Agronomy (2016), and the Canadian Society of Soil Science (2018).
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Future Energy Systems (FES) Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Workshop Future Energy Systems (FES) Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Workshop, University of Alberta, January 07, 2020. 7-395 Donadeo Innovation Centre for Engineering (ICE). 22 research presentations; 35 participants.T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H, T10-P04I University of Alberta Activity 2020-01-07 Naeth, M. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Jennings, D. ,
Chang, S. ,
Boluk, Y. ,
Siddique, T. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Ullah, A. ,
Serpe, M. ,
Wilkinson, S. , Pamela Chelme-Ayala, Grant K Hauer, Lingling Yang, Christopher Nzediegwu,
Ganiyu, S. , Shailesh Sable, Zuo Tong How, Muhammad Arslan, Vartuhi Tonoyan,
Zhao, Y. , Irum Zahara, Stephanie Chute-Ibsen, Maggie Cascadden, Kylie Heales, Qiuyun Lu, Lingjun Meng, Monsuru Suara, Deborah Crominski da Silva Medeiros, Akeem Olawale Bello, Zhexuan An, Yue Ju, Zhanji Zhang, Huile Gu,
Tam, K. , Catherine Tays
T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H, T10-P04I Master of Science Recruitment Scholarship T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2019-09-01 Huile Gu
T10-P04, T10-P04A Doug Penney Award T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2019-09-01 Huile Gu
T10-P04, T10-P04A Alberta Graduate Excellence Award T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2019-09-01 Huile Gu
T10-P04, T10-P04A Cadmium Stability In Spent Biochar In Electrolyte Solutions And Soils T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2020-12-08 T10-P04, T10-P04A Adsorption Of Heavy Metals By Biochar: Experimental And Literature Analyses T10-P04, T10-P04A Publication 2023-10-01 Huile Gu
T10-P04, T10-P04A Energy Explorers Connects Research With Families T10-P04, T10-P04G, T10-P04A Activity 2022-11-15 Jerico Fiestas Flores, Abhijeet Pathy
T10-P04, T10-P04G, T10-P04A University of Alberta Graduate Scholarship T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2022-01-01 Abhijeet Pathy
T10-P04, T10-P04A Canadian Land Reclamation Association Student Award 2023 T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2023-02-24 Abhijeet Pathy
T10-P04, T10-P04A Bern and Donna Kotelko Travel Award T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2023-09-29 Abhijeet Pathy
T10-P04, T10-P04A Professor JB McQuitty Graduate Scholarship T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2023-09-01 Abhijeet Pathy
T10-P04, T10-P04A Donald A Shaw Memorial Graduate Scholarship T10-P04, T10-P04A Award 2023-09-01 Abhijeet Pathy
T10-P04, T10-P04A Resilient Reclaimed Land And Water Systems Workshop Organized and participated in a FES Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Theme Workshop to develop the theme's research goals and direction for the entire FES program. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta Activity 2017-09-25 Naeth, M. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Jennings, D. , Pamela Chelme-Ayala,
Wilkinson, S. ,
Chang, S. ,
Siddique, T. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Boluk, Y. , Lianne Michelle Lefsrud,
Ullah, A. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H Resilient Reclaimed Land And Water Systems Workshop Organized and participated in FES Resilient Reclaimed Land and Water Systems Theme Workshop to share research results achieved to date, to obtain input from others on research projects, to discuss within and between theme collaborations and to plan for future research.T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2018-01-22 Naeth, M. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Jennings, D. , Pamela Chelme-Ayala,
Wilkinson, S. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Chang, S. , Lianne Michelle Lefsrud,
Siddique, T. ,
Ullah, A. , Rongfu Huang, Muhammad Arshad, Mingyu Li, Youngbin Joo, Selamawit Messele, Jin-Hyeob Kwak, Md Shahinoor Islam, Siyuan Wang, Abdallatif Abdalrhman, Stephanie Chute-Ibsen, Abimbola Ojekanmi, Rui Qin, Lei Zhang, Irum Zahara
T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H, T10-P04A Reclaimed Resilient Land And Water Systems – Water Poster presented at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Research Open House and Poster Session, October 12, 2017, University of Alberta.T10-P04 University of Alberta Activity 2017-10-12 Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Naeth, M. ,
Jennings, D. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Boluk, Y. ,
Chang, S. , Lianne Michelle Lefsrud,
Siddique, T. ,
Ullah, A. T10-P04 Reclaimed Resilient Land And Water Systems – Land Poster presented at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Research Open House and Poster Session, October 12, 2017, University of Alberta. T10-P04 University of Alberta Activity 2017-10-12 Naeth, M. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Jennings, D. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Boluk, Y. ,
Chang, S. , Lianne Michelle Lefsrud,
Siddique, T. ,
Ullah, A. T10-P04 Reclaimed Resilient Land And Water Systems – Success Indicators Poster presented at the Future Energy Systems (FES) Research Open House and Poster Session, October 12, 2017, University of Alberta.
T10-P04, T10-P04H University of Alberta Activity 2017-10-12 Jennings, D. ,
Naeth, M. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Boluk, Y. ,
Chang, S. , Lianne Michelle Lefsrud,
Siddique, T. ,
Ullah, A. T10-P04, T10-P04H Characterizing And Optimizing Biochars For Contaminant Removal From Wastewater T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2018-11-03 T10-P04, T10-P04A Optimizing Biochar Properties For Environmental Applications T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2018-06-10 T10-P04, T10-P04A Materials Synthesis and Development For Utilization In Land And Water Reclamation T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-03 Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Naeth, M. ,
Jennings, D. ,
Boluk, Y. ,
Chang, S. ,
Siddique, T. ,
Ullah, A. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H Resilient Reclaimed Land And Water Systems T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-03 Naeth, M. ,
Jennings, D. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Boluk, Y. ,
Chang, S. ,
Siddique, T. ,
Ullah, A. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H Reclamation Success Indicators, Criteria And Policy For Energy Systems T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta Activity 2018-10-03 T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H Effects Of Feedstock Type, Pyrolysis Temperature, And Steam Activation On Biochar Properties And Lead (II) Adsorption T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2019-02-20 T10-P04, T10-P04A Developing Novel Materials For Reclamation And Remediation Of Land And Water T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2019-01-08 T10-P04, T10-P04A Fellowship T10-P04 University of Alberta Award 2018-04-01 T10-P04 Resilient Reclaimed Land And Water Systems Workshop Annual theme workshop held to share research results to date and discuss theme's future directions. This year we had a number of guests from Alberta Environment and Parks attend. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta Activity 2018-12-11 Naeth, M. ,
Jennings, D. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. , Pamela Chelme-Ayala,
Wilkinson, S. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Boluk, Y. ,
Chang, S. ,
Ullah, A. , Zhanji Zhang, Mingyu Li, Irum Zahara, Stephanie Chute-Ibsen, Laura Bony,
Zhao, Y. , Amalesh Dhar, Selamawit Messele, Rongfu Huang, Abdallatif Abdalrhman, Lei Zhang, Siyuan Wang, Maggie Cascadden, Kylie Heales, Rui Qin, Lingjun Meng, Zhijun Luo, Chelsea Benally, Rosheen Tetzlaff, Lingling Yang,
" Gary Byrtus
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" Chi Chen
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" Kyle Jones
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" Premee Mohamed
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" Natasha Page
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" Shane Patterson
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Tam, K. T10-P04, T10-P04B, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H Effects Of Feedstock, Pyrolysis Temperature, And Activation On Biochar Properties And Pb (II) Adsorption PresentationT10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2018-12-11 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Properties And Lead(II) Adsorption Capacity Depend On Feedstock Type, Pyrolysis Temperature, And Steam Activation T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2019-05-20 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Surface Complexation And Ni(II), Cu(II), And Cd(II) Adsorption In Aqueous Solutions Depend On Feedstock Type T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2020-01-08 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Surface Complexation And Heavy Metal Adsorption In Aqueous Solution Depend On Their Feedstock Type Oral presentation at the 2019 Joint Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Soil Science (CSSS) and the Canadian Society for Agricultural and Forest Meteorology (CSAFM), Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, July 9-13, 2019.T10-P04 University of Alberta Activity 2019-07-09 T10-P04 Effects Of Feedstock Type, Pyrolysis Temperature, And Steam Activation On Biochar Properties And Lead(II) Adsorption Poster presentation at the 2019 Future Energy Systems (FES) Student & Post-Doctoral Fellow Colloquium, University of Alberta, May 07, 2019.T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2019-05-07 T10-P04, T10-P04A Modifying Biochar Properties For Environmental Applications T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2019-09-12 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Application In Forests: Effects On Soil Properties And Processes Invited keynote talk.T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2019-11-11 T10-P04, T10-P04A Effects Of Feedstock Type, Pyrolysis Temperature, And Steam Activation On Biochar Properties And Lead(II) Adsorption T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2019-06-12 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Property And Lead(II) Adsorption Capacity Depend On Feedstock Type, Pyrolysis Temperature, And Steam Activation T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2019-11-11 T10-P04, T10-P04A Hydrochar As A Potential Adsorbent For Reclaiming Contaminated Soils: An Insight From pH And Electrical Conductivity T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2020-02-19 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Surface Complexation And Heavy Metal Adsorption In Aqueous Solution Depend On Their Feedstock Type Poster presentation T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2019-05-07 T10-P04, T10-P04A An Integrated Treatment System For Sustainable Clean Water Development of interdisciplinary research on integrated treatment approaches for energy systems process water. Submitted NOI to New Frontiers Research Fund Transformation program. T10-P04, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H University of Alberta Activity 2019-12-16 Naeth, M. ,
Gamal El-Din, M. ,
Adamowicz, V. ,
Chang, S. , Bipro Dhar,
Stafford, J. ,
" Patrick Hanington
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" Maricor Arlos
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" Xiaoli Fan
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" Mark Servos
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" Dion Dionysiou
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" Sandra Contreras
" T10-P04, T10-P04E, T10-P04F, T10-P04H Hydrochar: A Carbon-Rich Material To Treat Process Water T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2020-02-20 T10-P04, T10-P04A Fuel, Thermal And Surface Properties Of Microwave-Pyrolyzed Biochars Depend On Feedstock Type And Pyrolysis Temperature T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2020-10-19 T10-P04, T10-P04A Carbonization Temperature And Feedstock Type Interactively Affect Chemical, Fuel, And Surface Properties Of Hydrochars T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2021-03-13 T10-P04, T10-P04A Lead(II) Adsorption On Microwave-Pyrolyzed Biochars And Hydrochars Depends On Feedstock Type And Production Temperature T10-P04, T10-P04F University of Alberta Publication 2021-01-29 T10-P04, T10-P04F Improper Solid Waste Management Increases Potential For COVID-19 Spread In Developing Countries T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2020-05-14 T10-P04, T10-P04A Carboxyl And Hydroxyl Groups Enhance Ammonium Adsorption Capacity Of Iron (III) Chloride And Hydrochloric Acid Modified Biochars T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2020-04-16 Siyuan Wang,
" S Ai
" , Christopher Nzediegwu, Jin-Hyeob Kwak, Md Shahinoor Islam,
" Y Li
" ,
Chang, S. T10-P04, T10-P04A Elemental Composition Of Biochars Is Affected By Methods Used For Its Determination T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2021-05-08 T10-P04, T10-P04A Feedstock Type Drives Lead(II) Adsorption On Microwave-Pyrolyzed Biochars In Aqueous Solutions More Than Pyrolysis Temperature Virtual Poster PresentationT10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2021-02-23 T10-P04, T10-P04A Coexistence Of Polyethylene Microplastics And Biochar Increases Ammonium Sorption In An Aqueous Solution T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2020-12-15 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biomass Conversion Method Controls Chemical, Fuel And Surface Properties Of Chars T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2020-11-23 T10-P04, T10-P04A Development Of Hydrochar For The Treatment Of Oil Sands Process Water T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2020-12-08 T10-P04, T10-P04A Interactive Effect Of Feedstock Type And Production Temperature On Hydrochar Adsorption Capacity For Lead In Aqueous Solutions T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2020-10-25 T10-P04, T10-P04A Hydrochar And Liquid-Phase Properties Depend On Feedstock Type And Temperature Used For Hydrothermal Processing T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2021-06-07 T10-P04, T10-P04A Researchers Are Refining Recipes For Biochar That Benefits Industry And The Environment The University of Alberta’s Folio featured Dr Scott Chang and Dr MA Naeth’s work on biochars in the article “Researchers are refining recipes for biochar that benefits industry and the environment” by Bev BetkowskiT10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2021-03-29 T10-P04, T10-P04A Effects Of Nitric Acid Modification On Hydrochar’s Combustion, Fuel And Thermal Properties Are Dependent On Feedstock Type T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2022-04-30 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Production From Lignocellulosic And Non-Lignocellulosic Biomass Using Conventional And Microwave Heating T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2022-05-23 T10-P04, T10-P04A Production Conditions Affect Hydrochar’s Value As Solid Fuels T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2022-10-24 T10-P04, T10-P04A Pb-saturated Biochar-Soil Interactions: Contamination Risks And Release Dynamics Of Pb T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2023-02-24 T10-P04, T10-P04A Feedstock Type And Pyrolysis Temperature Drive Properties Of Activated And Non-Activated Biochars T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2022-05-05 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Affects Compressive Strength Of Portland Cement Composites: A Meta-Analysis T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2024-03-06 Zhihao Zhao, Ali El-Naggar,
" Johnson Kau
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" Chris Olson
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" Douglas Tomlinson
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Chang, S. T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar And Soil Properties Affect Remediation Of Zn Contamination By Biochar: A Global Meta-Analysis T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2023-12-23 Ali El-Naggar,
" Wenting Jiang
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" Ronggui Tang
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" Yanjiang Cai
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Chang, S. T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Seeding Properties Affect Struvite Crystallization For Soil Application T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2023-04-13 " Nageshwari Krishnamoorthy
" , Christopher Nzediegwu, Xiaohui Mao,
Zeng, H. ,
" Balasubramanian Paramasivan
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Chang, S. T10-P04, T10-P04A Lead-Saturated Biochar-Soil Interactions: Contamination Risks And Release Dynamics Of Lead T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Activity 2023-09-06 T10-P04, T10-P04A Biochar Modulating Soil Biological Health: A Review Collaborative peer reivewed papers which incorporated findings from FES bichar research conducted by Drs Scott Chang and Al El-Naggar. T10-P04, T10-P04A University of Alberta Publication 2024-03-01 " Shiv Bolan
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" Santanu Mukherjee
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" Shailja Sharma
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" Manish Kumar
" ,
" Srinivasa Rao
" , K C Nataraj,
" Gurwinder Singh
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" Ajayan Vinu
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" Arnab Bhowmik
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" Harmandeep Sharma
" , Ali El-Naggar,
Chang, S. ,
" Deyi Hou
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" Jorg Rinklebe
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" Hailong Wang
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" Kadambot Siddique
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" Lynette Abbott
" , M B Kirkham,
" Nanthi Bolan
" T10-P04, T10-P04A
