Prof. TONG Xuneng (童須能)

Dr. Tong obtained his Bachelor degree in Environmental Science and a Dual degree in Business Administration from Hohai University, Nanjing, China. He then moved to Singapore, where he earned his Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from National University of Singapore. During his academic journey, Dr. Tong received numerous prestigious awards, including Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Students Abroad and Lee Seng Lip Medal and Prize, among others. Prior to joining City University of Hong Kong, he was a Research Fellow at National University of Singapore. Dr. Tong serves as an early-career editorial board member for Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, and River.

Dr. Tong’s research specialization lies in water quality and ecosystem processes, with a particular focus on understanding and predicting the transport and fate of emerging microbial and chemical contaminants in aquatic environments, using a combination of process-based and data-driven hydro-environmental modelling approaches. His key research interests include:

• Development and application of hydrodynamic, environmental, and ecological models.
• Transport and fate of complex contaminants in the aquatic environments.
• Intertidal zone and land-sea interaction ecosystems.

1. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances (Elsevier)
2. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability (AAAS)
3. River (Wiley)