Experiences

• Visiting Scholar, Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, USA
• Project Assistant Professor, Department of Safety, Health and Environmental Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU)
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA.

Specialization

• Wastewater/Waste to Energy/Resource Recovery (microbial electrochemistry, electro-fermentation, electro-anaerobic digestion)
• Environmental Biotechnologies
• Environmental Electrochemical Engineering
• Machine Learning and Environmental Applications

Honors

• SCI journal Reviewer—Chemical Engineering Journal (2024 Nov. to present), Environmental Research (2023 July. to present), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2022 August. to present), Chemosphere (2019 March. to present)
• Best poster award—Annual meeting of the Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology (2022 Sep.), the 1st International Conference on Pollution Prevention and Clean Technologies (2021 Dec.), the International Joint Meeting of the Polarographic Society of Japan (PSJ) and National Taiwan University (NTU)- The 65th Annual Meeting of PSJ (2019, Nov.)
• Best thesis award—Taiwan Water Environmental Association (2021, July)
• Dean’s award—College of Engineering Graduate Students, NTU

Research programs

• “Utilizing Automated Machine Learning to Optimize the Performance of Electro-anaerobic Digestion”, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan (ROC), under grants 113-2917-I-564-012.
• “Development of the Bioelectrochemically-assisted Osmotic Membrane Bioreactor for Mitigating Membrane Fouling and Recovering Energy and Resource from Wastewater”, National Science and Technology Council, Taiwan (ROC), under grants 112-2222-E-992-012-MY2.
• “Construction of seawater desalination pre-treatment system towards circular economy”, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology Higher Education SPROUT Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan (ROC), under grants 113B15.

Research programs

1. Yi-Li Lin*, Nai-Yun Zheng, Wei Hsiu Lin, Chao-Chin Chang* (2025, Mar). Economic and environmentally efficient biochar production via microwave-assisted co-torrefaction of fruit residue and waste oil. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 209, 115100. 
2. Yi-Li Lin*, Nai-Yun Zheng, You-Jie Chen, Chao-Chin Chang* (2024, Sep). Incorporation of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) in the polyamide and polysulfone layers of forward osmosis membranes for enhancing aquaculture wastewater recovery and PPCPs removal. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 66, 105980. 
3. Yi-Li Lin*, Nai-Yun Zheng, Hsin-Jou Cheng, Chao-Chin Chang* (2024, Jul). Blending Saccharum bagasse and waste cooking oil for biofuel production via microwave co-torrefaction process. Fuel, 367, 131349. 
4. Yi-Li Lin*, Nai-Yun Zheng, Yu-Sheng Chen, Chao-Chin Chang* (2024, Jan). Electro-forward osmosis through a titanium-dioxide-modified membrane to enhance aquaculture wastewater recovery. Desalination, 570, 117078. MOST 107-2221-E-992-008-MY3. 
5. Chao-Chin Chang, Chun-Wei Yeh, Chang-Ping Yu* (2023, Oct). Scaling up 3D-printed urine microbial fuel cells with the membrane electrode assembly. Journal of Power Sources, 582, 233549. NSTC 111-2221-E-002-044. 
6. Chao-Chin Chang, Shiue-Lin Li, Zhong-Xian Wu, Chang-Ping Yu* (2023, Apr). Developing a novel computer numerical control-fabricated laminar-flow microfluidic microbial fuel cells as the bioelectrochemical sensor and power source: Enrichment, operation, and Cr(VI) detection. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 226, 115119. NSTC 111-2221-E-002-044. 
7. Fang-Yi Lin, Yao-Yu Lin, Hsin-Tien Li, Chung-Sheng Ni, Chao-I Liu, Chung-Yu Guan, Chao-Chin Chang, Chang-Ping Yu, Wei-Shan Chen, Tzu-Yin Liu*, Han-Yi Chen* (2022, Nov). Trapa natans husk-derived carbon as a sustainable electrode material for plant microbial fuel cells. Applied Energy, 325, 119807.
8. Thanh Ngoc-Dan Cao, Chao-Chin Chang, Hussnain Mukhtar, Qian Sun, Yan Li, Chang-Ping Yu* (2022, Sep). Employment of osmotic pump as a novel feeding system to operate the laminar-flow microfluidic microbial fuel cell. Environmental Research, 114347.
9. Mei-Hua Yuan, Fang-Chen Lo, Chang-Ping Yu, Hsin-hsin Tung, Yu-Sen Chang, Pei-Te Chiueh, Hsin-Chieh Huang, Chao-Chin Chang, Chung-Yu Guan, Chun-Wei Wu, Zi-Xuan Xu, Shang-Lien Lo* (2022, Apr). Nature-based solutions for securing contributions of water, food, and energy in an urban environment. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-9.
10. Chao-Chin Chang, Chang-Ping Yu* (2022, Mar). Impact of cathodic biofouling on the uneven performance of individual units and scale-up power efficiency in parallel-connected air-cathode microbial fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources, 532, 231347. MOST 109-2221-E-002-084-MY2. .
11. Chao-Chin Chang, Yu-Chun Chen, Chang-Ping Yu* (2022, Mar). Microbial community dynamics in electroactive biofilms across time under different applied anode potentials. Sustainable Environment Research, 32(1), 1-11. MOST 108-2221-E-002-118-MY2. 
12. Chia-Chieh Hsu, Yi-Chu Lin, Yao-Yu Lin, Hsin-Tien Li, Chung-Sheng Ni, Chao-I Liu, Chao-Chin Chang, Liang-Chen Lin, Yung-Tin Pan, Shih-Fu Liu, Tzu-Yin Liu*, Han-Yi Chen* (2021, Dec). Trapa natans Husk-Derived Nanoporous Carbons as Electrode Materials for Sustainable High-Power Microbial Fuel Cell Supercapacitor Systems. Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research, 2100163.
13. Natagarn Tongphanpharn, Chung-Yu Guan, Wei-Shan Chen, Chao-Chin Chang, Chang-Ping Yu* (2021, Nov). Evaluation of long-term performance of plant microbial fuel cells using agricultural plants under the controlled environment. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 1-12.
14. Subed Chandra Dev Sharma, Jiangwei Li, Anyi Hu, Chao-Chin Chang, Chang-Ping Yu* (2021, May). Integration of pre-colonized and mediator immobilized mixed culture for the improvement of electricity production of microbial fuel cells. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 22, 101514. MOST 108-2221-E-002-118-MY2.
15. Chao-Chin Chang, Shiue-Lin Li, Anyi Hu, Chang-Ping Yu* (2021, Mar). Long-term operation of bio-catalyzed cathodes within continuous flow membrane-less microbial fuel cells. Chemosphere, 266, 129059. MOST 108-2221-E-002-118-MY2. .
16. Chao-Chin Chang, Wade Kao, Chang-Ping Yu (2020, Oct). Assessment of voltage reversal effects in the serially connected biocathode-based microbial fuel cells through treatment performance, electrochemical and microbial community analysis. Chemical Engineering Journal, 397, 125368. MOST 108-2221-E-002-118-MY2. .
17. Yang Wu, Chia-Chi Chang, Chung-Yu Guan, Chao-Chin Chang, Jiang-Wei Li, Ching-Yuan Chang, Chang-Ping Yu* (2019, Aug). Enhanced removal of ammonium from the aqueous solution using a high-gravity rotating packed bed loaded with clinoptilolite. Separation and Purification Technology, 221, 378-384.. MOST 105-2221-E-002-009-MY3.
18. Pei-Hsun Wu, Yi-Ching Cheng, Haon-Yao Chen, Ti-wen Chueh, Hui-Chen Chen, Li-Hsun Huang, Zhong-Xian Wu, Tsung-Min Hsieh, Chao-Chin Chang, Ping-Yi Yang, Cheng-Fang Lin, Chang-Ping Yu* (2019, May). Using the entrapped bioprocess as the pretreatment method for the drinking water treatment receiving eutrophic source water. Environmental pollution, 248, 57-65. MOST 105-2221-E-002-009-MY3.