Zhongqi Cheng
Associate Professor
Earth and Environmental Sciences
Location: 5135 Ingersoll Hall
Phone: 718.951.5000 x2647
Fax: 718.951.4753
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Zhongqi Cheng is the director of the Environmental Sciences Analytical Center at Brooklyn College, and a faculty member for the Earth and Environmental Sciences Ph.D. Program at the CUNY Graduate Center and the Macaulay Honors College. He is also an adjunct associate scientist at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory and a guest professor at the University of Science and Technology of China.
Education:
Ph.D., The Ohio State University - 2001 (Geochemistry)
M.S., University of Science and Technology of China - 1996 (Geochemistry)
B.S., University of Science and Technology of China - 1993 (Earth Sciences)
Areas of Expertise:
Environmental and analytical geochemistry, with focus on urban environmental issues. Currently, Cheng is working mainly in two areas: green infrastructure for stormwater control, and urban soil contamination and its implication on urban gardening and human health.
Books and Publications
John, Jesse, David E Seidemann, John A. Chamberlain Jr., Zhongqi Cheng and Martin A. Becker. "Trace and Minor Element Chemistry of Modern Shark Teeth and Implications for Shark Tooth Geochronology." Strontium: 27-53. Eds. Miahua Wai and Xu Guan Gong. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN: 978-1-62257-631-9. (Books and Publications: Chapter) 2013
McLaughlin, John and Zhongqi Cheng. "Street-side Source Control of Stormwater in New York City." AWRA Impact 14.4: 13-14. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2012
Cheng, Zhongqi, Leda Lee, Sara Dayan, Michael Grinshtein and Richard Shaw. "Speciation of Heavy Metals in Garden Soils: Evidences From Selective and Sequential Chemical Leaching." Journal of Soils and Sediments 11.4: 628-38. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
He, Yi, Christopher Pedigo, Billion Lam, Zhongqi Cheng and Yan Zheng. "Bioaccessibility of Arsenic in Various Types of Rice Evaluated by in vitro Artificial Gastrointestinal Fluid Digestion." Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Waste. In press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2011
Huang, Tao, Liguang Sun, John Stark, Yuhong Wang, Zhongqi Cheng, Qichao Yang and Song Sun. "Relative Changes in Krill Abundance Inferred from Antarctic Fur Seal." PLoS One 6.11: e27331. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2011
Garnier, J.-M., F. Travassac, V. Lenoble, J. Rose, Y. Zheng, M.S. Hossain, S. H. Chowdhury, A. K. Biswas, K.M. Ahmed, Z. Cheng, and A. van Geen. "Temporal Variations in Aarsenic Uptake by Rice Plants in Bangladesh: The Role of Iron Plaque in Paddy Fields Irrigated With Groundwater." Science of the Total Environment 408: 4185-93. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2010
Dhar, R.K., Y. Zheng, M. Stute, A. van Geen, Z. Cheng, M. Shanewaz, M. Shamsudduha, M.A. Hoque, M.W. Rahman and K.M. Ahmed. "Temporal Variability of Groundwater Chemistry in Shallow and Deep Aquifers of Araihazar, Bangladesh." Journal of Contaminant Hydrogeology 99: 97-111. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Liu, Xiao-Dong, Li-Guang Sun, Zhong-Qi Cheng, San-Ping Zhao, Ke-Xin Liu, Xiao-Hong Wu, Zhou-Qing Xie, Xue-Bin Yin, Hong-Hao Luo, Xing-Fang Ding, Dong-Bo Fu and Yu-Hong Wang. "Paleo-Environmental Implications of the Guano Phosphatic Cementation on the Dongdao Island in the South China Sea." Marine Geology 247.1-2: 1-16. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Métral, Jerome, Laurent Charlet, Sara Bureau, Sukumar Basu Mallik, Sudipta Chakraborty , Kazi M. Ahmed, M.W. Rahman, Zhongqi Cheng and Alexander van Geen. "Comparison of Dissolved and Particulate Arsenic Distributions in Shallow Aquifers of Chakdaha, India, and Araihazar, Bangladesh." Geochemical Transactions 9.1: 1-18. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Van Geen, A., K. Radloff, Z. Aziz, Z. Cheng, M.R. Huq, K.M. Ahmed, B. Weinman, S. Goodbred, H.B. Jung, Y. Zheng, M. Berg, P.T.K. Trang, L. Charlet, J. Metral, D. Tisserand, S. Guillot, S. Chakraborty, A.P. Gajurel and B.N. Upreti. "Comparison of Arsenic Concentrations in Simultaneously Collected Groundwater and Aquifer Particles from Bangladesh, India, Vietnam, and Nepal." Applied Geochemistry. In press. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2008
Van Geen, Alexander, Yan Zheng, Steven Goodbred, Allan Horneman, Zahid Aziz, Zhongqi Cheng, Martin Stute, Brian Mailloux, Beth Weinman, M. Hoque, A. Seddique, M. Hossain, S. Chowdhury and Kazi Ahmed. "Flushing History as a Hydrogeological Control on the Regional Distribution of Arsenic in Shallow Groundwater of the Bengal Basin." Environmental Science and Technology 42.7: 2283-88. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2008
Chen, Y., A. van Geen, J. Graziano, A. Pfaff, M. Madajewicz, F. Parvez , I. Hussain, Z. Cheng, V. Slavkovich, T. Islam and H. Ahsan. "Reduction in Urinary Arsenic Levels in Response to Arsenic Mitigation in Araihazar, Bangladesh." Environmental Health Perspectives 115.6: 917-23. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Cheng, Z-Q, B.M. Brendan, B. Katz, W. Wright, R. Bailey, K.T. Smith, J-B Li, A. Curtis and A. van Geen. "Arsenic in Tree Rings at a Highly Contaminated Site." Science of the Total Environment 376: 324-34. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Hafeman, D.M., H. Ahsan, Z. Cheng, A. van Geen and J.H. Graziano. "Association between Manganese Exposure through Drinking Water and Infant Mortality." Environmental Health Perspectives 115.7: 1107-12. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Hall, Marni, Mary Gamble, Vesna Slavkovich, Xinhua Liu, Diane Levy, Zhongqi Cheng, Alexander van Geen, Mahammad Yunus, Mahfuzar Rahman, J. Richard Pilsner and Joseph Graziano. "Determinants of Arsenic Metabolism: Blood Arsenic Metabolites, Plasma Folate, Cobalamin, and Homocysteine Concentrations in Maternal-Newborn Pairs." Environmental Health Perspectives 115.10: 1503-09. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Radloff, K.A., Z. Cheng, M.W. Rahman, K.M. Ahmed, B.J. Mailloux, A.R. Juhl, P. Schlosser and A. van Geen. "Mobilization of Arsenic during One-Year Incubations of Grey Aquifer Sands from Araihazar, Bangladesh." Environmental Science and Technology 41.10: 3639-45. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Van Geen, Alexander, Zhongqi Cheng, Qing Jia, Ashraf Seddique, Mohammad Wahidur Rahman, Mohammad Moshiur Rahman and Kazi Matin Ahmed. "Monitoring 51 Community Wells in Araihazar, Bangladesh, for Up to 5 years: Implications for Arsenic Mitigation." Journal of Environmental Science and Health 42.12: 1729-40. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2007
Ahsan, H., Y. Chen, F. Parvez, L. Zablotska, M. Argos, A.I. Hussain, H. Momotaj, D. Levy, Z. Cheng, V. Slavkovich, A. van Geen, G.R. Howe and J.H. Graziano. "Arsenic Exposure from Drinking Water and Risk of Premalignant Skin Lesions in Bangladesh: Baseline Results from the Health Effects of Arsenic Longitudinal Study (HEALS)." American Journal of Epidemiology 163.12: 1138-48. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Cheng, Z., A. van Geen, K.M. Ahmed and A.A. Seddique. "Response to Comment on `Limited Temporal Variability of Tube-Well Arsenic in Bangladesh: Results from a 3-Year Monitoring Effort.'" Environmental Science and Technology 39.14: 5503-04. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Van Geen, A., M. Trevisani, J. Immel, M. Jakariya, N. Osman, Z. Cheng, A. Gelman and K.M. Ahmed. "Targeting Low-Arsenic Groundwater with Mobile-Phone Technology in Araihazar, Bangladesh." Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition 24: 282-97. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Van Geen, A., Y. Zheng, Z-Q Cheng, Y. He, R.K. Dhar, J.M. Garnier, J. Rose, A. Seddique, M.A. Hoque and K.M. Ahmed. "Impact of Irrigation with Groundwater Elevated in Arsenic on Rice Paddies in Bangladesh." Science of the Total Environment 367.2-3: 769-77. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2006
Cheng, Z. and K.A. Foland. "Lead Isotopes in Tap Water: Implications for Lead Sources within a Municipal Water Supply System." Applied Geochemistry 20.2: 353-65. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Cheng, Z., A. van Geen, K.M. Ahmed and A.A. Seddique. "Limited Temporal Variability of Tube-Well Arsenic in Bangladesh: Results from a 3-Year Monitoring Effort." Environmental Science and Technology 39.13: 4759-66. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Cheng, Z., A. van Geen, R. Louis, N. Nikolaidis and R. Bailey. "Removal of Methylated Arsenic from Groundwater with Iron Filings." Environmental Science and Technology 39.19: 7662-66. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Hafeman, D.M., J.H. Graziano, E.D. Louis, A.B. Siddique, V. Slavkovich, Z. Cheng and H. Ahsan. "Association between Arsenic Exposure and a Measure of Subclinical Sensory Neuropathy in Bangladesh." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine 47.8: 778-84. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Nikolaidis, N.P., Z. Cheng and A. van Geen. "Removal of Arsenic from Bangladesh Groundwater with Zero-Valent Iron." American Chemical Society Symposium Series 915: Advances in Arsenic Research: 361-71. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Van Geen, A., T. Protus, Z. Cheng and A. Horneman. "Testing Groundwater for Arsenic in Bangladesh without Installing a Well." Environmental Science and Technology 38.24: 6783-89. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Van Geen, A., Y. Zheng, Z. Cheng, Z. Aziz, A. Horneman, R.K. Dhar, B. Mailloux, M. Stute, B. Weinman, S. Goodbred, A.A. Seddique and K.M. Ahmed. "A Transect of Groundwater and Sediment Properties in Araiharzar, Bangladesh: Further Evidence of Decoupling between As and Fe Mobilization." Chemical Geology (special edition) 228.1-3: 85-96. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Van Geen, A., Z. Cheng, A.A. Seddique, M.A. Hoque, A. Gelman, J.H. Graziano, H. Ahsan, F. Parvez and K.M. Ahmed. "Reliability of a Commercial Field Kit to Test Groundwater for Arsenic in Bangladesh." Environmental Science and Technology 39.1: 299-303. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Van Geen, A., Z. Cheng, A.A. Seddique, M.A. Hoque, A. Gelman, J.H. Graziano, H. Ahsan, F. Parvez and K.M. Ahmed. "Response to Comment on `Reliability of a Commercial Field Kit to Test Groundwater for Arsenic in Bangladesh.'" Environmental Science and Technology 39: 5503-04. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Wasserman, G.A., X. Liu, F. Parvez, H. Ahsan, D. Levy, P. Factor-Litvak, J. Kline, A. van Geen, V. Slavkovich, N.J. LoIacono, Z. Cheng, Y. Zheng and J.H. Graziano. "Water Manganese Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araihazar, Bangladesh." Environmental Health Perspectives 112.13: 1329-34. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Zheng, Y., A. van Geen, M. Stute, R. Dhar, Z. Mo, Z. Cheng, A. Horneman, I. Gavrieli, H.J. Simpson, R. Versteeg, M. Steckler, S. Goodbred, K.M. Ahmed, M. Shanewaz, M. Shamsudduha and A. Arazioli-Venier. "Contrast in Groundwater Arsenic in Shallow Holocene and Older Deep Aquifers: A Case Study in Two Villages of Araihazar, Bangladesh." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 69.22: 5203-18. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2005
Cheng, Z., A. van Geen, C. Jing, X. Meng, A.A. Seddique and K.M. Ahmed. "Performance of a Household-Level Arsenic Removal System during 4-Month Deployments in Bangladesh." Environmental Science and Technology 38.12: 3442-48. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Cheng, Z., Y. Zheng, R. Mortlock and A. van Geen. "Rapid Multi-Element Analysis of Groundwater by High-Resolution Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry." Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 379.3: 512-28. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Wasserman, G.A., X. Liu, F. Parvez, H. Ahsan, P. Factor-Litvak, A. van Geen, V. Slakovich, N.J. LoIacono, Z. Cheng, I. Hussain, H. Momotaj and J.H. Graziano. "Water Arsenic Exposure and Children's Intellectual Function in Araiharzar, Bangladesh." Environmental Health Perspectives 112.3: 1329-33. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2004
Van Geen, A, H. Ahsan, A.H. Horneman, R.K. Dhar, Y. Zheng, I. Hussain, K.M. Ahmed, A. Gelman, M. Stute, H.J. Simpson, S. Wallace, C. Small, F. Parvez, V. Slavkovich, N.J. LoIacono, M. Becker, Z. Cheng, H. Momotaj, M. Shahnewaz, A.A. Seddique and J.H. Graziano. "Promotion of Well Switching to Mitigate the Current Arsenic Crisis in Bangladesh, 2002." Bulletin of the World Health Organization 80: 732-37. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 2002
Melchor, R.N., Z. Cheng and K. Foland. "Isotopic Dating Early Paleozoic San Jorge Formation Limestones, La Pampa Province, Argentina: Preliminary Results from a Pb/Pb isochron and 87Sr/86Sr Ratios." II Simposio Sudamericano de Geologia Isotopica, Actas: 414-17. (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1999
Zhang, X., B. Li, J. Wu, Z. Cheng and A. Hu. "Determination of Potassium by GFAES." Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis 16.5: 98-104. (in Chinese) (Books and Publications: Peer Reviewed Article) 1995
Professional Leadership
Member, Advisory Board, Earth Matter (nongovernmental organization). (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, Advisory Board, Healthy Soils, Healthy Communities Program, Cornell University. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2010
Gowanus Conservancy Technical Committee. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2009
