Dr. Harry Zhang is the Program Director at WE&RF for program areas in Sustainable Integrated Water Management (SIWM), Stormwater, Watershed, Decentralized Systems and Climate Impacts on Water Quantity and Quality.
Harry has more than 20 years of experience and has served as a subject matter expert in the field of water quality, stormwater management, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), watershed management, regulatory compliance, environmental systems analysis and water sustainability for both public and private sector projects. Prior to joining WE&RF, Harry served as technical program lead for programs funded by the U.S. EPA’s Office of Research & Development (ORD), and Technical Support for Assessment and Watershed Protection (TSAWP) and National Watershed Protection Program (NWPP) by the Office of Water. In addition, Harry served as technical lead on water resources and water quality for industrial and private sector projects while in a global engineering consulting firm. Furthermore, Harry was appointed as one of 30 voting members for the Advisory Committee on Water Information (ACWI) by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior for three consecutive terms. Harry is the editor on sustainability subject for Journal of Water Science & Technology (WS&T) by International Water Association (IWA).
Harry has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in the field of water quality modeling & monitoring, stormwater management, TMDLs, watershed management, water sustainability, integrated water management, climate change, risk analysis, water reclamation/reuse and groundwater at Water Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology, Journal of Water Science & Technology, Journal of Environmental Engineering, Water Environment & Technology, and Power Engineering.
Harry has a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering (with a minor in Systems Engineering) from University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA. Harry is a registered Professional Engineer in Virginia and Maryland.