Professor Taicheng An was born in Gansu, China, in 1972. He received his B.S. in Chemistry from Northwest Normal University in 1996, and his Ph.D degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Zhongshan University, China. Now, Dr. Taicheng An is working as a professor of Environmental Science and Engineering in The State key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, and vice-director of Guangdong Key Laboratory of Environmental Resources Utilization and Protection, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, China. He is editor and associate editor of two international journals, and editor aboard for another 6 international academic journals. He has been published more than 80 peer-received professional papers and is the holder of 10 issued patents and 9 application patents.

1.  Taicheng An*, Jiaxin Chen, Guiying Li, Xuejun Ding, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu, Bixian Mai, Kevin E. O’Shea, Characterization and Photocatalytic Activity of Hydrophobic TiO2-montmorillonite photocatalysts. Degradation of decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209)，Catalysis Today，2008,139: 67-76;

2.  Taicheng An*, Jikai Liu, Guiying Li, Shanqing Zhang, Huijun Zhao, Xiangying Zeng, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu,Structural and photocatalytic degradation characteristics of hydrothermally treated mesoporous TiO2, 2008, 350: 237-243;

3. Guiying Li, Taicheng An*, Xiangpin Nie, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu, Eddy Zeng，Mutagenicity assessment of produced water during photoelectrocatalytic degradation, Environmenta Toxicology and Chemistry. 2007, 26(3): 416-423.

4. Taicheng An*, Guiying Li, Xihai Zhu, Jiamo Fu, Guoying Sheng, Zhu Kun. Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of oxalic acid in aqueous phase with a novel three-dimensional electrode-hollow quartz tube photoelectrocatalytic reactor, Applied Catalysis A: General 2005, 279: 247–256.

5. Taicheng An*, Ya Xiong, Guiying Li, Xihai Zhu, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu. Improving ultraviolet light transmission in a packed-bed photoelectrocatalytic reactor for removal of oxalic acid from wastewater, Journal Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2006, 181(2-3):158-165.

6. Maolin Zhang, Taicheng An*, Xiaohong Hu, Xinming Wang, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu. Preparation and photocatalytic properties of a nanometer ZnO-SnO₂ coupled oxide. Applied Catalysis A: General, 2004, 260(1-2): 215–222.

7. Taicheng An*, Wenbing Zhang, Xianming Xiao, Guoying Sheng, Jiamo Fu, Xihai Zhu.  Photoelectrocatalytic degradation of quinoline with a novel three-dimensional electrode -packed bed photocatalytic reactor. Jou