professor Cuihong Song

Cuihong Song

Research Assistant Professor, Sustainable Engineering
Research Assistant Professor
Office: Durham, NH 03824

Education

  • PhD, University of New Hampshire
  • M.S., University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
  • B.S., Yantai University

Selected Publications

  • Song, C., Ponder, D., Peng, W., & Ren, Z. J. (2026). Discrepancies in national inventories reveal a large emissions gap in the wastewater sector. Nature Climate Change, 16(3), 313-321. doi:10.1038/s41558-025-02540-6

  • Song, C., Ponder, D., Peng, W., & Ren, Z. J. (2026). Inconsistent national reports undercount wastewater emissions. Nature Climate Change, 16(3), 251-252. doi:10.1038/s41558-026-02555-7

  • Moore, D. P., Li, N. P., Song, C., Zhu, J. -J., Yi, H., Tao, L., . . . Zondlo, M. A. (2025). Comprehensive assessment of the contribution of wastewater treatment to urban greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions. Nature Water, 3(10), 1114-1124. doi:10.1038/s44221-025-00490-z

  • Yan, Y., Song, C., Zhu, J. -J., El Abbadi, S. H., Stokes-Draut, J., & Ren, Z. J. (2025). Methodology Discrepancy and Data Comparability of Greenhouse Gas Monitoring from Water Resource Recovery Facilities. Environmental Science & Technology, 59(25), 12567-12583. doi:10.1021/acs.est.5c00345

  • Li, X., Song, C., El Abbadi, S. H., Stokes-Draut, J. R., & Ren, Z. J. (2025). The Impact of Clean Grid Transition on Wastewater Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 12(2), 144-150. doi:10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00893

  • Guglielmi, G., Mitchell, B., Song, C., Kinsey, B. L., & Mo, W. (2021). Life Cycle Environmental and Economic Comparison of Water Droplet Machining and Traditional Abrasive Waterjet Cutting. SUSTAINABILITY, 13(21). doi:10.3390/su132112275

  • Feng, D., Song, C., & Mo, W. (2021). Environmental, human health, and economic implications of landfill leachate treatment for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance removal. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, 289. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112558

  • Song, C., O'Malley, A., Zydlewski, J., & Mo, W. (2020). Balancing fish-energy-cost tradeoffs through strategic basin-wide dam management. RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING, 161. doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2020.104990

  • Song, C., Omalley, A., Roy, S. G., Barber, B. L., Zydlewski, J., & Mo, W. (2019). Managing dams for energy and fish tradeoffs: What does a win-win solution take?. SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT, 669, 833-843. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.042

  • Song, C., Gardner, K. H., Klein, S. J. W., Souza, S. P., & Mo, W. (2018). Cradle-to-grave greenhouse gas emissions from dams in the United States of America. RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS, 90, 945-956. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.014

  • Most Cited Publications