By Associate Professor Min Zheng

Journal articles

Zhang K; Prodanovic V; Zhao H; Zheng M; Hu S; Hong PY; Yuan Z; Deletic A, 2023, 'Exploring denitrification and anammox processes in the saturated zone of passively operated vegetated biofiltration systems', Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 9, pp. 3062 - 3075, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d3ew00347g

Hu Z; Liu T; Su Z; Zhao J; Guo J; Hu S; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Adaptation of anammox process for nitrogen removal from acidic nitritation effluent in a low pH moving bed biofilm reactor', Water Research, 243, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120370

Su Z; Liu T; Guo J; Zheng M, 2023, 'Nitrite Oxidation in Wastewater Treatment: Microbial Adaptation and Suppression Challenges', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 12557 - 12570, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c00636

Cen X; Li J; Jiang G; Zheng M, 2023, 'A critical review of chemical uses in urban sewer systems', Water Research, 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120108

Liu Y; Zuo Z; Li H; Xing Y; Cheng D; Guo M; Liu T; Zheng M; Yuan Z; Huang X, 2023, 'In-situ advanced oxidation of sediment iron for sulfide control in sewers', Water Research, 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120077

Zhang Y; Liu T; Li MM; Hua ZS; Evans P; Qu Y; Tan S; Zheng M; Lu H; Jiao JY; Lücker S; Daims H; Li WJ; Guo J, 2023, 'Hot spring distribution and survival mechanisms of thermophilic comammox Nitrospira', Isme Journal, 17, pp. 993 - 1003, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41396-023-01409-w

Hu Z; Hu S; Hong PY; Zhang X; Prodanovic V; Zhang K; Ye L; Deletic A; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Impact of electrochemically generated iron on the performance of an anaerobic wastewater treatment process', Science of the Total Environment, 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162628

Zuo Z; Chen Y; Xing Y; Li S; Yang S; Jiang G; Liu T; Zheng M; Huang X; Liu Y, 2023, 'The advantage of a two-stage nitrification method for fertilizer recovery from human urine', Water Research, 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119932

Zheng M; Li H; Duan H; Liu T; Wang Z; Zhao J; Hu Z; Watts S; Meng J; Liu P; Rattier M; Larsen E; Guo J; Dwyer J; Akker BVD; Lloyd J; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2023, 'One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application', Water Research X, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100166

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Duan H; Ren D; Zheng M; Liu Y; Huang X, 2023, 'Reducing sulfide and methane production in gravity sewer sediments through urine separation, collection and intermittent dosing', Water Research, 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119820

Hu Z; Hu S; Ye L; Duan H; Wu Z; Hong PY; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Novel Use of a Ferric Salt to Enhance Mainstream Nitrogen Removal from Anaerobically Pretreated Wastewater', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 6712 - 6722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c08325

Hu Z; Liu T; Wang Z; Meng J; Zheng M, 2023, 'Toward Energy Neutrality: Novel Wastewater Treatment Incorporating Acidophilic Ammonia Oxidation', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 4522 - 4532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06444

Liu W; Li J; Tang L; Li J; Zheng M; Meng J, 2023, 'Achieving high-level nutrient removal and wastewater treatment capacity through iron-mediated microbial process and sludge granulation', Chemical Engineering Journal, 460, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2023.141754

Prodanovic V; Zhang K; Zheng M; Hu S; Hong PY; Yuan Z; Deletic A, 2023, 'Nitrification potential of daily-watered biofiltration designs for high ammonium wastewater treatment', Science of the Total Environment, 863, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160989

Hu Z; Li W; Duan H; Huang X; Meng J; Yang L; Zheng M, 2023, 'An integrated approach to vivianite recovery from waste activated sludge', Bioresource Technology, 371, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128608

Li D; Ren Z; Zhou Y; Jiang L; Zheng M; Liu G, 2023, 'Comammox Nitrospira and Ammonia-Oxidizing Archaea Are Dominant Ammonia Oxidizers in Sediments of an Acid Mine Lake Containing High Ammonium Concentrations', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.00047-23

Li J; Ahmed W; Metcalfe S; Smith WJM; Choi PM; Jackson G; Cen X; Zheng M; Simpson SL; Thomas KV; Mueller JF; Thai PK, 2023, 'Impact of sewer biofilms on fate of SARS-CoV-2 RNA and wastewater surveillance', Nature Water, 1, pp. 272 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44221-023-00033-4

Lim ZK; Liu T; Zheng M; Rattier M; Keller J; Yuan Z; Guo J; Hu S, 2023, 'Membrane reciprocation as energy-efficient fouling control with high biogas recovery in a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor', Resources Conservation and Recycling, 190, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106849

Lu X; Wang Z; Duan H; Wu Z; Hu S; Ye L; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Significant production of nitric oxide by aerobic nitrite reduction at acidic pH', Water Research, 230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119542

Duan H; Zheng M; Li J; Liu T; Wang Z; Shrestha S; Wang B; Ye L; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2023, 'High Hydraulic Loading Rates Favored Mainstream Partial Nitritation: Experimental Demonstration and Model-Based Analysis', ACS Es and T Water, 3, pp. 556 - 564, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00569

Zhao J; Liu T; Meng J; Hu Z; Lu X; Hu S; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Ammonium concentration determines oxygen penetration depth to impact the suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria inside partial nitritation and anammox biofilms', Chemical Engineering Journal, 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140738

Qu S; Liu L; Zhang L; Zheng M; Feng J; Liu C; Miao Y; Jing G, 2023, 'Biodegradation of crude oil by a moderately haloalkaliphilic Acinetobacter strain', Petroleum Science and Technology, 41, pp. 30 - 44, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10916466.2022.2041666

Liu W; Li J; Li J; Zheng M; Meng J, 2023, 'Long-term effect of zero-valent iron on one-stage partial nitritation and anammox', Chemical Engineering Journal, 455, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.140598

Xu K; Lu J; Hu L; Li J; Cheng S; Zheng M; Wang C, 2022, 'Pathogens inactivation in nutrient recovery from urine: A review', Frontiers in Environmental Science, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2022.1056019

Zhao J; Ni G; Piculell M; Li J; Hu Z; Wang Z; Guo J; Yuan Z; Zheng M; Hu S, 2022, 'Characterizing and comparing microbial community and biofilm structure in three nitrifying moving bed biofilm reactors', Journal of Environmental Management, 320, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115883

Hu Z; Zheng M; Hu S; Hong PY; Zhang X; Prodanovic V; Zhang K; Pikaar I; Ye L; Deletic A; Yuan Z, 2022, 'Electrochemical iron production to enhance anaerobic membrane treatment of wastewater', Water Research, 225, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119202

Chen X; Zheng M; Cheng X; Wang C; Xu K, 2022, 'Impact of impurities on vivianite crystallization for phosphate recovery from process water of hydrothermal carbonization of kitchen waste', Resources Conservation and Recycling, 185, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106438

Wang Z; Zheng M; Duan H; Hu S; Yuan Z, 2022, 'Re-configuring mainstream anammox', CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL, 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.136817

Zhao J; Zheng M; Su Z; Liu T; Li J; Guo J; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2022, 'Selective Enrichment of Comammox Nitrospira in a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor with Sufficient Oxygen Supply', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 13338 - 13346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03299

Liu W; Li J; Li X; Tian Y; Meng J; Zheng M; Yuan Z, 2022, 'Increasing the removal efficiency of antibiotic resistance through anaerobic digestion with free nitrous acid pretreatment', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 438, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.129535

Huang T; Xia J; Liu T; Su Z; Guan Y; Guo J; Wang C; Zheng M, 2022, 'Comammox Nitrospira Bacteria Are Dominant Ammonia Oxidizers in Mainstream Nitrification Bioreactors Emended with Sponge Carriers', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 12584 - 12591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03641

Duan H; Watts S; Zheng M; Wang Z; Zhao J; Li H; Liu P; Dwyer J; McPhee P; Rattier M; Larsen E; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2022, 'Achieving robust mainstream nitrite shunt at pilot-scale with integrated sidestream sludge treatment and step-feed', Water Research, 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119034

Yu W; Duan H; Wang Z; Yang J; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2022, 'Transforming anaerobically digested sludge into high-quality biosolids with an integrated physiochemical approach', Resources Conservation and Recycling, 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106416

Xue Y; Zheng M; Wu S; Liu Y; Huang X, 2022, 'Corrigendum: Changes in the species and functional composition of activated sludge communities revealed mechanisms of partial nitrification established by ultrasonication, (Front. Microbiol, (2022), 13, (960608), 10.3389/fmicb.2022.960608)', Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1006638

Meng J; Hu Z; Wang Z; Hu S; Liu Y; Guo H; Li J; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2022, 'Determining Factors for Nitrite Accumulation in an Acidic Nitrifying System: Influent Ammonium Concentration, Operational pH, and Ammonia-Oxidizing Community', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 11578 - 11588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c07522

Xue Y; Zheng M; Wu S; Liu Y; Huang X, 2022, 'Changes in the Species and Functional Composition of Activated Sludge Communities Revealed Mechanisms of Partial Nitrification Established by Ultrasonication', Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.960608

Zuo Z; Liu T; Zheng M; Xing Y; Ren D; Li H; Yang S; Liu Y; Yuan Z; Huang X, 2022, 'Recovery of ammonium nitrate solution from urine wastewater via novel free nitrous acid (FNA)-mediated two-stage processes', Chemical Engineering Journal, 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135826

Wang J; Zheng M; Deng Y; Liu M; Chen Y; Gao N; Du E; Chu W; Guo H, 2022, 'Generality and diversity on the kinetics, toxicity and DFT studies of sulfate radical-induced transformation of BPA and its analogues', Water Research, 219, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.118506

Hu L; Cheng X; Qi G; Zheng M; Dang Y; Li J; Xu K, 2022, 'Achieving Ammonium Removal Through Anammox-Derived Feammox With Low Demand of Fe(III)', Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.918634

Wang Z; Zheng M; Duan H; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2022, 'A 20-Year Journey of Partial Nitritation and Anammox (PN/A): From Sidestream toward Mainstream', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 7522 - 7531, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06107

Zhao Y; Ab Hamid NH; Reddy N; Zheng M; Yuan Z; Duan H; Ye L, 2022, 'Wastewater Primary Treatment Using Forward Osmosis Introduces Inhibition to Achieve Stable Mainstream Partial Nitrification', Environmental Science and Technology, 56, pp. 8663 - 8672, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c05672

Mehrani MJ; Bagherzadeh F; Zheng M; Kowal P; Sobotka D; Mąkinia J, 2022, 'Application of a hybrid mechanistic/machine learning model for prediction of nitrous oxide (N2O) production in a nitrifying sequencing batch reactor', Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 162, pp. 1015 - 1024, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.psep.2022.04.058

Meng J; Duan H; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2022, 'Gravity settling and centrifugation increase the acid buffer capacity of activated sludge', Science of the Total Environment, 820, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.153231

Li J; Liu W; Meng J; Zhao L; Li J; Zheng M, 2022, 'Mesothermal pretreatment using FeCl3 enhances methane production from rice straw', Renewable Energy, 188, pp. 670 - 677, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.028

Li J; Deng K; Meng J; Li J; Zheng M, 2022, 'Synergistic denitrification, partial nitrification - Anammox in a novel A2/O2 reactor for efficient nitrogen removal from low C/N wastewater', Journal of Environmental Management, 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114069

Xia J; Ni G; Wang Y; Zheng M; Hu S, 2022, 'Mycolicibacter acidiphilus sp. nov., an extremely acid-tolerant member of the genus Mycolicibacter', International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72, http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005419

Meng J; Liu T; Zhao J; Lu X; Li J; Zheng M, 2021, 'Assessing the stability of one-stage PN/A process through experimental and modelling investigations', Science of the Total Environment, 801, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149740

Xu PP; Meng J; Li X; Li J; Sun K; Liu BF; Zheng M, 2021, 'Insights into complete nitrate removal in one-stage nitritation-anammox by coupling heterotrophic denitrification', Journal of Environmental Management, 298, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113431

Liu T; Lu Y; Zheng M; Hu S; Yuan Z; Guo J, 2021, 'Efficient nitrogen removal from mainstream wastewater through coupling Partial Nitritation, Anammox and Methane-dependent nitrite/nitrate reduction (PNAM)', Water Research, 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117723

Wang Z; Liu T; Duan H; Song Y; Lu X; Hu S; Yuan Z; Batstone D; Zheng M, 2021, 'Post-treatment options for anaerobically digested sludge: Current status and future prospect', Water Research, 205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117665

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