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Journal Papers

Year 2026

  1. Hong S., Winkler M.H., Wang Z.W., Dhanasekar A., Goel R. (2026) Unveiling metabolic insights and niche differentiation of microbial communities in EBPR-Anammox reactor through integration of long-read metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Environmental Science and Technology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c17958
  2. Li Y., Taylor M., Novak J.T., Leng W., Nguyen C., Wang Z.W. (2025) Harnessing ferric chloride dosing for removal of Maillard reaction-derived recalcitrant dissolved organic nitrogen during dewatering of municipal sludge treated by thermal hydrolysis-enhanced anaerobic digestion, Water Research X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2026.100505
  3. Li, C., Wang, J., Liu, M., Zheng, Y., Kumar, S., Umeda, I., Mahata, C., Norton, J., and Wang, Z.W. (2026). Harnessing activated sludge for the treatment of hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater: A proof-of-concept study. Water Environment Research, 98(2):e70313 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.70313

Year 2025

  1. Umeda I., Liu M., Zheng Y., Wang J., Wang Z.W., Kumar S. (2025) Element-based Predictive Modeling of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Bioproducts Derived from Corn Stover. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 14,332−346 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c09967
  2. Khatun M.S., Ganguly A., Wang Z.W., Zhang X.Y., Wright M.M (2026) Technoeconomic and life cycle assessment of a modular bioprocess system for producing polyhydroxyalkanoates from food waste via heterogeneous fermentation, Journal of Cleaner Production, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.147224
  3. Cao C., Ahn K., Hong S. J., Kim Y.T., He Z., Huang H., Wang Z.W., Lee E., Shim Y. (2026) Spray-coated polylactic acid/polyhydroxyalkanoate biodegradable bioplastic films on paper: A sustainable strategy for enhancing barrier and mechanical properties. Progress in Organic Coatings, 210, 109685 DOI: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1lpdq14RJzjJ48
  4. Zhao F., Zhang X., Wang Z.W., Kim Y.-T. and Huang H., (2025). Chemical free extraction of polyhydroxyalkanoates produced from pilot-scale Haloferax mediterranei fermentation of glycerol waste. Food and Bioproducts Processing, 154, 118-127 DOI: 10.1016/j.fbp.2025.09.004
  5. Zhang X.Y., Helm R.F., McCoy E.L, Zhao F., Wang M., Li Y., Lansing S., Huang H., Wang Z.W. (2025) Identification and Mitigation of Inhibitory Substances Contained in High-Salinity Crude Glycerol Generated from Biodiesel Production for Bioplastic Synthesis by Haloferax mediterranei. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c05475
  6. Liu C., Zhang X.Y., Qiao Q., Wang Z.W., Shao Q., Shi J. (2025) Volatile Fatty Acids Recovery from Thermophilic Acidogenic Fermentation Using Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents. Journal of Biological Engineering, 19, 73 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13036-025-00544-6
  7. Zhang X.Y., Wang J.F., Hassanein A., An, Z., Lansing S., Wang, Z.W. (2025) Maintenance energy-driven polyhydroxyalkanoates production from food waste digestate by Haloferax mediterranei, Bioresource Technology, 436, 132952 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132952
  8. Jacob S, Kundu D, Chintagunta AD, Samanta P, Mahata C, Dey S, Shibirathna RG, Barathi A, Kumar S, Wang Z.W., Goel G. (2025) Anaerobic digestion-derived digestate valorization: green chemistry innovations for resource recovery and reutilization. Green Chemistry, 27, 7472-7505. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5GC01053E
  9. Sun Y.W., Khunjar W.O., Rosenfeldt E.J., Selbes M., Wang Z.W. (2025) Mechanistic understandings of the convoluted impacts of hydraulic loading rates, temperature, chlorine doses, and media sizes on the performance of biologically active filtration applied for full-scale drinking water treatment, Water Research, 284, 124011 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124011
  10. Zhang X.Y., Wang M.X., Li Y.B., Langsing S., Wang Z.W. (2025) Scalable Step-by-Step Approach of Sustainable Bioplastic Production from Food Waste, Journal of Visualized Experiments, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3791/68499
  11. Zhang X.Y., Amradi N.K., Moore M., Hassanein A., Mickol R.L., McCoy E.L., Eddie B., Shepard J.S., Wang J.F., Lansing S., Yates M.D., Kim Y.T., Wang Z.W. (2025) Enhancement of 3-Hydroxyvalerate fraction in poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) produced by Haloferax mediterranei fed with food waste pretreated via arrested anaerobic digestion integrated with microbial electrolysis cells, Bioresource Technology, 132536 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132536
  12. Liu M.C., Umeda I., Kumar S., Wang Z.W., Zheng Y. (2025) Impact of Corn Stover Hydrothermal Liquefaction Conditions on the Chemical Composition and Aerobic Fermentation of the Aqueous Phase, Water Research, 281, 123604 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123604
  13. Sun Y.W., Shad M.F., Mansell B., Liu M., Hsia P., Coracero A., Tsai R., Danker B., Sun Y., Liao Z.T., Wang Z.W., Khunjar W., Pitt P., Latimer R. (2025) Leveraging primary effluent- and glycerol-driven partial denitrification-anammox within a pilot-scale tertiary step-feed moving bed biofilm reactor treating high-rate activated sludge systems effluent. Water Research, 280, 123505 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123505
  14. Wang J.F., Sun Y.W., Khunjar W., Pace G., McGrath M., Chitrakar S., Taylor R.L., Carroll J.R., Zhang X.Y., Wang Z.W. (2025) Kinetic mechanism of methanol-fed partial denitrification anammox in tertiary moving bed biofilm reactors fed with real secondary effluent. Chemical Engineering Journal, 161160 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2025.161160

Year 2024

  1. Wang J.F., Sun Y.W., Khunjar W., Pace G., McGrath M., Chitrakar S., Taylor R.L., Carroll J.R., Zhang X.Y., Wang Z.W. (2024) Mechanistic understanding of the performance difference between methanol- and glycerol-fed partial denitrification anammox in tertiary moving bed biofilm reactors treating real secondary effluent. Water Research, 271, 122893 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122893
  2. Zhang X.Y., An Z.H., Wang J.F., Lansing S., Amradi N.K., Haque M.S., Wang Z.W. (2024) Long-term effects of cycle time and volume exchange ratio on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) production from food waste digestate by Haloferax mediterranei cultivated in sequencing batch reactors for 450 days. Bioresource Technology, 416, 131771 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131771
  3. Liu M.C., Wang J.F., Umeda I., Wang Z.W., Kumar S., Zheng Y., (2024) Harnessing filamentous fungi and fungal-bacterial co-culture for biological treatment and valorization of hydrothermal liquefaction aqueous phase from corn stover. Bioresource Technology, 409, 131240 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131240
  4. Wang, J., Sun, Y., Zhang, X., Khunjar, W., Bo, L., Winkler, M.K., Goel, R. and Wang, Z.W., (2024) Carbon-Efficient Nutrients Removal from Real Municipal Wastewater Under Conditions of Highly Variable Influent Quality and Low Temperature. Chemical Engineering Journal, 155268 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.155268
  5. Zhao F., Wang Z.W., Huang H. (2024) Physical Cell Disruption Technologies for Intracellular Compound Extraction from Microorganisms. Processes, 12(10), 2059 https://doi.org/10.3390/pr12102059
  6. Zhang X.Y., Wang J.F., Zhang Y.X., Qing W.H., Lansing S., Shi J., Zhang W., Wang Z.W. (2024) Anhydrous volatile fatty acid extraction through omniphobic membranes by hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents: mechanistic understanding and future perspective. Water Research, 257, 15, 121654 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121654
  7. Guo C.C., Ma Y.F., Li Y.T., Wang Z.W., Lin S.P., Dong R.J., Liu S. (2024) Effects of Hydrothermal Pretreatment and Anaerobic Digestion of Pig Manure on the Antibiotic Removal and Methane Production, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12010-024-04900-y
  8. Aka R.J.N., Hossain M.M., Nasir A., Zhan Y.H., Zhang X.Y., Zhu J., Wang Z.W., Wu S. (2024) Enhanced Nutrient Recovery from Anaerobically Digested Poultry Wastewater through Struvite Precipitation by Organic Acid Pre-treatment and Seeding in a Bubble Column Electrolytic Reactor, Water Research, 252, 121239. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121239
  9. Luo H., Zhang X.Y., Nguyen C., Taylor M., Wang Z.W. (2024) Effects of Carbon Diversion to Primary Sludge Production on Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment-Enhanced Anaerobic Digestion, Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 10, 677 – 687. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3EW00695F

Year 2023

  1. Xiao R., An Z.H., Wang Z.W., Zheng Y. (2023) Kinetic Modeling of Cell Growth and Value-added Products Accumulation of Thraustochytrium striatum, Biomass and Bioenergy. 181: 107033. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2023.107033
  2. Liu M.C., Mahata C., Wang Z.W., Kumar S., Zheng Y. (2023) Comparative Exploration of Biological Treatment of Hydrothermal Liquefaction Wastewater from Sewage Sludge: Effects of Culture, Fermentation Conditions, and Ammonia Stripping, Journal of Environmental Management, 349:119527 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119527
  3. Gomeiz A.T., Sun Y., Newborn A, Wang Z.W., Angelotti B., Van Aken B. (2023) Metagenomic Analysis of a Continuous-Flow Aerobic Granulation System for Wastewater Treatment. Microorganisms, 11(9):2328
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11092328
  4. Li B., Godfrey B., RedCorn R., Candry P., Wang Z.W., Goel R., Winkler M. (2023) Mainstream Nitrogen Removal from Low Temperature and Low Ammonium Strength Municipal Wastewater using Hydrogel-encapsulated Comammox and Anammox, Water Research, 242, 15, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120303
  5. Wang J.F., An Z.H., Zhang X.Y., Angelotti B., Brooks M., Wang Z.W. (2023) Effects of Nitrate Recycle on the Sludge Densification in Plug-Flow Bioreactors Fed with Real Domestic Wastewater, Processes 2023, 11(7), 1876. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr11071876
  6. An Z.H., Wang J.F., Zhang X.Y., Bott C.B., Angelotti B., Brooks M., Wang Z.W. (2023) Coupling physical selection with biological selection for the startup of a pilot-scale, continuous flow, aerobic granular sludge reactor without treatment interruption, Water Research X, 19, 100186. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100186
  7. Li B., Godfrey B.J., RedCorn R, Candry P., Wang Z.W., Goel R., Winkler M.K.H., (2023) Simultaneous anaerobic carbon and nitrogenremoval from primary municipal wastewater with hydrogel encapsulated anaerobic digestion sludge and AOA-anammox coated hollow fiber membrane, Science of the Total Environment, 163696.
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163696
  8. Hong S., Winkler M., Wang Z.W., Goel R. (2023) Integration of EBPR with mainstream anammox process to treat real municipal wastewater: process performance and microbiology, Water Research, 233, 119758
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119758

Year 2022

  1. Sun Y.P., Luo H., Iboleon R., Wang Z.W. (2022) Fate of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and Class 1 Integrons during Sludge Treatment using Pilot-scale Anaerobic Digestion with Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment, Bioresource Technology, 128043 
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128043
  2. Wang J.F., Sun Y.P., Zhang D., Broderick T., Strawn M., Santha H., Pallansch K., Denies A., Wang Z.W. (2022) Unblocking the rate-limiting step of the municipal sludge anaerobic digestion, Water Environment.. Research, e10793 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.10793
  3. Wang J.F., Sun Y.P., Xia K., Deines A., Cooper R., Pallansch K., Wang Z.W. (2022) Pivotal Role of Urban Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility in Urban Agriculture, Water Environment Research, 94(6):e10743. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.10743 (Cover Page)

Year 2021

  1. Chen Y.Z., Zhang J.L., Ding L.Y., Zhang Y.Y., Wang X.S., Qiao X.J., Pan B.Z., Wang Z.W., Xu N., Tao H.C. (2021) Sustainable treatment of nitrate-containing wastewater by a new autotrophic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, Environmental Science & Ecotechnology, 100146 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ese.2022.100146
  2. Luo H., Sun Y., Taylor M., Nguyen C., Strawn M., Broderick T., Wang Z.W. (2021) Impacts of aluminum- and iron-based coagulants on municipal sludge anaerobic digestibility, dewaterability, and odor emission, Water Environment Research,  94(1), e1684 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1684 (Editor’s Selection)
  3. Zhang K., Adams J.K., Kumar S., Wang Z.W.,  Zheng Y. (2021) A novel biological treatment of hydrothermal carbonization wastewater by using Thraustochytrium striatum, Process Biochemistry, 112, 217-222 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2021.12.005 
  4. An Z.H., Jin Q., Zhang X.Y., Huang H.B., Wang Z.W. (2021) Anaerobic granulation of single culture Clostridium beijerinckii, Food and Bioproducts Processing, 130, 164-170,  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fbp.2021.09.012
  5. An Z.H., Zhang X.Y., Zheng Y., Wang Z.W. (2021) Aerobic granulation of single culture protist, Process Biochemistry, 110, 163-167 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procbio.2021.08.014
  6. An Z.H., Bott C.B., Angelotti B., Brooks M., Wang Z.W. (2021) Leveraging feast and famine selection pressure during startup of continuous flow aerobic granulation systems to manage treatment performance, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 7, 1622-1629, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1EW00314C
  7. An Z.H., Zhang X.Y., Bott C.B., Wang Z.W. (2021) Long-term stability of nitrifying granules in a membrane bioreactor without hydraulic selection pressure, Processes, 9(6), 1024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/pr9061024
  8. Luo H., Zhang D., Taylor M., Nguyen C., Wang Z.W. (2021) Aeration in sludge holding tanks as an economical means for biosolids odor control – A case study, Water Environment Research, 2021;00:1–11, DOI:  https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1582
  9. Wang S., Liu Q.X., Li J., Wang Z.W. (2021) Methane in wastewater treatment plants: status, characteristics, and bioconversion feasibility by methane oxidizing bacteria for high value-added chemicals production and wastewater treatment, Water Research, 198, 117122, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117122
  10. Zhang D., An Z.H., Strawn M., Broderick T., Khunjar W., Wang Z.W. (2021) Understanding the Formation of Recalcitrant Dissolved Organic Nitrogen as A Result of Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment and Anaerobic Digestion of Municipal Sludge, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 7, 335-345, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EW00944J
  11. Sun Y.W., Gomeiz A.T.,  Aken B.V., Angelotti B., Brooks M., Wang Z.W. (2021) Dynamic response of aerobic granular sludge to feast and famine conditions in plug flow reactors fed with real domestic wastewater, Science of the Total Environment, 758, 144155, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144155

Year 2020

  1. An Z.H., Sun Y.W., Angelotti B., Brooks M., Wang Z.W. (2020) Densification dependence in continuous flow and sequential batch granulation systems on reactor feast-to-famine duration ratio, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 101800, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101800
  2. Zhang D., Santha H., Pallanschb K., Novaka J.T., Wang Z.W. (2020) Repurposing pre-pasteurization as an in-situ thermal hydrolysis pretreatment process for enhancing anaerobic digestion of municipal sludge: A horizontal comparison between temperature-phased and standalone thermophilic or mesophilic anaerobic digestion, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6, 3316 -3325. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EW00633E
  3. An Z.H., Kent T.R., Sun Y.W., Charles B., Wang Z.W. (2020) Free ammonia resistance of NOB developed in aerobic granular sludge cultivated in continuous upflow airlift reactors performing partial nitritation, Water Environment Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1440
  4. Sun Y.W., Angelotti B., Brooks M.A., and Wang Z.W. (2020) Feast/Famine Ratio Determined Continuous Flow Aerobic Granulation, Science of the Total Environment, 141467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141467
  5. Jin Q.,  An Z., Damle A., Poe N., Wu J.,  Wang H., Wang Z.W., Huang H. (2020) High acetone-butanol-ethanol production from food waste by recombinant Clostridium saccharoperbutylacetonicum in batch and continuous immobilized-cell fermentation, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 8, 26, 9822–9832. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02529
  6. Alfredo K., Lin J., Islam A., and Wang Z.W. (2020) Impact of activated carbon-block point-of-use (POU) filters on chloraminated water quality, AWWA Water Science, 2(3) e1180. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aws2.1180 
  7. Zhang D., Strawn M., Broderick T., Novak J.T., Wang Z.W. (2020) Effects of anaerobic digester solids retention time on odor emission and dewaterability of biosolids subjected to various shear intensity, polymer doses, and storage duration,  Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 6, 1588-1596 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D0EW00028K
  8. Zhang D., Sun Y.W., Angelotti B., Wang Z.W. (2020) Understanding the dewaterability of aerobic granular sludge formed in continuous flow bioreactors treating real domestic wastewater: is it really better than that of the activated sludge? Journal of Water Process Engineering, 36, 101253 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101253
  9. Zhang D., Feng Y.M., Huang H.B., Khunjar W.O., Wang Z.W. (2020) Recalcitrant Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Formation in Thermal Hydrolysis Pretreatment of Municipal Sludge, Environment International, 138, 105629, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105629

Year 2019

  1. Sun Y., Vaidya R., Khunjar W.O., Rosenfeldt E., Selbes M., Wilson C., Bott C.B., Titcomb M., Wang Z.W. (2019) Mathematical Modeling of Biologically Active Filtration (BAF) for Potable Water Production Applications, Water Research, 167, 115128, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115128
  2. Kent T.R., Sun Y.W., An Z.H., Bott C.B., Wang Z.W. (2019) Mechanistic Understanding of the NOB Suppression by Free Ammonia Inhibition in Continuous Flow Aerobic Granulation Bioreactors, Environment International, 131, 105005, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105005
  3. Yu D.J., Sun Y.W., Wang W.J., O’Keefe S.F., Neilson A.P., Feng H., Wang Z.W., Huang H.B. (2019) Recovery of Protein Hydrolysates from Brewer’s Spent Grain using Enzyme and Ultrasonication, International Journal of Food Science and Technology DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14314
  4. Shah P. and Wang Z.W. (2019) Using digital polymerase chain reaction to characterize microbial communities in wetland mesocosm soils under different vegetation and seasonal nutrient loadings,  Science of the Total Environment, 689, 269-277, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.305
  5. Sun Y.W., Angelotti B., and Wang Z.W. (2019) Continuous-flow aerobic granulation in plug-flow bioreactors fed with real domestic wastewater, Science of the Total Environment, 688, 762-770, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.291
  6. Zhang D., Angelotti B., Schlosser E., and Wang Z.W. (2019) Using cerium chloride to control soluble orthophosphate concentration and improve the dewaterability of sludge: Part II. A case study, Water Environment Research, 92 (3): 331-337, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1150
  7. Zhang D., Angelotti B., Schlosser E., Novak J.T., and Wang Z.W. (2019) Using cerium chloride to control soluble orthophosphate concentration and improve the dewaterability of sludge: Part I. mechanistic understanding, Water Environment Research, 92 (3): 320-330, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/wer.1142
  8. Li X.J., Sun Y.W., Wang Z.W., He Z. (2019)  Theoretical understanding of the optimum conditions for a mainstream granular nitritation-anammox reactor coupled with anaerobic pretreatment,  Science of The Total Environment, 669 (15): 683-691, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.117
  9. Ma J., Xie S., Yu L., Zhen Y., Zhao Q., Frear C., Chen S., Wang Z.W. and Shi Z. (2019) pH shaped Kinetic characteristics and microbial community of food waste hydrolysis and acidification. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 146, 52-59, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2019.03.004 

Year 2018

  1. Sun Y.W., Angelotti B., Brooks M., Dowbiggin B., Evans P.J., Devins B., and Wang Z.W. (2018) A pilot-scale investigation of disinfection by-product precursor and trace organic removal mechanisms in ozone-biologically activated carbon treatment for potable reuse, Chemosphere, 210:539-549, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.06.162
  2. Kent T.R., Bott, C.B., and Wang Z.W. (2018) State of the art of aerobic granulation in continuous flow bioreactors, Biotechnology Advances, 36(4): 1139-1166, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2018.03.015
  3. Zhang D., Strawn M., Novak J.T., and Wang Z.W. (2018) Kinetic modeling of the effect of solids retention time on Methanethiol dynamics in Anaerobic Digestion, Water Research,138, 301-311, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2018.03.035

Year 2017

  1. Cui Y.W., Gong X.Y., Shi Y.P. and Wang Z.W. (2017) Salinity effect on production of PHA and EPS by Haloferax mediterranei, RSC Advances, 7(84): 53587-53595, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA09652F
  2. Sun Y.W., Zhang D., and Wang Z.W. (2017) The potential of using biological nitrogen removal technique for stormwater treatment, Ecological Engineering, 106: 482-495, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2017.05.045
  3. Luo S., Wang Z.W., and He Z. (2017) Mathematical modeling of the dynamic behavior of an integrated photo-bioelectrochemical system for simultaneous wastewater treatment and bioenergy recovery, Energy, 124: 227-237, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2017.02.039

Year 2016

  1. Cui Y.W., Zhang H.Y., Ji S.Y. and Wang Z.W. (2016) Kinetic analysis of the temperature effect on polyhydroxyalkanoate production by Haloferax mediterranei in synthetic molasses wastewater, Journal of Polymers and the Environment, 1-9, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-016-0807-2
  2. Wang L.L., Li W.Z., Wang Z.J., Wang Z.W., Sui C., Li Y. (2016) Effect of digestate application depth on soil nitrogen volatilization and vertical distribution, International Journal of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, 9: 101-107, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3965/j.ijabe.20160905.2396
  3. Wang Z.W., Xu F.Q, Manchala, K.R., Sun Y.W., and Li Y.B. (2016) Fractal-like kinetics of the solid-state anaerobic digestion, Waste Management, 53: 55-61, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2016.04.019
  4. Xu F.Q, Wang Z.W., and Li Y.B. (2016) Converting Solid Waste into Renewable Energy with Solid-State Anaerobic Digestion, Resource Magazine, 23(4): 4-5

Year 2015

  1. Xu F.Q., Li Y.B. and Wang Z.W. (2015) Mathematical modeling of solid-state anaerobic digestion, Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 51, 49-66, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecs.2015.09.001
  2. Sheets J.P, Yang L.C., Ge X.M, Wang Z.W., and Li Y.B. (2015) Beyond land application: Emerging technologies for the treatment and reuse of anaerobically digested agricultural and food waste, Waste Management, 44, 94-115, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2015.07.037
  3. Morrell-Falvey, J.L., Elkins, J.G. and Wang, Z.W. (2015) Determination of the cellulase activity distribution in Clostridium thermocellum and Caldicellulosiruptor obsidiansis cultures using a fluorescent substrate. Journal of environmental sciences, 34, 212-218, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2015.03.009

Before Year 2015

  1. Xu F.Q., Wang Z.W. and Li Y.B., (2014) Predicting the methane yield of lignocellulosic biomass in mesophilic solid-state anaerobic digestion based on feedstock characteristics and process parameters, Bioresource Technology, 173:168–176, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.09.090
  2. Xu F.Q., Wang Z.W. and Li Y.B., (2014) A mass diffusion-based interpretation of the total solids effect on solid- state anaerobic digestion of cellulosic biomass, Bioresource Technology, 167:178-185, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2014.05.114
  3. Li X.K, Wang S.T., Wang Z.W., and Ma J. (2013) In-depth characterization of secondary effluent from a conventional municipal wastewater treatment plant in northern China for tertiary treatment, Water Science and Technology, 69(7):1482-1488, DOI: https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2014.040
  4. Wang Z.W. and Li Y.B., (2013) A theoretical derivation of the Contois equation for kinetic modeling of microbial growth on insoluble substrate, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 82(15) 134-138, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2013.11.002
  5. Wang Z.W., Lee S.H., Elkins J.G., Li Y.C., Hamilton-Brehm S., Morrell-Falvey, J.L. (2013) Continuous live cell imaging of cellulose attachment by microbes under anaerobic and thermophilic conditions using confocal microscopy, Journal of Environmental Sciences, 25(5): 1-8, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1001-0742(12)60104-1
  6. Ma J.W., Frear C., Wang Z.W., Yu L., Zhao Q.B., Li X.J., Chen S.L. (2012) A simple methodology for rate-limiting step determination for anaerobic digestion of complex substrates and effect of microbial community ratio, Bioresource Technology, 134: 391-395, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2013.02.014
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