By Associate Professor Min Zheng

Journal articles

Hu Z; Cen X; Wang Z; Zheng M, 2025, 'Characterization of acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing Nitrosospira bacteria suggests wide implementation of the acidic nitritation process', Water Research X, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100317

Lu X; Wang Z; Kong Z; Duan H; Zuo Z; Hu Z; Zheng M; Hu S, 2025, 'Upgrading waste activated sludge into valuable biosolids via an integrated biochemical approach', Water Research X, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100325

Tang W; Wei J; Wang S; Cheng Q; Abid A; Gu J; Zheng M; Ma D, 2025, 'Formation of highly toxic p-benzoquinones byproducts during ozonation of cresols', Journal of Environmental Sciences (China), 154, pp. 495 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jes.2024.08.034

Li J; Cen X; Zheng Q; Zhao Z; Ren J; Khan S; Duan H; Thai P; Zheng M, 2025, 'Impact of long-term and short-term magnesium hydroxide dosing on transformation of chemical biomarkers in the sewer systems', Water Research, 279, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123426

Ren ZH; Xiao LP; Wang Q; Fu X; Xu Q; He H; Qin C; Zheng M; Sánchez J; Sun RC, 2025, 'Removal of heavy metal ions in wastewater and reuse as a hydrogenolysis catalyst: Multistage application of lignin-based adsorbent', Industrial Crops and Products, 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.120919

Cen X; Hu Z; Yu Z; Huang X; Zuo Z; Guo J; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2025, 'Integrated application of nanoscale zero-valent iron for sulfide and methane control in sewers and improved wastewater treatment', Water Research, 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123248

Liu Y; Dong J; Cheng X; Cen X; Dang Y; Xu K; Zheng M, 2025, 'Dual role of organic matter in Feammox-driven nitrogen and phosphate removal', Water Research X, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100312

Cheng X; Hu L; Liu T; Cheng X; Li J; Xu K; Zheng M, 2025, 'High-level nitrogen removal achieved by Feammox-based autotrophic nitrogen conversion', Water Research X, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100292

Zhao Y; Zheng M; Ni BJ; Ni SQ, 2025, 'Making waves: Harnessing anammox bacteria coupled with dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium for sustainable wastewater management', Water Research X, 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100295

Zuo Z; Zhang T; Cen X; Lu X; Liu T; Zheng M, 2025, 'High Production of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) via Acidic Denitrification', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 12, pp. 425 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00255

Wei J; Cheng C; Tang W; Cheng Q; Zheng M; Ma D, 2025, 'A comprehensive analysis of storage impact on toxicity assessment of ozonated effluents', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 486, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136964

Cheng Q; Tang W; Liu Z; Wu Y; Zheng M; Ma D, 2025, 'In vivo oxidative stress responses and mechanism to chlorinated and methylated p-benzoquinone oxidation byproducts: A comparison study', Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 291, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2025.117914

Zheng M; Lloyd J; Wardrop P; Duan H; Liu T; Ye L; Ni BJ, 2025, 'Path to zero emission of nitrous oxide in sewage treatment: is nitrification controllable or avoidable?', Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2024.103230

Yong M; Yang Y; Sun L; Tang M; Wang Z; Xing C; Hou J; Zheng M; Chui TFM; Li Z; Yang Z, 2025, 'Nanofiltration Membranes for Efficient Lithium Extraction from Salt-Lake Brine: A Critical Review', ACS Environmental Au, 5, pp. 12 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsenvironau.4c00061

Xia J; Su Z; Cai C; Liu T; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2025, 'Enrichment and identification of a moderately acidophilic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium', Water Research X, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100308

Cen X; Hu Z; Huang X; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2025, 'Integrated urban wastewater management through on-site generation and application of ferrous carbonate', Water Research, 268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122732

Su Z; Liu T; Guo J; Zheng M, 2025, 'Kinetic and Physiological Characterization of Acidophilic Nitrobacter spp. in a Nitrite-Oxidizing Culture', Environmental Science and Technology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c10020

Zuo Z; Zhang T; Huang X; Cen X; Lu X; Liu T; Shon HK; Zheng M, 2024, 'A hybrid oxidation approach for converting high-strength urine ammonia into ammonium nitrate', Water Research X, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100277

Duan H; Watt S; Erler D; Li H; Wang Z; Zheng M; Hu S; Ye L; Yuan Z, 2024, 'Coarse bubble mixing in anoxic zone greatly stimulates nitrous oxide emissions from biological nitrogen removal process', Water Research X, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100263

Guo R; Cen X; Ni BJ; Zheng M, 2024, 'Bioplastic polyhydroxyalkanoate conversion in waste activated sludge', Journal of Environmental Management, 370, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122866

Zheng M; Hu Z; Liu T; Sperandio M; Volcke EIP; Wang Z; Hao X; Duan H; Vlaeminck SE; Xu K; Zuo Z; Guo J; Huang X; Daigger GT; Verstraete W; van Loosdrecht MCM; Yuan Z, 2024, 'Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage', Nature Sustainability, 7, pp. 1395 - 1404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01423-6

Xu K; Li H; Lin F; Wang C; Zheng M, 2024, 'Optimization of potassium (K) recovery via electrochemical precipitation of K-struvite upon magnesium addition in urine', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.114159

Liu T; Duan H; Lücker S; Zheng M; Daims H; Yuan Z; Guo J, 2024, 'Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms', Nature Water, 2, pp. 936 - 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00307-5

Luo L; Zheng M; Du E; Wang J; Guan X; Guo H, 2024, 'Development of a New Permanganate/Chlorite Process for Water Decontamination', Environmental Science and Technology, 58, pp. 16578 - 16588, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.4c02257

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Lu X; Liu T; Zheng M; Guo M; Liu Y; Huang X, 2024, 'Nitrite-dependent microbial utilization for simultaneous removal of sulfide and methane in sewers', Water Research X, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100231

Zhang Y; Yang X; Zhang X; Sun D; Liu X; Lan R; Zheng M; van Loosdrecht MCM; Cheng X, 2024, 'Proteins in hydrothermal carbonization liquor of sewage sludge interfere with vivianite crystallization for phosphorus recovery', Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2024.107731

Wang Z; Lu X; Zheng M; Hu Z; Batstone D; Yuan Z; Hu S, 2024, 'Quadrupling the capacity of post aerobic digestion treating anaerobically digested sludge using a moving-bed biofilm (MBBR) configuration', Water Research X, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100240

Yang Q; Wei J; Chen Y; Xu Z; Ma D; Zheng M; Li J, 2024, 'Continuous operation of nano-catalytic ozonation using membrane separation coupling system: Influence factors and mechanism', Chemosphere, 362, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.142117

Hu Z; Cen X; Zhang R; Zheng M, 2024, 'Production of ammonium nitrate for nitrogen recovery in a single bioreactor operating at pH 3', Chemical Engineering Journal, 493, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.152748

Pan J; Li J; Zhang T; Liu T; Xu K; Wang C; Zheng M, 2024, 'Complete ammonia oxidation (comammox) at pH 3–4 supports stable production of ammonium nitrate from urine', Water Research, 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121686

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Liu T; Zheng M; Lu X; Chen Y; Jiang G; Liang P; Huang X; Liu Y, 2024, 'Methane mitigation via the nitrite-DAMO process induced by nitrate dosing in sewers', Water Research, 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121701

Niu C; Ying Y; Zhao J; Zheng M; Guo J; Yuan Z; Hu S; Liu T, 2024, 'Superior mainstream partial nitritation in an acidic membrane-aerated biofilm reactor', Water Research, 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121692

Wang Z; Lu X; Zhang X; Yuan Z; Zheng M; Hu S, 2024, 'Ammonium-based bioleaching of toxic metals from sewage sludge in a continuous bioreactor', Water Research, 256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121651

Zuo Z; Niu C; Zhao X; Lai CY; Zheng M; Guo J; Hu S; Liu T, 2024, 'Biological bromate reduction coupled with in situ gas fermentation in H2/CO2-based membrane biofilm reactor', Water Research, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121402

Wang P; Ou R; Tan J; Li N; Zheng M; Jin Q; Yu J; He D, 2024, 'Effect of sludge redistribution strategy on stability of partial nitrification-anammox process: Further exploration of the potential value of sludge', Chemosphere, 355, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141707

Liu W; Li J; Liu T; Zheng M; Meng J; Li J, 2024, 'Temperature-resilient superior performances by coupling partial nitritation/anammox and iron-based denitrification with granular formation', Water Research, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121424

Sohn W; Jiang J; Su Z; Zheng M; Wang Q; Phuntsho S; Kyong Shon H, 2024, 'Microbial community analysis of membrane bioreactor incorporated with biofilm carriers and activated carbon for nitrification of urine', Bioresource Technology, 397, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130462

Zheng M; Liu T, 2024, 'A fresh start to sustainable sewage nitrogen removal', Nature Sustainability, 7, pp. 232 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01286-x

Hou J; Zhu Y; Liu J; Lin L; Zheng M; Yang L; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen X, 2024, 'Competitive enrichment of comammox Nitrospira in floccular sludge', Water Research, 251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121151

Xu Z; Wei J; Abid A; Liu Z; Wu Y; Gu J; Ma D; Zheng M, 2024, 'Formation and toxicity contribution of chlorinated and dechlorinated halobenzoquinones from dichlorophenols after ozonation', Science of the Total Environment, 914, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.169860

Zhen J; Zheng M; Wei W; Ni SQ; Ni BJ, 2024, 'Extracellular electron transfer (EET) enhanced anammox process for progressive nitrogen removal: A review', Chemical Engineering Journal, 482, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2024.148886

Zuo Z; Zheng M; Liu T; Peng Y; Yuan Z, 2024, 'New perspectives in free nitrous acid (FNA) uses for sustainable wastewater management', Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11783-024-1786-5

Lu Y; Liu T; Niu C; Duan H; Zheng M; Hu S; Yuan Z; Wang H; Guo J, 2023, 'Challenges of suppressing nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in membrane aerated biofilm reactors by low dissolved oxygen control', Water Research, 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120754

Hu Z; Li L; Cen X; Zheng M; Hu S; Wang X; Song Y; Xu K; Yuan Z, 2023, 'Integrated urban water management by coupling iron salt production and application with biogas upgrading', Nature Communications, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42158-w

Cen X; Duan H; Hu Z; Huang X; Li J; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2023, 'Multifaceted benefits of magnesium hydroxide dosing in sewer systems: Impacts on downstream wastewater treatment processes', Water Research, 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120788

Wang J; Zheng M; Du E; Chu W; Guo H, 2023, 'A Novel Source of Radicals from UV/Dichloroisocyanurate for Surpassing Abatement of Emerging Contaminants Versus Conventional UV/Chlor(am)ine Processes', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 18452 - 18461, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c06327

Wei J; Wang S; Tang W; Xu Z; Ma D; Zheng M; Li J, 2023, 'Redox-directed identification of toxic transformation products during ozonation of aromatics', Science of the Total Environment, 901, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165929

Xue Y; Zheng M; Cheng Z; Li S; Yang S; Liu Y; Qian Y; Huang X, 2023, 'Dynamic Simulation of Nitrifying Microbial Communities for Establishing Acidic Partial Nitritation in Suspended Activated Sludge', Environmental Science and Technology, 57, pp. 17542 - 17552, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c01282

Zhu Y; Hou J; Liu J; Huo P; Yang L; Zheng M; Wei W; Ni BJ; Chen X, 2023, 'Model-based development of strategies enabling effective enrichment and application of comammox bacteria in floccular sludge under mainstream conditions', Science of the Total Environment, 895, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165051

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

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