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My research interests lie in disentangling the knotted threads in Functional Environmental Microbiome. I conducted investigations at both Environmental Chemistry (phenotype)and Environmental Microbiology, Ecology & Biotechnology levels (genotype).
My current research projects include:
(1) Enzyme biotransformation of emerging organic contaminants;
(2) Shared core genomes of river biofilm and activated sludge;
(3) PFAS biodegradability, defluorination genes, and enzymes identification.
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Fate and occurrence of emerging organic contaminants in the environment.
(1) Fate of EOCs in WWTPs
05 /
Biotransformation of emerging organic contaminants by nitrifiers
(1) AOB/NOB coculture biotransform MPs;
(2) Comammox specific biotransformation pattern ;
(3) AOB/AOA/Comammox for sulfonamides;
(4) AOB/AOA/Comammox for lincomycin and fluoroquinolone antibiotics
(5) Comammox specific biotransform benzimidazole fungicide
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Biodefluorination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).
(1) Microbial defluorination Unsaturated PFAS;
(2) Microbial reductive defluorination (first report on microbial reductive defluorination);
(3) Short-chain PFAS biotransformation in activated sludge;
(4) Defluorination of chlorine-substituted PFAS using environmental communities.
(5) Synergistic material-microbe interface defluorination
(6) Pure isolates defluorinating of Cl-PFAS (in prep.)
Characterization and identification of organofluoride respiring microorganisms. (I do not have any publications on this topic yet, but I have done 16S rRNA gene seq, metagenomic/transcriptomic seq, whole-genome seq, RNA seq, and proteomics for this project, we are rolling 2 papers!!! Stay tuned!!!)
(1) Pure isolate delfuorinating Per-FAS (in prep.)
(2) Enrichment of the anaerobic defluorination culture (in prep.)
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06.1 /
Chemical remediation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs).
(1) Accelerated defluorination with UV/S + I system;
(2) Fluorinated alternatives;
(3) Complete Defluorination, Defluorination PFCAs; (5) Defluorination of PFECAS;
(6) Enhanced defluorination at high pH.
(7) UV hydrated electrons defluorination
I have a strong interest in investigating the interactions between microbes and the environment. I'd like to combine biochemistry approaches and omics techniques to study the functions of microbes in the environment. (Check my projects @Eawag for more information)
- We are preparing several manuscripts investigating the environmental metagenomic functional genes/enzymes in organic contaminants removal.
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Biological and bio‐inspired treatment of PFAS: structure specificity and beyond
Functional Environmental Microbiome
The specialized living style of microorganisms
Harnessing the power of functioanl microbiome
Environment, Microbes, Contaminants Nexus
Disentangle the chemical reaction mechanisms
06.2 /
Investigating the reactivity and reaction mechanisms of graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets
(1) Transformation of Graphitic Carbon Nitride by Reactive Chlorine Species
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