Grants per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Civil and Environmental Engineering, PhD, Stanford University
… → 2011
Civil and Environmental Engineering, MS, Stanford University
… → 2006
Chemical Engineering, BS, Rice University
… → 2003
Environmental Engineering, BA, Rice University
… → 2003
Research interests
- Environmental biotechnology
- Microbial ecology of natural and engineered systems
- Nutrient pollution management and abatement
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Biofilms
Chemical Compounds
biofilm
Earth & Environmental Sciences
activated sludge
Earth & Environmental Sciences
ammonia
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Wastewater treatment
Chemical Compounds
nitrite
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Ammonia
Chemical Compounds
bioreactor
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Network
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Grants 2011 2019
Application of Molecular Methods to Determine Abundance, Population Structure, and Functions of Polyphosphate Accumulating Organisms and the Impact
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
11/14/18 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
population structure
phosphorus
nutrient
resource
microorganism
Understanding the Impacts of Low-Energy and Low-Carbon Removal Technologies on Bio-P and Nutrient Recovery Processes
9/1/16 → 12/31/19
Project: Research project
nutrient
carbon
energy
wastewater
sustainability
EAGER: Optical Coherence Elastography (OCE): A novel tool for rapid, non-destructive, spatially resolved quantification of mesoscale biofilm mechanical properties
Balogun, O., Packman, A. & Wells, G.
3/15/17 → 2/28/18
Project: Research project
Elasticity Imaging Techniques
Biofilms
Elastic Modulus
Porosity
Bioreactors
Strategy Evaluation for Mainstream Shortcut Biological Nitrogen Removal at the Lab Scale
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
9/1/15 → 7/31/19
Project: Research project
activated sludge
aeration
nitrogen
sludge
evaluation
PDR-066: The Influence of Extracellular Glycoconjugates on Biofilm Mechanical Properties
Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust
1/1/11 → 12/31/16
Project: Research project
Research Output 2003 2019
5
Citations
(Scopus)
Biomass segregation between biofilm and flocs improves the control of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream partial nitritation and anammox processes
Laureni, M., Weissbrodt, D. G., Villez, K., Robin, O., de Jonge, N., Rosenthal, A., Wells, G., Nielsen, J. L., Morgenroth, E. & Joss, A., May 1 2019, In : Water Research. 154, p. 104-116 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Biofilms
nitrite
biofilm
Bacteria
Biomass
3
Citations
(Scopus)
Comammox Nitrospira are the dominant ammonia oxidizers in a mainstream low dissolved oxygen nitrification reactor
Roots, P., Wang, Y., Rosenthal, A. F., Griffin, J. S., Sabba, F., Petrovich, M., Yang, F., Kozak, J. A., Zhang, H. & Wells, G., Jun 15 2019, In : Water Research. p. 396-405 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Nitrification
Dissolved oxygen
nitrification
Ammonia
dissolved oxygen
Effects of alkali-treated sludge supplementation for enhanced biological phosphorus removal in a membrane bioreactor
Park, J. H., Kang, H. J., Kim, H. S., Wells, G. & Park, H. D., Oct 15 2019, In : Fuel. 254, 115588.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Alkalies
Bioreactors
Phosphorus
Membranes
Pilot plants
Exploring co-occurrence patterns between organic micropollutants and bacterial community structure in a mixed-use watershed
Gao, H., Lavergne, J. M., Carpenter, C. M. G., Desai, R., Zhang, X., Gray, K. A., Helbling, D. E. & Wells, G., May 1 2019, In : Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts. 21, 5, p. 867-880 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Bacterial Structures
Watersheds
Surface waters
community structure
watershed
Genome-centric metagenomics resolves microbial diversity and prevalent truncated denitrification pathways in a denitrifying PAO-enriched bioprocess
Gao, H., Mao, Y., Zhao, X., Liu, W. T., Zhang, T. & Wells, G., May 15 2019, In : Water Research. p. 275-287 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Denitrification
denitrification
genome
Genes
Nitric oxide