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Research Interests
Professor Wells’s research group works at the interface of environmental biotechnology and microbial ecology, with an emphasis on the study of microbial diversity, dynamics, interactions, and function in engineered and impacted natural aquatic systems. Their primary research interests are microbial nitrogen cycling and short-circuit biological nutrient removal processes, microbial ecology of engineered and natural settings, sustainable biological wastewater treatment, microbial greenhouse gas production, and resource and energy recovery from waste.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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 keywords
- Environmental biotechnology
- Microbial ecology of natural and engineered systems
- Nutrient pollution management and abatement
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) - Assisted Hybrid Renewable Energy, Nutrient, and Water Recovery from Municipal Wastewater
Wells, G., Wells, G., Dunn, J. B. & Dunn, J. B.
The University of Chicago, Department of Energy
10/1/21 → 9/30/24
Project: Research project
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HDR DSC: Collaborative Research: The Metropolitan Chicago Data Science Corps (MCDC): Learning from Data to Support Communities
van der Lee, S., van der Lee, S., Birkett, M. A., Birkett, M. A., Goldberg, B. B., Goldberg, B. B., Schanzenbach, D. W., Schanzenbach, D. W., Amaral, L. A. N., Amaral, L. A. N., Amato, K. R., Amato, K. R., Blomberg Stathopoulos, A. I., Blomberg Stathopoulos, A. I., Brown, C. H., Brown, C. H., Drane, D. L., Drane, D. L., Dunn, J. B., Dunn, J. B., Gray, K. A., Gray, K. A., Hambleton, J. P., Hambleton, J. P., Hammond, K. J., Hammond, K. J., Hedges, L. V., Hedges, L. V., Horton, D. E., Horton, D. E., Kuyper, A. M., Kuyper, A. M., Linna Jr., D. W., Linna Jr., D. W., Miller, W. M., Miller, W. M., Packman, A., Packman, A., Pah, A. R., Pah, A. R., Papachristos, A. V., Papachristos, A. V., Phillips II, G., Phillips II, G., Rogers, J. M., Rogers, J. M., Van Wart, S. J., Van Wart, S. J., Voigt, R., Voigt, R., Wells, G., Wells, G., Youn, H. & Youn, H.
9/1/21 → 8/31/24
Project: Research project
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Linking Matrix Composition with Spatially Resolved Mechanical Properties in Polymicrobial Biofilms
Balogun, O., Balogun, O., Lefevre, V., Lefevre, V., Wells, G. & Wells, G.
8/15/21 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
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A strategy for fast anammox biofilm formation under mainstream conditions
Yuan, Q., Jia, Z., Roots, P. & Wells, G., Mar 2023, In: Chemosphere. 318, 137955.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Scopus citations -
Comparison of carbon sources in a partial denitrification/anammox MBBR using glycerol, acetate, and methanol
Klaus, S., Campolong, C., Rosenthal, A., Sabba, F., Baideme, M., Wells, G., De Clippeleir, H., Chandran, K. & Bott, C., Feb 28 2023, In: Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. 9, 4, p. 1041-1052 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Confronting Assumptions of Phosphorus-Accumulating Organisms and Glycogen-Accumulating Organisms: Peaceful Coexistence in a Carbon-Limited Sidestream EBPR Demonstration
Farmer, M., Sabba, F., Jia, Z., Dunlap, P., Barnard, J., Qin, C. D., Straka, L., Kozak, J. A., Downing, L. & Wells, G., Aug 11 2023, In: ACS ES and T Water. 3, 8, p. 2384-2394 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
1 Scopus citations -
Effects of feast-famine nutrient regimes on wastewater algal biofuel communities
Loria, M. H., Griffin, J. S., Wells, G. F. & Rhoads, K. R., Jan 2023, In: PloS one. 18, 1 January, e0279943.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impact of operational strategies on a sidestream enhanced biological phosphorus removal (S2EBPR) reactor in a carbon limited wastewater plant
Sabba, F., Farmer, M., Jia, Z., Di Capua, F., Dunlap, P., Barnard, J., Qin, C. D., Kozak, J. A., Wells, G. & Downing, L., Jan 20 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 857, 159280.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
8 Scopus citations