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George Wells

  • 2181 Citations
20032023

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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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Grants

Developing approaches for achieving biological phosphorous removal and improved settleability in high-rate activated sludge systems

Wells, G.

District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority

1/1/20 → 12/31/23

Project: Research project

    • Application of Molecular Methods to Determine Abundance, Population Structure, and Functions of Polyphosphate Accumulating Organisms and the Impact

    Wells, G.

    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

    11/14/18 → 12/31/19

    Project: Research project

    • 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.

    National Science Foundation

    3/15/17 → 2/28/18

    Project: Research project

    • Understanding the Impacts of Low-Energy and Low-Carbon Removal Technologies on Bio-P and Nutrient Recovery Processes

    Wells, G.

    Water Research Foundation

    9/1/16 → 12/31/19

    Project: Research project

    • Strategy Evaluation for Mainstream Shortcut Biological Nitrogen Removal at the Lab Scale

    Wells, G.

    Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

    9/1/15 → 2/29/20

    Project: Research project

    • Research Output

    Erratum to “Biomass segregation between biofilm and flocs improves the control of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream partial nitritation and anammox processes” [Water Res. 154 (2019) 104–116](S0043135419300016)(10.1016/j.watres.2018.12.051)

    Laureni, M., Weissbrodt, D. G., Villez, K., Robin, O., de Jonge, N., Rosenthal, A., Wells, G., Nielsen, J. L., Morgenroth, E. & Joss, A., Feb 1 2020, In : Water Research. 169, 115133.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

    Open Access

    • Integrated shortcut nitrogen and biological phosphorus removal from mainstream wastewater: Process operation and modeling

    Roots, P., Sabba, F., Rosenthal, A. F., Wang, Y., Yuan, Q., Rieger, L., Yang, F., Kozak, J. A., Zhang, H. & Wells, G. F., Mar 2020, In : Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology. 6, 3, p. 566-580 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • 2 Scopus citations

    Microbial and Viral Communities and Their Antibiotic Resistance Genes Throughout a Hospital Wastewater Treatment System

    Petrovich, M. L., Zilberman, A., Kaplan, A., Eliraz, G. R., Wang, Y., Langenfeld, K., Duhaime, M., Wigginton, K., Poretsky, R., Avisar, D. & Wells, G. F., Feb 19 2020, In : Frontiers in Microbiology. 11, 153.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access

    • Soil hydrology drives ecological niche differentiation in a native prairie microbiome

    Griffin, J. S., Haug, L. A., Rivera, V. A., Gonzalez, L. M. H., Kelly, J. J., Miller, W. M., Wells, G. F. & Packman, A. I., Jan 1 2020, In : FEMS microbiology ecology. 96, 1

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    • Author Correction: Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants (Nature Microbiology, (2019), 4, 7, (1183-1195), 10.1038/s41564-019-0426-5)

    Global Water Microbiome Consortium, Dec 1 2019, In : Nature Microbiology. 4, 12, 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

    Open Access