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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.
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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Linking Matrix Composition with Spatially Resolved Mechanical Properties in Polymicrobial Biofilms
Balogun, O., Lefevre, V. & Wells, G.
8/15/21 → 7/31/24
Project: Research project
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Designing Sustainable & Just Communities: Developing an undergraduate curriculum around innovation, climate action and social justice
Gray, K. A., Blomberg Stathopoulos, A. I., Buscarnera, G., Corr, D. J., Cusatis, G., Durango-Cohen, P. L., Hambleton, J. P., Rotta Loria, A. & Wells, G.
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance, Inc.
6/30/21 → 12/31/24
Project: Research project
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CPS: Medium: Batteryless Sensors Enabling Smart Green Infrastructure
Hester, J. D., Wells, G., Zhu, Q., Miller, W. M. & Packman, A.
1/1/21 → 12/31/23
Project: Research project
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Real-time Carbon Management at Water Resource Recovery Facilities Using In-Situ Bio-Electrochemical Sensors
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Water Research Foundation
12/16/20 → 12/15/22
Project: Research project
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Influence of algal strain on microalgal-bacterial bioflocculation rate and floc characteristics
Loria, M. H., Wells, G. F. & Rhoads, K. R., Apr 2021, In: Journal of Applied Phycology. 33, 2, p. 777-784 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Insights into Nitrous Oxide Mitigation Strategies in Wastewater Treatment and Challenges for Wider Implementation
Duan, H., Zhao, Y., Koch, K., Wells, G. F., Zheng, M., Yuan, Z. & Ye, L., Jun 1 2021, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 55, 11, p. 7208-7224 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Integrated omics analyses reveal differential gene expression and potential for cooperation between denitrifying polyphosphate and glycogen accumulating organisms
Wang, Y., Gao, H. & F. Wells, G., Jun 2021, In: Environmental Microbiology. 23, 6, p. 3274-3293 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Layered viscoelastic properties of granular biofilms
Liou, H. C., Sabba, F., Wang, Z., Wells, G. & Balogun, O., Sep 1 2021, In: Water Research. 202, 117394.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Role of air scouring in anaerobic/anoxic tanks providing nitrogen removal by mainstream anammox conversion in a hybrid biofilm/suspended growth full-scale WWTP in China
Yuan, Q., He, B., Qian, L., Littleton, H., Daigger, G. T., van Loosdrecht, M., Wells, G. F., Wang, K. & Cai, H., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Water Environment Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review