Grants per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
The Wells Environmental Biotechnology and Microbial Ecology (WE BioME) Lab 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. Our 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
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Waste Water
Medicine & Life Sciences
activated sludge
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Ammonia
Medicine & Life Sciences
Sewage
Medicine & Life Sciences
biofilm
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Bioreactors
Medicine & Life Sciences
ammonia
Earth & Environmental Sciences
Biofilms
Medicine & Life 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
water
resource
Understanding the Impacts of Low-Energy and Low-Carbon Removal Technologies on Bio-P and Nutrient Recovery Processes
9/1/16 → 9/30/19
Project: Research project
nutrient
carbon
energy
wastewater
sustainability
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
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
C-060: Co-occurrence and Implications of Antibiotic Production and Resistance Genes in the Environment
Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust
1/1/11 → 12/31/17
Project: Research project
Research Output 2003 2018
Antibiotic resistance genes show enhanced mobilization through suspended growth and biofilm-based wastewater treatment processes
Petrovich, M., Chu, B., Wright, D., Griffin, J., Elfeki, M., Murphy, B. T., Poretsky, R. & Wells, G., May 1 2018, In : FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 94, 5, fiy041.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
antibiotic resistance
Biofilms
Microbial Drug Resistance
Waste Water
biofilm
Antibiotic resistome in a large-scale healthy human gut microbiota deciphered by metagenomic and network analyses
Feng, J., Li, B., Jiang, X., Yang, Y., Wells, G., Zhang, T. & Li, X., Jan 1 2018, In : Environmental Microbiology. 20, 1, p. 355-368 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Metagenomics
intestinal microorganisms
antibiotic resistance
antibiotics
Microbial Drug Resistance
Correction to: Understanding mechanisms of synergy between acidification and ultrasound treatments for activated sludge dewatering: From bench to pilot-scale investigation (Environmental Science and Technology (2018) 52:7 (4313-4323) DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b00310)
Cai, M., Hu, J., Wells, G., Seo, Y., Spinney, R., Ho, S. H., Dionysiou, D. D., Su, J., Xiao, R. & Wei, Z., May 15 2018, In : Environmental Science and Technology. 52, 10, 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
environmental technology
civil engineering
dewatering
science and technology
acidification
Hybrid Approach for Selective Sulfoxidation via Bioelectrochemically Derived Hydrogen Peroxide over a Niobium(V)-Silica Catalyst
Griffin, J., Taw, E., Gosavi, A., Thornburg, N. E., Pramanda, I., Lee, H. S., Gray, K. A., Notestein, J. M. & Wells, G., Jun 4 2018, In : ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering. 6, 6, p. 7880-7889 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Niobium
niobium
Peroxides
Hydrogen peroxide
oxidant
Metagenomics reveals the impact of wastewater treatment plants on the dispersal of microorganisms and genes in aquatic sediments
Chu, B. T. T., Petrovich, M. L., Chaudhary, A., Wright, D., Murphy, B., Wells, G. & Poretsky, R., Mar 1 2018, In : Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 84, 5, e02168-17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Plant Dispersal
Metagenomics
Waste Water
wastewater treatment
microorganism