Excited to announce a new collaboration with the University of Michigan and Argonne National Lab. We are going to put methanogens to work to recover bioenergy from organic waste streams. PhD student Dan Stockard will be leading our group’s laboratory efforts for biofilm reactor design, operation, and microbial community analysis.
Check out the announcement from Argonne here!
We are currently seeking postdoc applications to support research in nitrogen recovery from wastewater starting in fall/winter 2021 on an NSF-funded project. The candidate will work at the interface of bioprocess engineering, environmental microbiology, and synthetic biology to develop novel microbial bioprocesses for nitrogen recovery as value-added products from wastewater.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. To apply, please email a cover letter describing research experience and interests, a curriculum vitae, the names and contact information of three references, and 2 representative peer-reviewed publications to George Wells (george.wells@northwestern.edu) and Keith Tyo (k-tyo@northwestern.edu).
Check out the full solicitation here: https://bit.ly/2YIM2uQ
Denitrifying PAO and GAO cooperation – new paper published!
Denitrifying phosphorus accumulating organisms (often abbreviated to DPAOs) are a promising group of microbes for resource efficient nitrogen and phosphorus removal. Yubo Wang and Han Gao examined the potentially cooperative relationship between denitrifying phosphorus accumulating organisms and glycogen accumulating organisms using metagenomics and metatranscriptomics. Their results are published in Environmental Microbiology – Integrated omics analyses reveal differential gene expression and potential for cooperation between denitrifying polyphosphate and glycogen accumulating organisms
Congrats to 2nd year PhD candidate Stefanie Huttelmaier on receiving the NSF GRF award!
Nutrient removal and recovery review
Our newest publication is out now in ACS ES&T Engineering, titled “Systematic Evaluation of Emerging Wastewater Nutrient Removal and Recovery Technologies to Inform Practice and Advance Resource Efficiency”, the result of a collaboration with Will Tarpeh, Anna Kogler, and Sebastien Tilmens at Stanford University. We reviewed and synthesized information from over 150 nutrient removal and recovery technologies to guide technology development, provide best practices for research reporting, and connect practitioners to research efforts.