By Dr Zhiqiang Zuo

Book Chapters

Zuo ZQ; Zheng M; Xiong HL; Liu YC; Shi HC, 2017, 'Thermophilic hydrolysis and fermentation to produce short-chain fatty acids from waste sludge', in Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, pp. 230 - 233, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58421-8_36

Journal articles

Zhang T; Cui S; Wu R; Ji S; Zhao H; Zuo Z; Zheng M; Li YY, 2027, 'Engineering operation and control logic for stable Candidatus Nitrosoglobus-mediated acidic partial nitritation', Water Research, 308, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.126903

Zhang X; Chen X; Zuo Z; Xing L; Ji B; Lu J; Liu Y, 2027, 'Controversial challenges in the transition to energy- and carbon-neutral municipal wastewater management', Bioresource Technology, 464, pp. 135880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2026.135880

Ren D; He W; Ba X; Cen Y; Yuan S; Zuo Z; Zhang G; Xu J; Zhang N; Wang A; Cheng HY, 2026, 'Iron-derived solid redox system for effective and sustainable sulfur recovery from sulfide-bearing wastewater', Nature Communications, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-76480-w

Xu H; Shang S; Yuan Q; Zuo Z; Wang J; Zheng M; Wu Z; Cheng X; Wang H; Qiu Q; Zhang X; Holmes DE, 2026, 'Process intensification of dilute methane abatement via a novel bidirectional tidal biofilter: Performance and mass-transfer mechanism', Chemical Engineering Journal, 547, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2026.180761

Ren D; Dong H; He W; Zuo Z; Zeng X; Ba X; Yu Y; Xu H; Zhang G; Zeng R; Xu J; Zhang N; Sun Y; Xu L; Cheng HY, 2026, 'Effects of wastewater flow direction on sulfur-based autotrophic denitrification processes: operational patterns, denitrification performance and response mechanisms', Chemical Engineering Journal, 543, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2026.178477

Zuo Z; Qiao L; Cen X; Liu T; Zheng M, 2026, 'Wastewater-Derived Comammox Nitrospira for Next-Generation Wastewater Management', Environmental Science Technology, 60, pp. 23018 - 23034, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6c03588

Li S; Zuo Z; Guo F; Lv J; Mao Z; Zhu J; Liang P; Huang X; Liu Y, 2026, 'High-load influent driven to critical free ammonia inhibition on NOB under periodical acidic domestication for partial nitritation', Water Research, 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.125945

Du R; Zhao R; Cen X; Lu X; Zuo Z; Hu Z; Geissen SU, 2026, 'Pilot-scale demonstration of an integrated process for efficient management of kitchen waste digestion liquid', Journal of Water Process Engineering, 89, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2026.110267

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Qiao L; Yang S; Ren D; Guo M; Liu Y; Huang X, 2026, 'Unveiling in-pipe carbon-sulfur transformation and microbial function during urine transport for centralized management', Water Research, 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.125840

Yang S; Zuo Z; Li S; Ma M; Liu Y; Huang X, 2026, 'In-sewer biofilm and sediment-derived suspended solids accelerate virus genome-signal decay and implications for wastewater-based epidemiology', Water Research, 297, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.125607

Lu X; Wang Z; Kong Z; Duan H; Zuo Z; Hu Z; Zheng M; Batstone DJ; Hu S, 2026, 'Rapid Waste Activated Sludge Reduction and Stabilization via a Biofilm-Based Acidic Aerobic Digestion Process', Environmental Science and Technology, 60, pp. 3352 - 3363, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c08428

He Y; Zuo Z; Alissandratos I; Willson P; Kazmi S; Blanco E; Brogan APS; Guo M, 2026, 'Expired functional drinks: an emerging continuous waste stream with hidden resource value', Rsc Sustainability, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d6su00162a

Zuo Z; He Y; Guo M; Liu T; Zheng M; Liu Y, 2025, 'Production of hydroxyl radicals by the oxygenation of FeS and the effect on sulfide removal in sewer systems', Water Research, 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124341

Ren D; Zuo Z; Ba X; He W; Yuan S; Cen Y; Zhang G; Xu J; Zhang N; Sun Y; Wang A; Cheng HY, 2025, 'Fe(Ⅱ/Ⅲ) cycling-based buffering strategy to mitigate sulfide and nitrate overflow in sulfur autotrophic denitrification process under wastewater quality fluctuations', Water Research, 286, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.124243

Du R; Li G; Zhao R; Lin D; Lu D; Zuo Z; Zhao J; Lu X; Hu Z; Geissen SU, 2025, 'Adaptation of pilot-scale one-stage partial nitritation and anammox process to kitchen waste digestion liquid and mature landfill leachate', Bioresource Technology, 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132820

Yuan X; Zuo Z; Yang Y; Zhang Y; Xin X; Zuo J, 2025, 'Enrichment and application of sewer-derived aerobic methanotrophs to enhance gaseous methane removal in sewers', Environment International, 204, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2025.109798

Lu X; Cen X; Zuo Z; Duan H; Wang Z; Hu Z; Zan F; Zheng M, 2025, 'Integrated approach for waste activated sludge stabilization under ultra-short solids retention time', Bioresource Technology, 434, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2025.132828

Yang Y; Yuan X; Yu L; Jong MC; Pius O; Zou N; Zuo Z; Yang J; Zuo J, 2025, 'Assessment of methane and nitrous oxide emissions from urban community sewer networks: Field quantification and insights into environmental factors', Water Research X, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100307

Lu X; Wang Z; Kong Z; Duan H; Zuo Z; Hu Z; Zheng M; Hu S, 2025, 'Upgrading waste activated sludge into valuable biosolids via an integrated biochemical approach', Water Research X, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2025.100325

Wang F; Dong W; Wang H; Sun X; Song H; Dong Z; Zuo Z; Ni B; Ni Y; Lin C; Rong Y; Lin X, 2025, 'A hybrid biomanipulation strategy to regulate seasonal dynamics of phytoplankton in a subtropical mesocosm experiment', Science of the Total Environment, 990, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.179923

Li S; Kang X; Men J; Islam MS; Yang S; Zuo Z; Liang P; Huang X; Liu Y, 2025, 'Initial free ammonia is critical for robust acidic partial nitrification in sequencing batch reactor', Water Research, 278, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123385

Cen X; Hu Z; Yu Z; Huang X; Zuo Z; Guo J; Yuan Z; Zheng M, 2025, 'Integrated application of nanoscale zero-valent iron for sulfide and methane control in sewers and improved wastewater treatment', Water Research, 276, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2025.123248

Zuo Z; Zhang T; Cen X; Lu X; Liu T; Zheng M, 2025, 'High Production of Nitrous Oxide (N2O) via Acidic Denitrification', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 12, pp. 425 - 431, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00255

Chen Y; Xing Y; Zuo Z; Jiang G; Min H; Tang D; Liang P; Huang X; Liu Y, 2025, 'Editor's note to “Enhanced mechanistic insights and performance optimization: controlling methane and sulfide in sewers using nitrate dosing strategies” [Sci. Total Environ., 907 (2024) 167580]', The Science of The Total Environment, 1006, pp. 180870, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180870

Zuo Z; Zhang T; Huang X; Cen X; Lu X; Liu T; Shon HK; Zheng M, 2024, 'A hybrid oxidation approach for converting high-strength urine ammonia into ammonium nitrate', Water Research X, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100277

Zheng M; Hu Z; Liu T; Sperandio M; Volcke EIP; Wang Z; Hao X; Duan H; Vlaeminck SE; Xu K; Zuo Z; Guo J; Huang X; Daigger GT; Verstraete W; van Loosdrecht MCM; Yuan Z, 2024, 'Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage', Nature Sustainability, 7, pp. 1395 - 1404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41893-024-01423-6

Li S; Kang X; Zuo Z; Islam MS; Yang S; Liu Y; Huang X, 2024, 'Dynamic pH regulation drives Nitrosomonas for high-rate stable acidic partial nitritation', Water Research, 262, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122078

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Lu X; Liu T; Zheng M; Guo M; Liu Y; Huang X, 2024, 'Nitrite-dependent microbial utilization for simultaneous removal of sulfide and methane in sewers', Water Research X, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100231

Niu C; Zuo Z; Zhao X; Lai C; Shi D; Meng J; Liu T, 2024, 'Gas Fermentation Coupled with Water Remediation', Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 11, pp. 851 - 855, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00440

Du R; Lu D; Zuo Z; Zhang R; Lu X; Zhu C; Hu Z, 2024, 'Full-Scale Demonstration of Nitrogen Removal from Mature Landfill Leachate Using a Two-Stage Partial Nitritation and Anammox Process', Processes, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pr12071307

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Liu T; Zheng M; Lu X; Chen Y; Jiang G; Liang P; Huang X; Liu Y, 2024, 'Methane mitigation via the nitrite-DAMO process induced by nitrate dosing in sewers', Water Research, 257, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121701

Wang F; Wang H; Dong W; Yu X; Zuo Z; Lu X; Zhao Z; Jiang J; Zhang X, 2024, 'Enhanced multi-metals stabilization: Synergistic insights from hydroxyapatite and peroxide dosing strategies', Science of the Total Environment, 927, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.172159

Zuo Z; Niu C; Zhao X; Lai CY; Zheng M; Guo J; Hu S; Liu T, 2024, 'Biological bromate reduction coupled with in situ gas fermentation in H2/CO2-based membrane biofilm reactor', Water Research, 254, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121402

Zuo Z; Zheng M; Liu T; Peng Y; Yuan Z, 2024, 'New perspectives in free nitrous acid (FNA) uses for sustainable wastewater management', Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11783-024-1786-5

Chen Y; Xing Y; Zuo Z; Jiang G; Min H; Tang D; Liang P; Huang X; Liu Y, 2024, 'Enhanced mechanistic insights and performance optimization: Controlling methane and sulfide in sewers using nitrate dosing strategies', Science of the Total Environment, 907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167580

Liu Y; Zuo Z; Li H; Xing Y; Cheng D; Guo M; Liu T; Zheng M; Yuan Z; Huang X, 2023, 'In-situ advanced oxidation of sediment iron for sulfide control in sewers', Water Research, 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.120077

Zuo Z; Chen Y; Xing Y; Li S; Yang S; Jiang G; Liu T; Zheng M; Huang X; Liu Y, 2023, 'The advantage of a two-stage nitrification method for fertilizer recovery from human urine', Water Research, 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119932

Zuo Z; Xing Y; Duan H; Ren D; Zheng M; Liu Y; Huang X, 2023, 'Reducing sulfide and methane production in gravity sewer sediments through urine separation, collection and intermittent dosing', Water Research, 234, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2023.119820

Zuo Z; Liu T; Zheng M; Xing Y; Ren D; Li H; Yang S; Liu Y; Yuan Z; Huang X, 2022, 'Recovery of ammonium nitrate solution from urine wastewater via novel free nitrous acid (FNA)-mediated two-stage processes', Chemical Engineering Journal, 440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2022.135826

Ren D; Zuo Z; Xing Y; Ji P; Yu T; Zhu D; Liu Y; Huang X, 2022, 'Simultaneous control of sulfide and methane in sewers achieved by a physical approach targeting dominant active zone in sediments', Water Research, 211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.118010

Zuo Z; Ren D; Qiao L; Li H; Huang X; Liu Y, 2021, 'Rapid dynamic quantification of sulfide generation flux in spatially heterogeneous sediments of gravity sewers', Water Research, 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117494

Zuo Z; Sun Z; Zhang Y; Wang M; Ren D; Li S; Yuan Z; Liu Y; Huang X, 2021, 'In Situ Exploration of the Sulfidogenic Process at the Water-Sediment Interface in Sewers: Mechanism and Implications', ACS Es and T Engineering, 1, pp. 415 - 423, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.0c00163

Cheng Z; Zuo Z; Yang S; Yuan Z; Huang X; Liu Y, 2021, 'Study of free nitrous acid (FNA)-based elimination of sulfamethoxazole: Kinetics, transformation pathways, and toxicity assessment', Water Research, 189, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116629

Zuo Z; Song Y; Ren D; Li H; Gao Y; Yuan Z; Huang X; Zheng M; Liu Y, 2020, 'Control sulfide and methane production in sewers based on free ammonia inactivation', Environment International, 143, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105928

Zuo Z; Zheng M; Chang J; Ren D; Huang X; Yuan Z; Liu Y, 2020, 'Free nitrous acid-based suppression of sulfide production in sewer sediments: In-situ effect mechanism', Science of the Total Environment, 715, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136871

Lv X; Dong Q; Zuo Z; Liu Y; Huang X; Wu WM, 2019, 'Microplastics in a municipal wastewater treatment plant: Fate, dynamic distribution, removal efficiencies, and control strategies', Journal of Cleaner Production, 225, pp. 579 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.321

Zuo Z; Chang J; Lu Z; Wang M; Lin Y; Zheng M; Zhu DZ; Yu T; Huang X; Liu Y, 2019, 'Hydrogen sulfide generation and emission in urban sanitary sewer in China: What factor plays the critical role?', Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 5, pp. 839 - 848, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ew00617b

Zuo Z; Zheng M; Xiong H; Shi H; Huang X; Liu Y, 2019, 'Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production maximization by modeling thermophilic sludge fermentation', Environmental Science Water Research and Technology, 5, pp. 11 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ew00572a

Zheng M; Wu S; Zuo Z; Wang Z; Qiu Y; Liu Y; Huang X; Yuan Z, 2018, 'Predictions of the Influent and Operational Conditions for Partial Nitritation with a Model Incorporating pH Dynamics', Environmental Science and Technology, 52, pp. 6457 - 6465, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b00202

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