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Mengxiong Wu, Ph.D.
Tenure-track Associate Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Email: [email protected]
Education
2016.10-2021.02 Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland.
2012.09-2015.06 Master in Engineering, College of Environment and Resource, Zhejiang University, China.
2008.09-2012.06 Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, College of Resource and Environmental Engineering, Anhui University, China.
Professional Experience
2021.01- 2024.09 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
2020.10-2021.01 Research Assistant, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland
Research Interests
Novel microbes involved in global carbon and nitrogen cycling, anaerobic methane and short-chain gaseous alkane oxidation, biotechnologies for wastewater treatment and control of greenhouse gas emissions
Academic Service
Junior editor for microbiology journal imeta and Reviewer editor for Frontiers in Microbiology.
Reviewer of over ten ISI journals including Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Scientific Reports, Chemical Engineering Journal and FEMS Microbiology Letters, etc.
Member of ISME and Australian Water Association.
Selected Publications
Mengxiong Wu; Jie Li; Andy O. Leu; Dirk V. Erler; Terra Stark; Gene W. Tyson; Zhiguo Yuan; Simon J. McIlroy; Jianhua Guo; Anaerobic oxidation of propane coupled to nitrate reduction by a lineage within the class Symbiobacteriia, Nature Communications, 2022, 13(1): 6115
Mengxiong Wu; Xiawei Liu; J. Pamela Engelberts; Gene W. Tyson; Simon J. McIlroy; Jianhua Guo; Anaerobic oxidation of ammonium and short-chain gaseous alkanes coupled to nitrate reduction by a bacterial consortium, The ISME Journal, 2024
Mengxiong Wu; Jie Li; Chun-Yu Lai; Andy O. Leu; Shengjie Sun; Rui Gu; Dirk V. Erler; Lian Liu; Lin Li; Gene W. Tyson; Zhiguo Yuan; Simon J. McIlroy; Jianhua Guo; Nitrate-driven anaerobic oxidation of ethane and butane by bacteria, The ISME Journal, 2024, 18(1): 1-11
Mengxiong Wu; Chun-Yu Lai; Yulu Wang; Zhiguo Yuan; Jianhua Guo; Microbial nitrate reduction in propane-or butane-based membrane biofilm reactors under oxygen-limiting conditions, Water Research, 2023, 235: 119887
Mengxiong Wu; Jing-Huan Luo; Shihu Hu; Zhiguo Yuan; Jianhua Guo; Perchlorate bioreduction in a methane-based membrane biofilm reactor in the presence and absence of oxygen, Water Research, 2019, 157: 572-578
Mengxiong Wu; Tao Liu; Jianhua Guo; Revisiting methane-dependent denitrification, Trends in Microbiology, 2024
Mengxiong Wu; Xingguo Han; Ting Zhong; Mengdong Yuan; Weixiang Wu ; Soil organic carbon content affects the stability of biochar in paddy soil, Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2016, 223: 59-66
Awards
Netherlands Soehngen institute of anaerobic microbiology talent grant, 2023
The University of Queensland International (UQI) Scholarship, 2016
Outstanding Graduate Student, Zhejiang University, 10/2014
