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Overview

How Yong Ng is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. The primary fields of study for their research are Environmental Science and Engineering, with a special focus on Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Biomedical Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their research prominently covers topics such as Membrane Separation Technologies, Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal, Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation, and Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts.

Notable recent publications by How Yong Ng include:

  • A critical review on advances in the practices and perspectives for the treatment of dye industry wastewater, 2020, Bioengineered
  • Microbial degradation of dyes: An overview, 2020, Bioresource Technology
  • Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • A review on integrated approaches for municipal solid waste for environmental and economical relevance: Monitoring tools, technologies, and strategic innovations, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • Biological sulfamethoxazole degradation along with anaerobically digested centrate treatment by immobilized microalgal-bacterial consortium: Performance, mechanism and shifts in bacterial and microalgal communities, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal

How Yong Ng has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, including:

  • Tze Chiang Albert Ng, with 37 joint publications
  • Boyan Xu, with 37 joint publications
  • Shujuan Huang, with 22 joint publications
  • Xueqing Shi, with 19 joint publications
  • Sunita Varjani, with 11 joint publications

Their publications are commonly found in multiple academic venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Water Research, 32 publications
  • Chemical Engineering Journal, 12 publications
  • Bioresource Technology, 11 publications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal, 8 publications
  • Journal of Membrane Science, 7 publications

How Yong Ng has contributed to book publications as well. Two notable examples include:

  • Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Utilization, published by UWA Publishing in 2023
  • Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Advanced Membrane Separation Processes for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management - Case Studies and Sustainability Analysis, published by Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 2020

Best Publications

  • A critical review on advances in the practices and perspectives for the treatment of dye industry wastewater.

    Toral Shindhal;Parita Rakholiya;Sunita Varjani;Ashok Pandey

  • Microbial degradation of dyes: An overview.

    Sunita Varjani;Parita Rakholiya;How Yong Ng;Siming You

  • Submerged anaerobic membrane bioreactor for low-strength wastewater treatment: effect of HRT and SRT on treatment performance and membrane fouling.

    Zhi Huang;Say L. Ong;How Y. Ng

  • Fouling of reverse osmosis membrane by protein (BSA): Effects of pH, calcium, magnesium, ionic strength and temperature

    Huajuan Mo;Kwee Guan Tay;How Yong Ng

  • Membrane bioreactor operation at short solids retention times: performance and biomass characteristics.

    How Y. Ng;Slawomir W. Hermanowicz

  • Modified models to predict flux behavior in forward osmosis in consideration of external and internal concentration polarizations

    Chien Hsiang Tan;How Yong Ng

  • Effect of increasing anodic NaCl concentration on microbial fuel cell performance.

    Olivier Lefebvre;Zi Tan;Shailesh Kharkwal;How Y. Ng

  • Influence of colloidal fouling on rejection of trace organic contaminants by reverse osmosis

    How Y. Ng;Menachem Elimelech

  • Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater: A critical review

    Xueqing Shi;Kwok Yii Leong;How Yong Ng

  • Membrane Fouling of Submerged Membrane Bioreactors: Impact of Mean Cell Residence Time and the Contributing Factors

    How Y. Ng;Teck Wee Tan;Say Leong Ong

  • Review of low-cost point-of-use water treatment systems for developing communities

    Ching Kwek Pooi;How Yong Ng

  • A novel hybrid forward osmosis - nanofiltration (FO-NF) process for seawater desalination: Draw solution selection and system configuration

    C.H. Tan;H.Y. Ng

  • Sequential anaerobic-aerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater with high salinity.

    Xueqing Shi;Olivier Lefebvre;Kok Kwang Ng;How Yong Ng

  • Performance of Forward (Direct) Osmosis Process: Membrane Structure and Transport Phenomenon

    How Y. Ng;Wanling Tang;Wei S. Wong

  • Concentration of brine by forward osmosis: Performance and influence of membrane structure

    Wanling Tang;How Yong Ng

  • Ozone-biological activated carbon as a pretreatment process for reverse osmosis brine treatment and recovery

    Lai Yoke Lee;How Yong Ng;Say Leong Ong;Jiang Yong Hu

  • Production of biosurfactants from agro-industrial waste and waste cooking oil in a circular bioeconomy: An overview.

    Vivek K. Gaur;Poonam Sharma;Ranjna Sirohi;Sunita Varjani

  • Electrodialysis reversal for industrial reverse osmosis brine treatment

    Dandan Zhao;Dandan Zhao;Lai Yoke Lee;Say Leong Ong;Prannoy Chowdhury

  • Forward osmosis organic fouling: Effects of organic loading, calcium and membrane orientation

    Venketeswari Parida;How Yong Ng

  • Brine pre-treatment technologies for zero liquid discharge systems

    Galilee Uy Semblante;Jonathan Zhiqiang Lee;Lai Yoke Lee;Say Leong Ong

  • Microbial fuel cells for energy self-sufficient domestic wastewater treatment-a review and discussion from energetic consideration.

    Olivier Lefebvre;Arnaud Uzabiaga;In Seop Chang;Byung Hong Kim

  • Using sediment microbial fuel cells (SMFCs) for bioremediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).

    Mohammad Sherafatmand;How Yong Ng

  • Effects of dissolved organic matters (DOMs) on membrane fouling in anaerobic ceramic membrane bioreactors (AnCMBRs) treating domestic wastewater.

    Xiaodi Yue;Yoong Keat Kelvin Koh;How Yong Ng

Frequent Co-Authors

Say Leong Ong
Say Leong Ong National University of Singapore
Olivier Lefebvre
Olivier Lefebvre National University of Singapore
John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
In Seop Chang
In Seop Chang Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Daniel H. C. Chua
Daniel H. C. Chua National University of Singapore
Sunita Varjani
Sunita Varjani University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
Jiangyong Hu
Jiangyong Hu National University of Singapore
Jun Ding
Jun Ding National University of Singapore
Jianyi Lin
Jianyi Lin Nanyang Technological University
Kaiyang Zeng
Kaiyang Zeng National University of Singapore

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