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  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Australia Leader Award
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Overview

Huu Hao Ngo is a researcher affiliated with the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Their work primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant contributions to various subfields including Water Science and Technology, Pollution, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research topics focus on:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Algal Biology and Biofuel Production
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Advanced Oxidation Water Treatment

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Huu Hao Ngo include the following papers:

  • A critical review on advances in the practices and perspectives for the treatment of dye industry wastewater (2020), published in Bioengineered
  • Review on pretreatment techniques to improve anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge (2020), published in Fuel
  • Poly-and perfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A comprehensive review from sources to remediation (2020), published in Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Characterization and sulfonamide antibiotics adsorption capacity of spent coffee grounds based biochar and hydrochar (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • Feasibility study on a new pomelo peel derived biochar for tetracycline antibiotics removal in swine wastewater (2020), published in The Science of The Total Environment

Huu Hao Ngo has co-authored numerous works with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Wenshan Guo
  • Xuan-Thanh Bui
  • Dinh Duc Nguyen
  • Sunita Varjani
  • Xinbo Zhang

Among the most frequent publication venues in which they have appeared are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Huu Hao Ngo has contributed to book publications through the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, with titles including:

  • Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Emerging Organic Micro-pollutants (2020)
  • Biomass, Biofuels, Biochemicals - Climate Change Mitigation: Sequestration of Green House Gases (2021)
  • Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering: Advanced Membrane Separation Processes for Sustainable Water and Wastewater Management - Case Studies and Sustainability Analysis (2020)

Best Publications

  • A review on the occurrence of micropollutants in the aquatic environment and their fate and removal during wastewater treatment

    Yunlong Luo;Wenshan Guo;Huu Hao Ngo;Long Duc Nghiem

  • A mini-review on membrane fouling

    Wenshan Guo;Huu-Hao Ngo;Jianxin Li;Jianxin Li

  • Progress in the biological and chemical treatment technologies for emerging contaminant removal from wastewater: A critical review.

    Mohammad Boshir Ahmed;John L. Zhou;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • A review on the sustainability of constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: Design and operation

    Haiming Wu;Jian Zhang;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Adsorptive removal of antibiotics from water and wastewater: Progress and challenges.

    Mohammad Boshir Ahmed;John L. Zhou;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Progress in the preparation and application of modified biochar for improved contaminant removal from water and wastewater

    Mohammad Boshir Ahmed;John L. Zhou;Huu H. Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Applicability of agricultural waste and by-products for adsorptive removal of heavy metals from wastewater.

    T.A.H. Nguyen;H.H. Ngo;W.S. Guo;J. Zhang

  • 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

  • Current status of urban wastewater treatment plants in China.

    Q.H. Zhang;W.N. Yang;H.H. Ngo;W.S. Guo

  • A mini review on renewable sources for biofuel.

    Dang P. Ho;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Typical lignocellulosic wastes and by-products for biosorption process in water and wastewater treatment: a critical review.

    A. Abdolali;W.S. Guo;H.H. Ngo;S.S. Chen

  • Insight into metabolic and cometabolic activities of autotrophic and heterotrophic microorganisms in the biodegradation of emerging trace organic contaminants.

    Ngoc Han Tran;Taro Urase;Huu Hao Ngo;Jiangyong Hu

  • A critical review on antibiotics and hormones in swine wastewater: Water pollution problems and control approaches

    Dongle Cheng;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo;Soon Woong Chang

  • Industrial metal pollution in water and probabilistic assessment of human health risk.

    Narottam Saha;M. Safiur Rahman;Mohammad Boshir Ahmed;John L. Zhou

  • Implementation of a specific urban water management - Sponge City

    Thu Thuy Nguyen;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo;Xiaochang C. Wang

  • The roles of free ammonia (FA) in biological wastewater treatment processes: A review.

    Yiwen Liu;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo;Lai Peng

  • Investigating the mechanisms of biochar’s removal of lead from solution

    Zhenyu Wang;Guocheng Liu;Hao Zheng;Fengmin Li

  • Review on pretreatment techniques to improve anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge

    V. Khanh Nguyen;Dhiraj Kumar Chaudhary;Ram Hari Dahal;N. Hoang Trinh

  • Insight into biochar properties and its cost analysis

    Mohammad Boshir Ahmed;John L. Zhou;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Single and competitive sorption properties and mechanism of functionalized biochar for removing sulfonamide antibiotics from water

    Mohammad Boshir Ahmed;John L. Zhou;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo

  • Typical low cost biosorbents for adsorptive removal of specific organic pollutants from water.

    Van Son Tran;Huu Hao Ngo;Wenshan Guo;Jian Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenshan Guo
Wenshan Guo University of Technology Sydney
Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran
Saravanamuthu Vigneswaran University of Technology Sydney
Dinh Duc Nguyen
Dinh Duc Nguyen Kyonggi University
Yiwen Liu
Yiwen Liu University of Technology Sydney
Xiaochang C. Wang
Xiaochang C. Wang Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology
Soon Woong Chang
Soon Woong Chang Kyonggi University
Shuang Liang
Shuang Liang Shandong University
Xuan-Thanh Bui
Xuan-Thanh Bui Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Long D. Nghiem
Long D. Nghiem University of Technology Sydney
Ho Kyong Shon
Ho Kyong Shon University of Technology Sydney

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