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  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Nanqi Ren is affiliated with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Engineering. Their work largely focuses on wastewater treatment, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, and advanced oxidation water treatment, with a considerable emphasis on sustainable and innovative water remediation technologies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

The subfields they have been involved in are:

  • Pollution
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering

Key topics of research covered by Nanqi Ren include:

  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment

Nanqi Ren has published numerous papers, frequently appearing in journals such as Chemical Engineering Journal, Bioresource Technology, and Water Research among others. Their recent significant papers include:

  • Revealing the role of adsorption in ciprofloxacin and sulfadiazine elimination routes in microalgae, 2020, Water Research
  • Biotransformation of sulfamethoxazole by microalgae: Removal efficiency, pathways, and mechanisms, 2022, Water Research
  • Atomic Hydrogen in Electrocatalytic Systems: Generation, Identification, and Environmental Applications, 2022, Water Research
  • Recent advances of algae-bacteria consortia in aquatic remediation, 2022, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
  • Transformative Removal of Aqueous Micropollutants into Polymeric Products by Advanced Oxidation Processes, 2024, Environmental Science & Technology

Frequent publication venues for Nanqi Ren include:

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

Nanqi Ren has collaborated repeatedly with several researchers, including:

  • Shan-Shan Yang (26 joint publications)
  • Ji-Wei Pang (18 joint publications)
  • Jie Ding (17 joint publications)
  • Shih-Hsin Ho (11 joint publications)
  • Lu-Yan Zhang (11 joint publications)

In addition to journal publications, Nanqi Ren has contributed to book publications, notably including one titled Water-Wise Cities and Sustainable Water Systems: Concepts, Technologies, and Applications, published by UWA Publishing in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Edge-nitrogenated biochar for efficient peroxydisulfate activation: An electron transfer mechanism

    Huazhe Wang;Wanqian Guo;Banghai Liu;Qinglian Wu

  • Singlet oxygen-dominated peroxydisulfate activation by sludge-derived biochar for sulfamethoxazole degradation through a nonradical oxidation pathway: Performance and mechanism

    Renli Yin;Wanqian Guo;Huazhe Wang;Juanshan Du

  • N-doped graphitic biochars from C-phycocyanin extracted Spirulina residue for catalytic persulfate activation toward nonradical disinfection and organic oxidation.

    Shih-Hsin Ho;Yi-di Chen;Ruixiang Li;Chaofan Zhang

  • Biohydrogen production from molasses by anaerobic fermentation with a pilot-scale bioreactor system

    Nanqi Ren;Jianzheng Li;Baikun Li;Yong Wang

  • Implementation of a specific urban water management - Sponge City

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

  • Perspectives on the feasibility of using microalgae for industrial wastewater treatment.

    Yue Wang;Shih Hsin Ho;Chieh Lun Cheng;Wan Qian Guo

  • Pyrosequencing reveals highly diverse microbial communities in microbial electrolysis cells involved in enhanced H2 production from waste activated sludge

    Lu Lu;Defeng Xing;Nanqi Ren

  • Selective degradation of sulfonamide antibiotics by peroxymonosulfate alone: Direct oxidation and nonradical mechanisms

    Renli Yin;Wanqian Guo;Huazhe Wang;Juanshan Du

  • Determination of benzotriazole and benzophenone UV filters in sediment and sewage sludge.

    Zifeng Zhang;Nanqi Ren;Yi-Fan Li;Yi-Fan Li;Tatsuya Kunisue

  • Sludge-derived biochar as efficient persulfate activators: Sulfurization-induced electronic structure modulation and disparate nonradical mechanisms

    Huazhe Wang;Wanqian Guo;Banghai Liu;Qishi Si

  • Advances in pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy production: Challenges and perspectives.

    Lei Zhao;Zhong-Fang Sun;Cheng-Cheng Zhang;Jun Nan

  • Enhanced peroxymonosulfate activation for sulfamethazine degradation by ultrasound irradiation: performances and mechanisms

    Renli Yin;Wanqian Guo;Huazhe Wang;Juanshan Du

  • Advanced oxidation processes for water disinfection: Features, mechanisms and prospects

    Yi-di Chen;Xiaoguang Duan;Xu Zhou;Rupeng Wang

  • Occurrence and fate of phthalate esters in full-scale domestic wastewater treatment plants and their impact on receiving waters along the Songhua River in China.

    Dawen Gao;Zhe Li;Zhidan Wen;Nanqi Ren

  • Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Chinese Surface Soils

    Nanqi Ren;Mingxue Que;Yi-Fan Li, ,§;Yu Liu

  • Medium chain carboxylic acids production from waste biomass: Current advances and perspectives.

    Qinglian Wu;Xian Bao;Wanqian Guo;Bing Wang

  • Production, properties, and catalytic applications of sludge derived biochar for environmental remediation.

    Yi-di Chen;Rupeng Wang;Xiaoguang Duan;Shaobin Wang

  • Assessing optimal fermentation type for bio-hydrogen production in continuous-flow acidogenic reactors.

    N.Q. Ren;H. Chua;S.Y. Chan;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • Integrated hydrogen production process from cellulose by combining dark fermentation, microbial fuel cells, and a microbial electrolysis cell

    Aijie Wang;Dan Sun;Guangli Cao;Haoyu Wang

  • Efficient reduction of nitrobenzene to aniline with a biocatalyzed cathode.

    Ai Jie Wang;Hao Yi Cheng;Bin Liang;Nan Qi Ren

  • Occurrence and Profiles of Phthalates in Foodstuffs from China and Their Implications for Human Exposure

    Ying Guo;Zifeng Zhang;Liyan Liu;Yifan Li

  • Effects of different pretreatment methods on fermentation types and dominant bacteria for hydrogen production

    Nan-Qi Ren;Wan-Qian Guo;Xiang-Jing Wang;Wen-Sheng Xiang

  • Biological remediation of acid mine drainage: Review of past trends and current outlook

    K. Rambabu;Fawzi Banat;Quan Minh Pham;Shih-Hsin Ho

  • Polychlorinated biphenyls in global air and surface soil: distributions, air-soil exchange, and fractionation effect.

    Yi-Fan Li;Tom Harner;Liyan Liu;Zhi Zhang

  • Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to hydrogen: Potential and challenges.

    Nanqi Ren;Aijie Wang;Guangli Cao;Jifei Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Aijie Wang
Aijie Wang Harbin Institute of Technology
Duu-Jong Lee
Duu-Jong Lee National Taiwan University
Wan-Qian Guo
Wan-Qian Guo Harbin Institute of Technology
Defeng Xing
Defeng Xing Harbin Institute of Technology
Jo Shu Chang
Jo Shu Chang National Cheng Kung University
Shih-Hsin Ho
Shih-Hsin Ho Harbin Institute of Technology
Yi-Fan Li
Yi-Fan Li Harbin Institute of Technology
Guibai Li
Guibai Li Harbin Institute of Technology
Jia Liu
Jia Liu Tianjin University
Yujie Feng
Yujie Feng Harbin Institute of Technology

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