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Overview

Say Leong Ong is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science with a particular emphasis on water-related topics and technologies.

The scientist's main fields of study include Environmental Science, with notable subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Biomedical Engineering, and Environmental Engineering.

Key research topics addressed by Say Leong Ong are:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Urban Stormwater Management Solutions
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • TiO2 Photocatalysis and Solar Cells

Say Leong Ong has contributed to multiple publications, with a recurring presence in several scientific journals. Frequent venues for their work include:

  • Water Research
  • Water
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemosphere
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Their recent publications feature a range of studies related to wastewater treatment, catalysis, and water purification technologies. Notable recent papers are:

  • Fluidized-bed Fenton technologies for recalcitrant industrial wastewater treatment-Recent advances, challenges and perspective, 2020, Water Research
  • FeOx@GAC catalyzed microbubble ozonation coupled with biological process for industrial phenolic wastewater treatment: Catalytic performance, biological process screening and microbial characteristics, 2020, Water Research
  • Treatment of industrial brine using capacitive deionization (CDI) towards zero liquid discharge - challenges and optimization, 2020, Water Research
  • Fe-Mn doped powdered activated carbon pellet as ozone catalyst for cost-effective phenolic wastewater treatment: Mechanism studies and phenol by-products elimination, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Organics removal in high strength petrochemical wastewater with combined microbubble-catalytic ozonation process, 2020, Chemosphere

Collaborative work is visible through frequent co-authors who have partnered with Say Leong Ong over multiple publications. These co-authors include:

  • Jiangyong Hu
  • Qianyi Cai
  • B.C.Y. Lee
  • Jothinathan Lakshmi

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • A new method for characterizing denitrifying phosphorus removal bacteria by using three different types of electron acceptors

    J.Y. Hu;S.L. Ong;W.J. Ng;F. Lu

  • Influence of biomass production and detachment forces on biofilm structures in a biofilm airlift suspension reactor

    W. K. Kwok;W. K. Kwok;C. Picioreanu;S. L. Ong;M. C. M. van Loosdrecht

  • Investigation of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and bacterial regrowth in drinking water distribution system.

    W Liu;H Wu;Z Wang;S.L Ong

  • Simultaneous determination of PPCPs, EDCs, and artificial sweeteners in environmental water samples using a single-step SPE coupled with HPLC-MS/MS and isotope dilution.

    Ngoc Han Tran;Jiangyong Hu;Say Leong Ong

  • 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

  • Occurrence and suitability of pharmaceuticals and personal care products as molecular markers for raw wastewater contamination in surface water and groundwater.

    Ngoc Han Tran;Jinhua Li;Jiangyong Hu;Say Leong Ong

  • Diversity and distribution of a deeply branched novel proteobacterial group found in anaerobic–aerobic activated sludge processes

    Yunhong Kong;Say Leong Ong;Wun Jun Ng;Wen-Tso Liu

  • Suitability of artificial sweeteners as indicators of raw wastewater contamination in surface water and groundwater.

    Ngoc Han Tran;Jiangyong Hu;Jinhua Li;Say Leong Ong

  • Engineering design approaches for minimum fouling in submerged MBR

    A. Sofia;W.J. Ng;S.L. Ong

  • 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

  • Electrodialysis reversal for industrial reverse osmosis brine treatment

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

  • Effects of pH and temperature on the survival of coliphages MS2 and Qβ

    Y. Y. Feng;S. L. Ong;J. Y. Hu;X. L. Tan

  • Brine pre-treatment technologies for zero liquid discharge systems

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

  • Fluidized-bed Fenton technologies for recalcitrant industrial wastewater treatment–Recent advances, challenges and perspective

    Q.Q. Cai;B.C.Y. Lee;S.L. Ong;J.Y. Hu

  • Comparison of filter media materials for heavy metal removal from urban stormwater runoff using biofiltration systems

    H.S. Lim;W. Lim;J.Y. Hu;A. Ziegler

  • Community structure of microbial biofilms associated with membrane-based water purification processes as revealed using a polyphasic approach

    C.-L. Chen;W.-T. Liu;M.-L. Chong;M.-T. Wong

  • The development of membrane fouling in full-scale RO processes

    Kai Loon Chen;Lianfa Song;Say Leong Ong;Wun Jern Ng

  • Comparison of fouling characteristics in different pore-sized submerged ceramic membrane bioreactors

    Le Jin;Say Leong Ong;How Yong Ng

  • Response surface modeling of Carbamazepine (CBZ) removal by Graphene-P25 nanocomposites/UVA process using central composite design.

    Initha Amalraj Appavoo;Jiangyong Hu;Yan Huang;Sam Fong Yau Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiangyong Hu
Jiangyong Hu National University of Singapore
How Yong Ng
How Yong Ng National University of Singapore
Lianfa Song
Lianfa Song Texas Tech University
Yaoyu Feng
Yaoyu Feng South China Agricultural University
Wen-Tso Liu
Wen-Tso Liu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Menachem Elimelech
Menachem Elimelech Rice University
Rajasekhar Balasubramanian
Rajasekhar Balasubramanian National University of Singapore
Min Wu
Min Wu University of North Dakota
Lian-Hui Zhang
Lian-Hui Zhang South China Agricultural University
Olivier Lefebvre
Olivier Lefebvre National University of Singapore

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