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Engineering and Technology

D-Index
75
Citations
18896
World Ranking
760
National Ranking
262

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
75
Citations
19194
World Ranking
1282
National Ranking
549

Overview

Zhiyong Jason Ren is affiliated with Princeton University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Engineering, with a significant number of publications in related fields.

Their recent papers include:

  • Machine Learning: New Ideas and Tools in Environmental Science and Engineering, 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • High-entropy nanoparticles: Synthesis-structure-property relationships and data-driven discovery, 2022, Science
  • Machine Learning in Environmental Research: Common Pitfalls and Best Practices, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Sustainable off-grid desalination of hypersaline waters using Janus wood evaporators, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • ChatGPT and Environmental Research, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology

Their frequent co-authors are:

  • Jun-Jie Zhu
  • Meiqi Yang
  • Xi Chen
  • Aaron Leininger
  • Jinyue Jiang

Zhiyong Jason Ren has published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Water Research
  • Environmental Science & Technology Letters
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling

Their book publications include a title from UWA Publishing:

  • Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Utilization, 2023

The scientist's main fields of study comprise:

  • Environmental Science
  • Engineering

The subfields of study they contribute to are:

  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Molecular Biology
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Biomedical Engineering

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Production

Best Publications

  • Biofilm Matrixome: Extracellular Components in Structured Microbial Communities

    L. Karygianni;Z. Ren;H. Koo;T. Thurnheer

  • High-entropy nanoparticles: Synthesis-structure-property relationships and data-driven discovery

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  • A comprehensive review of microbial electrochemical systems as a platform technology.

    Heming Wang;Zhiyong Jason Ren

  • Machine Learning: New Ideas and Tools in Environmental Science and Engineering

    Shifa Zhong;Kai Zhang;Majid Bagheri;Joel G. Burken

  • Nature-inspired salt resistant bimodal porous solar evaporator for efficient and stable water desalination

    Shuaiming He;Chaoji Chen;Yudi Kuang;Ruiyu Mi

  • Wastewater treatment for carbon capture and utilization

    Lu Lu;Lu Lu;Jeremy S. Guest;Catherine A. Peters;Xiuping Zhu

  • Bioelectrochemical metal recovery from wastewater: a review.

    Heming Wang;Zhiyong Jason Ren

  • Biochar as a sustainable electrode material for electricity production in microbial fuel cells.

    Tyler Huggins;Heming Wang;Joshua Kearns;Peter Jenkins

  • Practical Energy Harvesting for Microbial Fuel Cells: A Review

    Heming Wang;Jae Do Park;Zhiyong Jason Ren

  • Electricity Production from Cellulose in a Microbial Fuel Cell Using a Defined Binary Culture

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  • Microbial electrolysis cells for waste biorefinery: A state of the art review.

    Lu Lu;Zhiyong Jason Ren

  • Microbial community structure accompanied with electricity production in a constructed wetland plant microbial fuel cell

    Lu Lu;Defeng Xing;Zhiyong Jason Ren

  • Granular biochar compared with activated carbon for wastewater treatment and resource recovery

    Tyler M. Huggins;Alexander Haeger;Justin C. Biffinger;Zhiyong Jason Ren

  • Microbial Metabolism and Community Structure in Response to Bioelectrochemically Enhanced Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon-Contaminated Soil

    Lu Lu;Tyler Huggins;Song Jin;Yi Zuo

  • Bioelectrochemical system platform for sustainable environmental remediation and energy generation.

    Heming Wang;Haiping Luo;Paul H. Fallgren;Song Jin

  • Microbial desalination cells for improved performance in wastewater treatment, electricity production, and desalination

    Haiping Luo;Pei Xu;Timberley M. Roane;Peter E. Jenkins

  • Impact of initial biofilm growth on the anode impedance of microbial fuel cells

    Ramaraja P. Ramasamy;Zhiyong Ren;Matthew M. Mench;John M. Regan

  • Sustainable off-grid desalination of hypersaline waters using Janus wood evaporators

    Xi Chen;Shuaiming He;Mark M. Falinski;Yuxi Wang;Yuxi Wang

  • Carbon dioxide and organic waste valorization by microbial electrosynthesis and electro-fermentation.

    Yong Jiang;Harold D. May;Lu Lu;Peng Liang

  • Concurrent Desalination and Hydrogen Generation Using Microbial Electrolysis and Desalination Cells

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  • Individual and competitive removal of heavy metals using capacitive deionization.

    Zhe Huang;Lu Lu;Zhenxiao Cai;Zhiyong Jason Ren

  • Enhanced bioremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soil using pilot-scale bioelectrochemical systems.

    Lu Lu;Hadi Yazdi;Song Jin;Yi Zuo

  • Sustainable desalination using a microbial capacitive desalination cell

    Casey Forrestal;Pei Xu;Zhiyong Ren

  • Two-stage conversion of crude glycerol to energy using dark fermentation linked with microbial fuel cell or microbial electrolysis cell.

    Teera Chookaew;Poonsuk Prasertsan;Zhiyong Jason Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Peng Liang
Peng Liang Tsinghua University
Jianmin Chen
Jianmin Chen Fudan University
Xia Huang
Xia Huang Tsinghua University
Shicheng Zhang
Shicheng Zhang Fudan University
Defeng Xing
Defeng Xing Harbin Institute of Technology
Xin Wang
Xin Wang Nankai University
Xiaoyuan Zhang
Xiaoyuan Zhang Tsinghua University
Pei Xu
Pei Xu New Mexico State University
David Jassby
David Jassby University of California, Los Angeles
Liangbing Hu
Liangbing Hu Yale University

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