Professor Jianhua Guo
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Jianhua Guo

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Background

Prof Guo joined the Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC), renamed as the Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology in July 2021, at The University of Queensland in 2013. He is currently the ACWEB Deputy Director - Research. His research focuses on effective integration of process engineering, environmental microbiology and environmental biotechnology to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to achieve high-levels of contaminant removal from water or wastewater. He is also an active researcher in environmental dimension of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). As a pioneer, Prof Guo and his team discovered that non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals/chemicals contribute to the spread of AMR, which has substantially augmented our understating of the causes of AMR. His ground-breaking findings have been covered by many mainstream media outlets, including ABC News, The Daily Mail, Science Daily and The Courier-Mail, via over 100 press stories. He has to date won over $14M in government, industry and university research funding including ARC Discovery and Linkage, mostly as the lead Chief Investigator. He has published more than 200 fully refereed papers both in multidisciplinary journals such as PNAS and Nature Communications, and specialised journals including The ISME Journal, Water Research and Environmental Science & Technology. His research output and achievements have been recognized through national and international awards or fellowship, including 2013 Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) and 2017 Australian Research Council Future Fellowship. He is an Editor of the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Water Science & Technology, and an Associate Editor of Water Research.

Availability

Professor Jianhua Guo is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctoral Diploma, Harbin Institute of Technology

Research interests

  • Environmental Dimension of Antibiotic Resistance

  • Novel disinfection processes

  • Methane-based Biotechnology: Bioconversion Methane into Liquid Chemicals

  • Microbial Ecology in Water Engineering Systems

  • Microorganisms Involved in Global Carbon and Nitrogen Cycles

  • Biological Nutrients Removal and Recovery from Wastewater

  • Novel groundwater remediation technologies

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262 works between 2007 and 2025
All (262) Journal Article (258) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (1)

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2025

Journal Article

The functional dominance and metabolic diversity of comammox Nitrospira in recirculating aquaculture systems

Chai, Zimin, Tian, Zhichao, Zheng, Maosheng, Wang, Bowen, Li, Yunlong, Cui, Jiaqi, Ju, Feng, Niu, Junfeng and Guo, Jianhua (2025). The functional dominance and metabolic diversity of comammox Nitrospira in recirculating aquaculture systems. Water Research, 273 122949, 122949. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122949

The functional dominance and metabolic diversity of comammox Nitrospira in recirculating aquaculture systems

2025

Journal Article

Mildly acidic pH boosts up CO2 conversion to isobutyrate in H2 driven gas fermentation system

Zhou, Linjie, Wu, Mengxiong, Lin, Xunyang and Guo, Jianhua (2025). Mildly acidic pH boosts up CO2 conversion to isobutyrate in H2 driven gas fermentation system. Water Research, 273 123023, 123023. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.123023

Mildly acidic pH boosts up CO2 conversion to isobutyrate in H2 driven gas fermentation system

2025

Journal Article

Amoeba community dynamics and assembly mechanisms in full-scale drinking water distribution networks under various disinfectant regimens

Hu, Yuxing, Jiang, Kaiyang, Xia, Siqing, Zhang, Weixian, Guo, Jianhua and Wang, Hong (2025). Amoeba community dynamics and assembly mechanisms in full-scale drinking water distribution networks under various disinfectant regimens. Water Research, 271 122861, 122861. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122861

Amoeba community dynamics and assembly mechanisms in full-scale drinking water distribution networks under various disinfectant regimens

2025

Journal Article

Gas-delivery membrane as an alternative aeration method to remove dissolved methane from anaerobically treated wastewater

Lu, Yan, Liu, Tao, Wang, Hui, Zuo, Lukun, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bagg, Wayne and Guo, Jianhua (2025). Gas-delivery membrane as an alternative aeration method to remove dissolved methane from anaerobically treated wastewater. Water Research, 268 122760, 122760. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122760

Gas-delivery membrane as an alternative aeration method to remove dissolved methane from anaerobically treated wastewater

2025

Journal Article

Enrichment of comammox Nitrospira from three different seed sludges with addition of signaling molecules

Tang, Peng, Li, Jun, Zhang, Jing, Zhu, Yuhan, Zheng, Zhaoming, Zhang, Xin, Gao, Peng, Liu, Tao and Guo, Jianhua (2025). Enrichment of comammox Nitrospira from three different seed sludges with addition of signaling molecules. Water Research, 268 122617, 122617. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122617

Enrichment of comammox Nitrospira from three different seed sludges with addition of signaling molecules

2025

Journal Article

Response of nitrifiers to gradually increasing pH conditions in a membrane nitrification bioreactor: Microbial dynamics and alkali-resistant mechanism

Shi, Weican, He, Zhaoming, Lu, Jiahui, Wang, Lingfeng, Guo, Jianhua, Qiu, Shuang and Ge, Shijian (2025). Response of nitrifiers to gradually increasing pH conditions in a membrane nitrification bioreactor: Microbial dynamics and alkali-resistant mechanism. Water Research, 268 122567, 122567. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122567

Response of nitrifiers to gradually increasing pH conditions in a membrane nitrification bioreactor: Microbial dynamics and alkali-resistant mechanism

2024

Journal Article

Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to reductive immobilization of hexavalent chromium by “Candidatus Methanoperedens”

Wang, Suicao, Zhang, Xueqin, Tian, Dihua, Zhao, Jing, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Cai, Fangrui, Xie, Mengying, Virdis, Bernardino, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo, Zhang, Run and Hu, Shihu (2024). Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to reductive immobilization of hexavalent chromium by “Candidatus Methanoperedens”. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 480 136020, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.136020

Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to reductive immobilization of hexavalent chromium by “Candidatus Methanoperedens”

2024

Journal Article

Novel ellipsoid-like granules exhibit enhanced anammox performance compared to sphere-like granules

Xu, Dongdong, Liu, Tao, Pan, Chao, Guo, Leiyan, Guo, Jianhua, Zheng, Ping and Zhang, Meng (2024). Novel ellipsoid-like granules exhibit enhanced anammox performance compared to sphere-like granules. Water Research X, 25 100270, 100270. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2024.100270

Novel ellipsoid-like granules exhibit enhanced anammox performance compared to sphere-like granules

2024

Journal Article

Partitioned granular sludge coupling with membrane-aerated biofilm reactor for efficient autotrophic nitrogen removal

Mei, Ning, Jia, Fangxu, Wang, Hui, Hu, Zhifeng, Han, Baohong, Chen, Yao, Zhao, Xingcheng, Han, Xiangyu, Zhang, Jingjing, Li, Dongmei, Yao, Hong and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Partitioned granular sludge coupling with membrane-aerated biofilm reactor for efficient autotrophic nitrogen removal. Bioresource Technology, 414 131570, 131570. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131570

Partitioned granular sludge coupling with membrane-aerated biofilm reactor for efficient autotrophic nitrogen removal

2024

Journal Article

Efficient alleviation granular sludge floatation in a high-rate anammox reactor by dosing folate

Xu, Dongdong, Pan, Chao, Liu, Sitong, Guo, Jianhua, Zheng, Ping and Zhang, Meng (2024). Efficient alleviation granular sludge floatation in a high-rate anammox reactor by dosing folate. Water Research, 264 122249, 122249. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122249

Efficient alleviation granular sludge floatation in a high-rate anammox reactor by dosing folate

2024

Journal Article

Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms

Liu, Tao, Duan, Haoran, Lücker, Sebastian, Zheng, Min, Daims, Holger, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms. Nature Water, 2 (10), 936-952. doi: 10.1038/s44221-024-00307-5

Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms

2024

Journal Article

Prophage induction by non-antibiotic compounds promotes transformation of released antibiotic resistance genes from cell lysis

Lu, Ji and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Prophage induction by non-antibiotic compounds promotes transformation of released antibiotic resistance genes from cell lysis. Water Research, 263 122200, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122200

Prophage induction by non-antibiotic compounds promotes transformation of released antibiotic resistance genes from cell lysis

2024

Journal Article

Fluoropolymer sorbent for efficient and selective capturing of per- and polyfluorinated compounds

Yang, Zhuojing, Zhu, Yutong, Tan, Xiao, Gunjal, Samruddhi Jayendra Jayendra, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Wang, Yiqing, Xin, Ruijing, Fu, Changkui, Liu, Kehan, Macintosh, Katie, Sprague, Lee G., Leung, Lam, Hopkins, Timothy E., Thomas, Kevin V., Guo, Jianhua, Whittaker, Andrew K. and Zhang, Cheng (2024). Fluoropolymer sorbent for efficient and selective capturing of per- and polyfluorinated compounds. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 8269, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52690-y

Fluoropolymer sorbent for efficient and selective capturing of per- and polyfluorinated compounds

2024

Journal Article

Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

Zheng, Min, Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Sperandio, Mathieu, Volcke, Eveline I. P., Wang, Zhiyao, Hao, Xiaodi, Duan, Haoran, Vlaeminck, Siegfried E., Xu, Kangning, Zuo, Zhiqiang, Guo, Jianhua, Huang, Xia, Daigger, Glen T., Verstraete, Willy, van Loosdrecht, Mark C. M. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2024). Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage. Nature Sustainability, 7 (11), 1395-1404. doi: 10.1038/s41893-024-01423-6

Pathways to advanced resource recovery from sewage

2024

Journal Article

Nano-sized polystyrene and magnetite collectively promote biofilm stability and resistance due to enhanced oxidative stress response

Wang, Haibo, Hu, Chisheng, Li, Yukang, Shen, Yun, Guo, Jianhua, Shi, Baoyou, Alvarez, Pedro J.J. and Yu, Pingfeng (2024). Nano-sized polystyrene and magnetite collectively promote biofilm stability and resistance due to enhanced oxidative stress response. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 476 134974, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134974

Nano-sized polystyrene and magnetite collectively promote biofilm stability and resistance due to enhanced oxidative stress response

2024

Journal Article

Vermicomposting preferably alters fungal communities in wasted activated sludge and promotes the production of plant growth-promoting biostimulants in the vermicompost

Zhang, Yu, Yuan, Hao, Peng, Sainan, Wang, Zhiyue, Cai, Siying, Chen, Zexu, Yang, Boyuan, Yang, Peng, Wang, Dongsheng, Guo, Jianhua and Zhang, Weijun (2024). Vermicomposting preferably alters fungal communities in wasted activated sludge and promotes the production of plant growth-promoting biostimulants in the vermicompost. Chemical Engineering Journal, 495 153232, 153232. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2024.153232

Vermicomposting preferably alters fungal communities in wasted activated sludge and promotes the production of plant growth-promoting biostimulants in the vermicompost

2024

Journal Article

Emerging Technologies for the Control of Biological Contaminants in Water Treatment: A Critical Review

Gao, Rui, Gao, Shu-Hong, Li, Jun, Su, Yiyi, Huang, Fang, Liang, Bin, Fan, Lu, Guo, Jianhua and Wang, Aijie (2024). Emerging Technologies for the Control of Biological Contaminants in Water Treatment: A Critical Review. Engineering. doi: 10.1016/j.eng.2024.08.022

Emerging Technologies for the Control of Biological Contaminants in Water Treatment: A Critical Review

2024

Journal Article

Single cell protein production from methane in a gas-delivery membrane bioreactor

Ma, Yicheng, Liu, Tao, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Single cell protein production from methane in a gas-delivery membrane bioreactor. Water Research, 259 121820, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121820

Single cell protein production from methane in a gas-delivery membrane bioreactor

2024

Journal Article

Methane-driven perchlorate reduction by a microbial consortium

Wang, Yulu, Liu, Xiawei, Wu, Mengxiong and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Methane-driven perchlorate reduction by a microbial consortium. Environmental Science and Technology, 58 (30), 13370-13379. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c04439

Methane-driven perchlorate reduction by a microbial consortium

2024

Journal Article

Simultaneous biogas upgrading and valuable chemical production using homoacetogens in a membrane biofilm reactor

Zhou, Linjie, Lai, Chun-Yu, Wu, Mengxiong and Guo, Jianhua (2024). Simultaneous biogas upgrading and valuable chemical production using homoacetogens in a membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 58 (28), 12509-12519. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02021

Simultaneous biogas upgrading and valuable chemical production using homoacetogens in a membrane biofilm reactor

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2027
    Anaerobic short-chain gaseous alkane oxidation coupled to nitrate reduction
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2028
    Applying quantitative microbial risk assessment, epidemiological modelling, and Bayesian Network models to facilitate AMR management in wastewater services, water reuse and biosolid...(admin by UniSA)
    CRC SAAFE Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Dual-membrane upgrading towards sustainable wastewater management
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    ARC Training Centre for Environmental and Agricultural Solutions to Antimicrobial Resistance (ARC CEA-StAR)
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    A novel microbial process breaking through the nitrogen cycling
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2024
    Application of novel membranes aerated biofilm reactor in petrochemical wastewater treatment
    China Petrochemical Technology Company Limited (Sinopec Tech)
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2024
    Eliminating opportunistic pathogens from premise plumbing biofilms in healthcare facilities
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    Novel disinfection to combat antibiotic resistance
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2023
    Simultaneous dissolved methane and nitrogen removal
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018
    Environmental dissemination of antibiotic resistance promoted by nanoparticles
    UQ Foundation Research Excellence Awards - DVC(R) Funding
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Maximizing Energy Recovery through Innovative Nitrogen remOval (MERINO) - DC Water Project
    District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Combating the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Urban Water Systems
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2021
    Transforming wastewater treatment plants from a large energy consumer to an energy exporter through maximizing renewable energy recovery
    Melbourne Water Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2017 - 2019
    Interactions between nanoparticles and bacteria
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2014
    A metagenomics-assisted optimisation of the Anammox process to treat domestic wastewater
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2016
    A novel autotrophic biological nitrogen removal process driven by ammonia-oxidizing archaea and anammox bacteria
    ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Jianhua Guo is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Microbial Benchmarking at Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Shihu Hu

  • Master Philosophy

    Novel membrane-aerated biofilm reactor to simultaneously remove nitrogen and emerging contaminates from wastewater

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous dissolved methane and nitrogen removal from municipal wastewater by using membrane-aerated bioreactors

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Efficient control the spread of antibiotic resistance in urban water systems

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enrichment and Understanding of New Microorganisms Enabling Microbial Oxidation of Short-chain Gaseous Alkanes

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Dr Mengxiong Wu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Microbial Benchmarking at Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Shihu Hu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sequestration of micropollutants in modified biochars by coupling adsorption and advanced oxidation/reduction processes

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous removal of multiple oxidized contaminants using methane-based membrane biofilm systems

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Dr Mengxiong Wu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Using membrane aerated bioreactors to removal emerging contaminants and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Mengxiong Wu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding roles of disinfection agents on the emergence and spread of antibiotic resistance

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Gilda Carvalho

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enrichment and understanding novel microorganisms enabling complete ammonification and ammonia oxidation

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Development of magnesium oxide products as a novel disinfectant agent

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Conny Turni

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous nitrogen removal and greenhouse gas (methane) mitigation from domestic sewage

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    In-depth understanding of bioprocess and microbial community in a novel methane-based membrane biofilm reactor

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous biogas upgrading and biofuel production

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Mengxiong Wu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous biogas upgrading and biofuel production

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Mengxiong Wu

  • Master Philosophy

    Enrichment of two new ammonia-oxidizing microorganisms in Membrane aerated biofilm reactor using urea

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous nitrogen removal and greenhouse gas (methane) mitigation from domestic sewage

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Development of sequencing-based surveillance monitoring of antimicrobial resistance in the environment

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous removal of emerging chemical and biological contaminants through novel catalytic membrane reactors

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enrichment and Physiological Characterization of Novel Nitrogen Cycling Microorganisms

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Emerging pollutants in spreading antimicrobial resistance in urban water ecosystems

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Characterisation of novel substances in wastewater that select for antimicrobial resistance

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jake O'Brien, Professor Kevin Thomas

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Investigation of the inflammatory response of human cells to silica dust exposure

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Kevin Thomas, Dr Jake O'Brien

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Unique and Overlooked Microbial Process for Scavenging Two Greenhouse Gases

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Characterization of metabolic potentials and pathways for the Feammox reaction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Paul Evans

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Identifying the drivers of environmental dissemination of antimicrobial resistance in urban water ecosystems

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bioremediation of oxidized contaminants using natural gas in membrane bioflim reactors

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Mengxiong Wu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance between bacteria and environments

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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