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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313 works between 2007 and 2026
All (313) Journal Article (307) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (1) Book Chapter (4)

121 - 140 of 313 works

2022

Journal Article

Comammox Nitrospira bacteria are dominant ammonia oxidizers in mainstream nitrification bioreactors emended with sponge carriers

Huang, Tuo, Xia, Jun, Liu, Tao, Su, Zicheng, Guan, Yuntao, Guo, Jianhua, Wang, Chengwen and Zheng, Min (2022). Comammox Nitrospira bacteria are dominant ammonia oxidizers in mainstream nitrification bioreactors emended with sponge carriers. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (17), 12584-12591. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03641

Comammox Nitrospira bacteria are dominant ammonia oxidizers in mainstream nitrification bioreactors emended with sponge carriers

2022

Journal Article

Understanding the effect of free nitrous acid on biofilms

Chislett, Mariella, Yu, Zhigang, Donose, Bogdan C., Guo, Jianhua and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Understanding the effect of free nitrous acid on biofilms. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (16), 11625-11634. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c01156

Understanding the effect of free nitrous acid on biofilms

2022

Journal Article

Antidepressants promote the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes via transformation

Lu, Ji, Ding, Pengbo, Wang, Yue and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Antidepressants promote the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes via transformation. ISME Communications, 2 (1) 63, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s43705-022-00147-y

Antidepressants promote the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes via transformation

2022

Journal Article

Autism-Risk Gene <i>necab2</i> Regulates Psychomotor and Social Behavior as a Neuronal Modulator of mGluR1 Signaling

Chen, Zexu, Long, Han, Guo, Jianhua, Wang, Yiran, He, Kezhe, Tao, Chenchen, Li, Xiong, Jiang, Keji, Guo, Su and Pi, Yan (2022). Autism-Risk Gene necab2 Regulates Psychomotor and Social Behavior as a Neuronal Modulator of mGluR1 Signaling. Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 15 901682. doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.901682

Autism-Risk Gene <i>necab2</i> Regulates Psychomotor and Social Behavior as a Neuronal Modulator of mGluR1 Signaling

2022

Journal Article

Non-caloric artificial sweeteners exhibit antimicrobial activity against bacteria and promote bacterial evolution of antibiotic tolerance

Yu, Zhigang and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Non-caloric artificial sweeteners exhibit antimicrobial activity against bacteria and promote bacterial evolution of antibiotic tolerance. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 433 128840, 128840. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128840

Non-caloric artificial sweeteners exhibit antimicrobial activity against bacteria and promote bacterial evolution of antibiotic tolerance

2022

Journal Article

Reactive nitrogen species from free nitrous acid (FNA) cause cell lysis

Chislett, Mariella, Guo, Jianhua, Bond, Philip L., Wang, Yue, Donose, Bogdan C. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Reactive nitrogen species from free nitrous acid (FNA) cause cell lysis. Water Research, 217 118401, 118401. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118401

Reactive nitrogen species from free nitrous acid (FNA) cause cell lysis

2022

Journal Article

Simultaneous removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by molybdenum carbide assisted electrochemical disinfection

Fang, Hao, Liu, Yinghan, Qiu, Pengxiang, Song, Hai-Liang, Liu, Tao, Guo, Jianhua and Zhang, Shuai (2022). Simultaneous removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by molybdenum carbide assisted electrochemical disinfection. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 432 128733, 128733. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128733

Simultaneous removal of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by molybdenum carbide assisted electrochemical disinfection

2022

Journal Article

Effect of short-term light irradiation with varying energy densities on the activities of nitrifiers in wastewater

Yang, Mingzhu, Qiu, Shuang, Wang, Lingfeng, Chen, Zhipeng, Hu, Yanbing, Guo, Jianhua and Ge, Shijian (2022). Effect of short-term light irradiation with varying energy densities on the activities of nitrifiers in wastewater. Water Research, 216 118291, 118291. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118291

Effect of short-term light irradiation with varying energy densities on the activities of nitrifiers in wastewater

2022

Journal Article

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern with tiling amplicon sequencing from wastewater

Wang, Yu, Ni, Gaofeng, Tian, Wei, Yang, Lin, Hosegood, Ian, Newell, Rhys, Woodcroft, Ben J., Yang, Bicheng, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern with tiling amplicon sequencing from wastewater. ACS ES and T Water, 2 (11), 2185-2193. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00083

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern with tiling amplicon sequencing from wastewater

2022

Journal Article

Roles of reactive oxygen species in antibiotic resistant bacteria inactivation and micropollutant degradation in Fenton and photo-Fenton processes

Ahmed, Yunus, Zhong, Jiexi, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Roles of reactive oxygen species in antibiotic resistant bacteria inactivation and micropollutant degradation in Fenton and photo-Fenton processes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 430 128408, 128408. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128408

Roles of reactive oxygen species in antibiotic resistant bacteria inactivation and micropollutant degradation in Fenton and photo-Fenton processes

2022

Journal Article

Pilot-scale demonstration of one-stage partial nitritation/anammox process to treat wastewater from a coal to ethylene glycol (CtEG) plant

Yao, Hong, Zhao, Xingcheng, Fan, Liru, Jia, Fangxu, Chen, Yao, Cai, Weiwei and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Pilot-scale demonstration of one-stage partial nitritation/anammox process to treat wastewater from a coal to ethylene glycol (CtEG) plant. Environmental Research, 208 112540, 112540. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112540

Pilot-scale demonstration of one-stage partial nitritation/anammox process to treat wastewater from a coal to ethylene glycol (CtEG) plant

2022

Journal Article

Simultaneous removal of micropollutants, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated solar irradiation

Zhong, Jiexi, Ahmed, Yunus, Carvalho, Gilda, Wang, Zhiliang, Wang, Lianzhou, Mueller, Jochen F. and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Simultaneous removal of micropollutants, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated solar irradiation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 433 133839, 133839. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2021.133839

Simultaneous removal of micropollutants, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and antibiotic resistance genes using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated solar irradiation

2022

Journal Article

Pilot-scale demonstration of a novel process integrating Partial Nitritation with simultaneous Anammox, Denitrification and Sludge Fermentation (PN + ADSF) for nitrogen removal and sludge reduction

Wang, Bo, Qiao, Xin, Hou, Feng, Liu, Tao, Pang, Hongtao, Guo, Yuanyuan, Guo, Jianhua and Peng, Yongzhen (2022). Pilot-scale demonstration of a novel process integrating Partial Nitritation with simultaneous Anammox, Denitrification and Sludge Fermentation (PN + ADSF) for nitrogen removal and sludge reduction. Science of the Total Environment, 815 152835, 152835. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152835

Pilot-scale demonstration of a novel process integrating Partial Nitritation with simultaneous Anammox, Denitrification and Sludge Fermentation (PN + ADSF) for nitrogen removal and sludge reduction

2022

Journal Article

Copper stimulation on methane-supported perchlorate reduction in a membrane biofilm reactor

Wang, Yulu, Lai, Chun-Yu, Wu, Mengxiong, Lu, Xuanyu, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Copper stimulation on methane-supported perchlorate reduction in a membrane biofilm reactor. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 425 127917, 127917. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127917

Copper stimulation on methane-supported perchlorate reduction in a membrane biofilm reactor

2022

Journal Article

Novel bacteriophages show activity against selected Australian clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Namonyo, Samuel, Carvalho, Gilda, Guo, Jianhua and Weynberg, Karen D. (2022). Novel bacteriophages show activity against selected Australian clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microorganisms, 10 (2) 210, 210. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10020210

Novel bacteriophages show activity against selected Australian clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

2022

Journal Article

Insights of metallic nanoparticles and ions in accelerating the bacterial uptake of antibiotic resistance genes

Zhang, Shuai, Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Verstraete, Willy, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Insights of metallic nanoparticles and ions in accelerating the bacterial uptake of antibiotic resistance genes. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 421 126728, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126728

Insights of metallic nanoparticles and ions in accelerating the bacterial uptake of antibiotic resistance genes

2022

Journal Article

Evaluation of the joint effects of Cu2+, Zn2+ and Mn2+ on completely autotrophic nitrogen-removal over nitrite (CANON) process

Fan, Liru, Li, Huayu, Chen, Yao, Jia, Fangxu, Liu, Tao, Guo, Jianhua and Yao, Hong (2022). Evaluation of the joint effects of Cu2+, Zn2+ and Mn2+ on completely autotrophic nitrogen-removal over nitrite (CANON) process. Chemosphere, 286 (Pt 3) 131896, 131896. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131896

Evaluation of the joint effects of Cu2+, Zn2+ and Mn2+ on completely autotrophic nitrogen-removal over nitrite (CANON) process

2022

Journal Article

Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Cloud Detection Based on Grouped Features Alignment and Entropy Minimization

Guo, Jianhua, Yang, Jingyu, Yue, Huanjing and Li, Kun (2022). Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Cloud Detection Based on Grouped Features Alignment and Entropy Minimization. Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60 5603413, 1-13. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3067513

Unsupervised Domain Adaptation for Cloud Detection Based on Grouped Features Alignment and Entropy Minimization

2022

Journal Article

Unsupervised domain-invariant feature learning for cloud detection of remote sensing images

Guo, Jianhua, Yang, Jingyu, Yue, Huanjing, Liu, Xin and Li, Kun (2022). Unsupervised domain-invariant feature learning for cloud detection of remote sensing images. IEEE Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 60 5405715. doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2021.3120001

Unsupervised domain-invariant feature learning for cloud detection of remote sensing images

2021

Journal Article

Colonization of gut microbiota by plasmid-carrying bacteria is facilitated by evolutionary adaptation to antibiotic treatment

Zhang, Peng, Mao, Daqing, Gao, Huihui, Zheng, Liyang, Chen, Zeyou, Gao, Yuting, Duan, Yitao, Guo, Jianhua, Luo, Yi and Ren, Hongqiang (2021). Colonization of gut microbiota by plasmid-carrying bacteria is facilitated by evolutionary adaptation to antibiotic treatment. The ISME Journal, 16 (5), 1284-1293. doi: 10.1038/s41396-021-01171-x

Colonization of gut microbiota by plasmid-carrying bacteria is facilitated by evolutionary adaptation to antibiotic treatment

Current funding

  • 2025 - 2029
    Gas to food underpinning a circular bioeconomy: Production of high-quality microbial proteins from waste gases
    Queensland-Germany Bioeconomy Collaborative Science Program
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2028
    Combating pathogens from biofilms in premise plumbing systems
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2025 - 2026
    National Live Cell Analytics Facility for Organelles' Interactome Discovery (ARC LIEF administered by University of Technology Sydney)
    University of Technology Sydney
    Open grant
  • 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 biosolids (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

    Bioconversion of Methane-based Gases into Valuable Products

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan

  • Master Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Huadong Peng

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bioremediation of oxidized contaminants using natural gas in membrane bioflim reactors

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Bowerman

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Development of magnesium oxide products as a novel disinfectant agent

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Conny Turni

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Efficient control the spread of antibiotic resistance in urban water systems

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Zhigang Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Dongdong Xu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Microbial ecology and control of opportunistic pathogens in drinking water systems

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Gilda Carvalho, Dr Zhigang Yu

  • 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 understanding novel microorganisms enabling complete ammonification and ammonia oxidation

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheng Zhang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Characterization of metabolic potentials and pathways for the Feammox reaction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Paul Evans

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Integrated polymer membranes for PFAS removal

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheng Zhang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance between bacteria and environments

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Zhigang Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Evaluation of biofilm dispersal of Nontuberculous mycobacteria and Legionella in contaminated water environments

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Rachel Thomson, Professor Mark Blaskovich

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Developing Novel Polymer Sorbents for Efficient PFAS Capture

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Cheng Zhang

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Emerging pollutants in spreading antimicrobial resistance in urban water ecosystems

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • 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

Completed supervision

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