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

Search Professor Jianhua Guo’s works on UQ eSpace

274 works between 2007 and 2025
All (274) Journal Article (269) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (1) Other Outputs (1)

141 - 160 of 274 works

2021

Journal Article

Disinfection spreads antimicrobial resistance

Lu, Ji and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Disinfection spreads antimicrobial resistance. Science, 371 (6528), 474-474. doi: 10.1126/science.abg4380

Disinfection spreads antimicrobial resistance

2021

Journal Article

Microbial perchlorate reduction driven by ethane and propane

Lai, Chun-Yu, Wu, Mengxiong, Lu, Xuanyu, Wang, Yulu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Microbial perchlorate reduction driven by ethane and propane. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (3) acs.est.0c04103, 2006-2015. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04103

Microbial perchlorate reduction driven by ethane and propane

2021

Journal Article

Efficient photocatalytic destruction of recalcitrant micropollutants using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated sunlight irradiation

Zhong, Jiexi, Jiang, Hui, Wang, Zhiliang, Yu, Zhigang, Wang, Lianzhou, Mueller, Jochen F. and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Efficient photocatalytic destruction of recalcitrant micropollutants using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated sunlight irradiation. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 5 100079, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.ese.2021.100079

Efficient photocatalytic destruction of recalcitrant micropollutants using graphitic carbon nitride under simulated sunlight irradiation

2021

Journal Article

Structural changes in model compounds of sludge extracellular polymeric substances caused by exposure to free nitrous acid

Chislett, Mariella, Guo, Jianhua, Bond, Philip L. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Structural changes in model compounds of sludge extracellular polymeric substances caused by exposure to free nitrous acid. Water Research, 188 116553, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116553

Structural changes in model compounds of sludge extracellular polymeric substances caused by exposure to free nitrous acid

2021

Journal Article

Enhanced removal of cephalexin and sulfadiazine in nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors

Wang, Bingzheng, Li, Huayu, Liu, Tao and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Enhanced removal of cephalexin and sulfadiazine in nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors. Chemosphere, 263 128224, 128224. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128224

Enhanced removal of cephalexin and sulfadiazine in nitrifying membrane-aerated biofilm reactors

2020

Journal Article

Transcriptomics uncovers the response of anammox bacteria to dissolved oxygen inhibition and the subsequent recovery mechanism

Yan, Yuan, Wang, Weigang, Wu, Mengxiong, Jetten, Mike S. M., Guo, Jianhua, Ma, Jie, Wang, Han, Dai, Xiaohu and Wang, Yayi (2020). Transcriptomics uncovers the response of anammox bacteria to dissolved oxygen inhibition and the subsequent recovery mechanism. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (22), 14674-14685. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02842

Transcriptomics uncovers the response of anammox bacteria to dissolved oxygen inhibition and the subsequent recovery mechanism

2020

Journal Article

Biogas-driven complete nitrogen removal from wastewater generated in side-stream partial nitritation

Liu, Tao, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Chen, Hui, Wang, Zhiyao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Biogas-driven complete nitrogen removal from wastewater generated in side-stream partial nitritation. Science of the Total Environment, 745 141153, 141153. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141153

Biogas-driven complete nitrogen removal from wastewater generated in side-stream partial nitritation

2020

Journal Article

Larger anammox granules not only harbor higher species diversity but also support more functional diversity

Chen, Hui, Liu, Tao, Li, Jie, Mao, Likai, Ye, Jun, Han, Xiaoyu, Jetten, Mike S. M. and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Larger anammox granules not only harbor higher species diversity but also support more functional diversity. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (22) acs.est.0c02609, 14664-14673. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c02609

Larger anammox granules not only harbor higher species diversity but also support more functional diversity

2020

Journal Article

Achieving simultaneous nitrogen and antibiotic removal in one-stage partial nitritation-Anammox (PN/A) process

Li, Huayu, Yao, Hong, Liu, Tao, Wang, Bingzheng, Xia, Jun and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Achieving simultaneous nitrogen and antibiotic removal in one-stage partial nitritation-Anammox (PN/A) process. Environment International, 143 105987, 105987. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105987

Achieving simultaneous nitrogen and antibiotic removal in one-stage partial nitritation-Anammox (PN/A) process

2020

Journal Article

The application of glycine betaine to alleviate the inhibitory effect of salinity on one-stage partial nitritation/anammox process

Zuo, Lushen, Yao, Hong, Chen, Hui, Li, Huayu, Jia, Fangxu and Guo, Jianhua (2020). The application of glycine betaine to alleviate the inhibitory effect of salinity on one-stage partial nitritation/anammox process. Water Environment Research, 93 (4) wer.1457, 549-558. doi: 10.1002/wer.1457

The application of glycine betaine to alleviate the inhibitory effect of salinity on one-stage partial nitritation/anammox process

2020

Journal Article

Microbial selenate reduction in membrane biofilm reactors using ethane and propane as electron donors

Lai, Chun-Yu, Song, Yarong, Wu, Mengxiong, Lu, Xuanyu, Wang, Yulu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Microbial selenate reduction in membrane biofilm reactors using ethane and propane as electron donors. Water Research, 183 116008, 116008. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.116008

Microbial selenate reduction in membrane biofilm reactors using ethane and propane as electron donors

2020

Journal Article

Structural changes in cell-wall and cell-membrane organic materials following exposure to free nitrous acid

Chislett, Mariella, Guo, Jianhua, Bond, Philip L., Jones, Alun and Yuan, Zhiguo (2020). Structural changes in cell-wall and cell-membrane organic materials following exposure to free nitrous acid. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (16) acs.est.0c01453, 10301-10312. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01453

Structural changes in cell-wall and cell-membrane organic materials following exposure to free nitrous acid

2020

Journal Article

Enhanced microbial chromate reduction using hydrogen and methane as joint electron donors

He, Chao, Zhang, Baogang, Yan, Wenyue, Ding, Dahu and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Enhanced microbial chromate reduction using hydrogen and methane as joint electron donors. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 395 122684, 122684. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.122684

Enhanced microbial chromate reduction using hydrogen and methane as joint electron donors

2020

Journal Article

Efficient inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by photo-Fenton process under visible LED light and neutral pH

Ahmed, Yunus, Lu, Ji, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Efficient inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by photo-Fenton process under visible LED light and neutral pH. Water Research, 179 115878. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115878

Efficient inactivation of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes by photo-Fenton process under visible LED light and neutral pH

2020

Journal Article

Simultaneous removal of dissolved methane and nitrogen from synthetic mainstream anaerobic effluent

Liu, Tao, Li, Jie, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Chen, Hui, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Simultaneous removal of dissolved methane and nitrogen from synthetic mainstream anaerobic effluent. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (12) acs.est.0c00912, 7629-7638. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00912

Simultaneous removal of dissolved methane and nitrogen from synthetic mainstream anaerobic effluent

2020

Journal Article

Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation

Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Engelstädter, Jan, Zhang, Shuai, Ding, Pengbo, Mao, Likai, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 14 (8), 2179-2196. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0679-2

Non-antibiotic pharmaceuticals enhance the transmission of exogenous antibiotic resistance genes through bacterial transformation

2020

Journal Article

Metatranscriptomic analysis of adaptive response of anammox bacteria Candidatus ‘Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’ to Zn(II) exposure

Ma, Xiao, Yan, Yuan, Wang, Weigang, Guo, Jianhua and Wang, Yayi (2020). Metatranscriptomic analysis of adaptive response of anammox bacteria Candidatus ‘Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’ to Zn(II) exposure. Chemosphere, 246 125682, 125682. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125682

Metatranscriptomic analysis of adaptive response of anammox bacteria Candidatus ‘Kuenenia stuttgartiensis’ to Zn(II) exposure

2020

Journal Article

Chlorine disinfection promotes the exchange of antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genera by natural transformation

Jin, Min, Liu, Lu, Wang, Da-ning, Yang, Dong, Liu, Wei-li, Yin, Jing, Yang, Zhong-wei, Wang, Hua-ran, Qiu, Zhi-gang, Shen, Zhi-qiang, Shi, Dan-yang, Li, Hai-bei, Guo, Jian-hua and Li, Jun-wen (2020). Chlorine disinfection promotes the exchange of antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genera by natural transformation. The ISME Journal, 14 (7), 1847-1856. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0656-9

Chlorine disinfection promotes the exchange of antibiotic resistance genes across bacterial genera by natural transformation

2020

Journal Article

Unravelling kinetic and microbial responses of enriched nitrifying sludge under long-term exposure of cephalexin and sulfadiazine

Wang, Bingzheng, Ni, Bing-Jie, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Unravelling kinetic and microbial responses of enriched nitrifying sludge under long-term exposure of cephalexin and sulfadiazine. Water Research, 173 115592, 115592. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115592

Unravelling kinetic and microbial responses of enriched nitrifying sludge under long-term exposure of cephalexin and sulfadiazine

2020

Journal Article

Triclosan at environmental concentrations can enhance the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes through transformation

Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Zhang, Shuai, Bond, Philip and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Triclosan at environmental concentrations can enhance the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes through transformation. Science of the Total Environment, 713 136621, 136621. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.136621

Triclosan at environmental concentrations can enhance the spread of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes through transformation

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 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

    Microbial Benchmarking at Wastewater Treatment Plants

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Shihu Hu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Development of magnesium oxide products as a novel disinfectant agent

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Conny Turni

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • 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

    Other advisors: Dr Zhigang Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Microbial ecology and control of opportunistic pathogens in drinking water systems

    Principal Advisor

  • 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

    Bioremediation of oxidized contaminants using natural gas in membrane bioflim reactors

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Bowerman

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Development and Application of Multiplexed Amplicon Sequencing for Wastewater-based Epidemiology and Pathogen Detection

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Shihu Hu

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    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

    Enrichment and understanding novel microorganisms enabling complete ammonification and ammonia oxidation

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Biogas upgrading and value-added chemical production in membrane biofilm reactors.

    Principal Advisor

  • 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

    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

    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

    Understanding and application of membrane aerated biofilm reactors (MABRs) in shortcut nitrogen removal and dissolved methane mitigation

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous biogas upgrading and biofuel production

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Simultaneous biogas upgrading and biofuel production

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Emerging pollutants in spreading antimicrobial resistance in urban water ecosystems

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Characterization of metabolic potentials and pathways for the Feammox reaction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Paul Evans

  • 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

    The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance between bacteria and environments

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Zhigang Yu

  • 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

    Enrichment and Physiological Characterization of Novel Nitrogen Cycling Microorganisms

    Associate Advisor

  • 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

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

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

Completed supervision

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