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

273 works between 2007 and 2025
All (273) Journal Article (269) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (1)

181 - 200 of 273 works

2019

Journal Article

Microbial chromate reduction coupled to anaerobic oxidation of elemental sulfur or zerovalent iron

Shi, Jiaxin, Zhang, Baogang, Qiu, Rui, Lai, Chunyu, Jiang, Yufeng, He, Chao and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Microbial chromate reduction coupled to anaerobic oxidation of elemental sulfur or zerovalent iron. Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (6) acs.est.8b05053, 3198-3207. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05053

Microbial chromate reduction coupled to anaerobic oxidation of elemental sulfur or zerovalent iron

2019

Journal Article

Elucidating functional microorganisms and metabolic mechanisms in a novel engineered ecosystem integrating C, N, P and S biotransformation by metagenomics

Zhang, Yan, Hua, Zheng-shuang, Lu, Hui, Oehmen, Adrian and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Elucidating functional microorganisms and metabolic mechanisms in a novel engineered ecosystem integrating C, N, P and S biotransformation by metagenomics. Water Research, 148, 219-230. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.10.061

Elucidating functional microorganisms and metabolic mechanisms in a novel engineered ecosystem integrating C, N, P and S biotransformation by metagenomics

2019

Journal Article

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation is a major N-sink in aquifer systems around the world

Wang, Shanyun, Zhu, Guibing, Zhuang, Linjie, Li, Yixiao, Liu, Lu, Lavik, Gaute, Berg, Michael, Liu, Sitong, Long, Xi-En, Guo, Jianhua, Jetten, Mike S. M., Kuypers, Marcel M. M., Li, Fangbai, Schwark, Lorenz and Yin, Chengqing (2019). Anaerobic ammonium oxidation is a major N-sink in aquifer systems around the world. ISME Journal, 14 (1), 151-163. doi: 10.1038/s41396-019-0513-x

Anaerobic ammonium oxidation is a major N-sink in aquifer systems around the world

2019

Journal Article

Enhancing mainstream nitrogen removal by employing nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation processes

Liu, Tao, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Enhancing mainstream nitrogen removal by employing nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation processes. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 39 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/07388551.2019.1598333

Enhancing mainstream nitrogen removal by employing nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation processes

2019

Journal Article

rDNA- and rRNA-derived communities present divergent assemblage patterns and functional traits throughout full-scale landfill leachate treatment process trains

Shu, Duntao, Guo, Jianhua, Zhang, Baogang, He, Yanling and Wei, Gehong (2019). rDNA- and rRNA-derived communities present divergent assemblage patterns and functional traits throughout full-scale landfill leachate treatment process trains. Science of The Total Environment, 646, 1069-1079. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.07.388

rDNA- and rRNA-derived communities present divergent assemblage patterns and functional traits throughout full-scale landfill leachate treatment process trains

2018

Journal Article

High-rate production of short-chain fatty acids from methane in a mixed-culture membrane biofilm reactor

Chen, Hui, Zhao, Lei, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). High-rate production of short-chain fatty acids from methane in a mixed-culture membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 5 (11) acs.estlett.8b00460, 662-667. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00460

High-rate production of short-chain fatty acids from methane in a mixed-culture membrane biofilm reactor

2018

Journal Article

Antidepressant fluoxetine induces multiple antibiotics resistance in Escherichia coli via ROS-mediated mutagenesis

Jin, Min, Lu, Ji, Chen, Zhaoyu, Nguyen, Son Hoang, Mao, Likai, Li, Junwen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Antidepressant fluoxetine induces multiple antibiotics resistance in Escherichia coli via ROS-mediated mutagenesis. Environment International, 120, 421-430. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.07.046

Antidepressant fluoxetine induces multiple antibiotics resistance in Escherichia coli via ROS-mediated mutagenesis

2018

Journal Article

Antiepileptic drug carbamazepine promotes horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne multi-antibiotic resistance genes within and across bacterial genera

Wang, Yue, Lu, Ji, Mao, Likai, Li, Jie, Yuan, Zhiguo, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Antiepileptic drug carbamazepine promotes horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne multi-antibiotic resistance genes within and across bacterial genera. ISME Journal, 13 (2), 509-522. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0275-x

Antiepileptic drug carbamazepine promotes horizontal transfer of plasmid-borne multi-antibiotic resistance genes within and across bacterial genera

2018

Journal Article

Non-antibiotic antimicrobial triclosan induces multiple antibiotic resistance through genetic mutation

Lu, Ji, Jin, Min, Nguyen, Son Hoang, Mao, Likai, Li, Jie, Coin, Lachlan J.M., Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Non-antibiotic antimicrobial triclosan induces multiple antibiotic resistance through genetic mutation. Environment International, 118, 257-265. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.004

Non-antibiotic antimicrobial triclosan induces multiple antibiotic resistance through genetic mutation

2018

Journal Article

Evidence of differential adaptation to decreased temperature by anammox bacteria

Lin, Ximao, Wang, Yayi, Ma, Xiao, Yan, Yuan, Wu, Min, Bond, Philip L. and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Evidence of differential adaptation to decreased temperature by anammox bacteria. Environmental Microbiology, 20 (10), 3514-3528. doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.14306

Evidence of differential adaptation to decreased temperature by anammox bacteria

2018

Journal Article

Vertical up-flow constructed wetlands exhibited efficient antibiotic removal but induced antibiotic resistance genes in effluent

Song, Hai-Liang, Zhang, Shuai, Guo, Jianhua, Yang, Yu-Li, Zhang, Li-Min, Li, Hua, Yang, Xiao-Li and Liu, Xi (2018). Vertical up-flow constructed wetlands exhibited efficient antibiotic removal but induced antibiotic resistance genes in effluent. Chemosphere, 203, 434-441. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.04.006

Vertical up-flow constructed wetlands exhibited efficient antibiotic removal but induced antibiotic resistance genes in effluent

2018

Journal Article

Different clusters of Candidatus 'Methanoperedens nitroreducens'-like archaea as revealed by high-throughput sequencing with new primers

Xu, Sai, Cai, Chen, Guo, Jianhua, Lu, Wenjing, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2018). Different clusters of Candidatus 'Methanoperedens nitroreducens'-like archaea as revealed by high-throughput sequencing with new primers. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 7695, 7695. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24974-z

Different clusters of Candidatus 'Methanoperedens nitroreducens'-like archaea as revealed by high-throughput sequencing with new primers

2018

Journal Article

A methanotrophic archaeon couples anaerobic oxidation of methane to Fe(III) reduction

Cai, Chen, Leu, Andy O., Xie, Guo-Jun, Guo, Jianhua, Feng, Yuexing, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Tyson, Gene W., Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2018). A methanotrophic archaeon couples anaerobic oxidation of methane to Fe(III) reduction. The ISME Journal, 12 (8), 1929-1939. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0109-x

A methanotrophic archaeon couples anaerobic oxidation of methane to Fe(III) reduction

2018

Journal Article

Methane-supported nitrate removal from groundwater in a membrane biofilm reactor

Luo, Jing-Huan, Chen, Hui, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Methane-supported nitrate removal from groundwater in a membrane biofilm reactor. Water Research, 132, 71-78. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.064

Methane-supported nitrate removal from groundwater in a membrane biofilm reactor

2018

Journal Article

Microbial selenate reduction driven by a denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation biofilm

Luo, Jing-Huan, Chen, Hui, Hu, Shihu, Cai, Chen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Microbial selenate reduction driven by a denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation biofilm. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (7), 4006-4012. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05046

Microbial selenate reduction driven by a denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation biofilm

2018

Journal Article

Chlorine disinfection increases both intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant

Liu, Shan-Shan, Qu, Hong-Mei, Yang, Dong, Hu, Hui, Liu, Wei-Li, Qiu, Zhi-Gang, Hou, Ai-Ming, Guo, Jianhua, Li, Jun-Wen, Shen, Zhi-Qiang and Jin, Min (2018). Chlorine disinfection increases both intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant. Water research, 136, 131-136. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2018.02.036

Chlorine disinfection increases both intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in a full-scale wastewater treatment plant

2018

Journal Article

Silver nanoparticles stimulate the proliferation of sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris

Chen, Zhaoyu, Lu, Ji, Gao, Shu-Hong, Jin, Min, Bond, Philip L., Yang, Ping, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Silver nanoparticles stimulate the proliferation of sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris. Water Research, 129, 163-171. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.11.021

Silver nanoparticles stimulate the proliferation of sulfate reducing bacterium Desulfovibrio vulgaris

2018

Journal Article

Efficient electrochemical ammonia removal system

Wang, Y., Song, W., Ji, L., Guo, J., Cai, L. and Zhang, Y. (2018). Efficient electrochemical ammonia removal system. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, 16 (5), 5665-5680. doi: 10.15666/aeer/1605_56655680

Efficient electrochemical ammonia removal system

2018

Journal Article

Triclosan at environmentally relevant concentrations promotes horizontal transfer of multidrug resistance genes within and across bacterial genera

Lu, Ji, Wang, Yue, Li, Jie, Mao, Likai, Nguyen, Son Hoang, Duarte, Tania, Coin, Lachlan, Bond, Philip, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Triclosan at environmentally relevant concentrations promotes horizontal transfer of multidrug resistance genes within and across bacterial genera. Environment International, 121 (Pt 2), 1217-1226. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2018.10.040

Triclosan at environmentally relevant concentrations promotes horizontal transfer of multidrug resistance genes within and across bacterial genera

2017

Journal Article

Biological Bromate Reduction Driven by Methane in a Membrane Biofilm Reactor

Luo, Jing-Huan, Wu, Mengxiong, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2017). Biological Bromate Reduction Driven by Methane in a Membrane Biofilm Reactor. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 4 (12), 562-566. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.7b00488

Biological Bromate Reduction Driven by Methane 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 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

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enrichment and understanding novel microorganisms enabling complete ammonification and ammonia oxidation

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Efficient control the spread of antibiotic resistance in urban water systems

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Zhigang Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

  • 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

    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

    Development of magnesium oxide products as a novel disinfectant agent

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Conny Turni

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bioremediation of oxidized contaminants using natural gas in membrane bioflim reactors

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Kate Bowerman

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Microbial ecology and control of opportunistic pathogens in drinking water systems

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    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

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

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance between bacteria and environments

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Zhigang Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Emerging pollutants in spreading antimicrobial resistance in urban water ecosystems

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ji Lu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring antimicrobial resistance in Australian wastewater

    Associate Advisor

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

  • 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

    Enrichment and Physiological Characterization of Novel Nitrogen Cycling Microorganisms

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    A Unique and Overlooked Microbial Process for Scavenging Two Greenhouse Gases

    Associate Advisor

Completed supervision

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