PhD Students

Abdul Nayeem Mohammed 

abdulnay@ualberta.ca 

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on anammox process for high ammonia anaerobic digester supernatant treatment. Pilot Scale investigation of Low Energy Ammonia Removal from High Strength waste using nitritation / denitritation and anammox processes. 

Education

M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (1990)

M.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Osmania, Hyderabad, India (1982)

B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, University of Osmania, Hyderabad, India (1979)

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Anqi Mou

mou@ualberta.ca 

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on phosphrous recovery from blackwater.  Water nutrient recovery from blackwater; Aerobic and anaerobic digestion; Removal of micropollutants in blackwater by UASB

Education

M.Sc, Environmental Engineering, Nankai University, Tianjin, China (2019)

B.Sc., Environmental Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China (2016)

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Mostafa Khalil

mostafaw@ualberta.ca

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on greywater treatment using membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR).

Education

M.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering Specialization, Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (2017)

Bachelor of Civil Engineering,  Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (2013)

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Hengbo Guo

hengbo2@ualberta.ca 

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on biological nitrogen removal, particularly for anaerobic ammonia oxidation (Anammox) from wastewater and microbial community analysis.

Education

M.P.Eng., Environmental Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (2019)

B.Eng., Environmental Engineering, Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin, China (2017)

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Xiaoyu Zhang

xiaoyu18@ualberta.ca

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on under ice river water quality. 

Education

M.Sc.,Water Resources Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (2022)

B.Sc., Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Hohai University, China (2019)

Xin Zou

xzou1@ualberta.ca

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on energy and phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater.  Ammonia reduction from high strength digested biosolid thickening lagoon supernatant with a focus on enhancing system stability and increasing the energy and chemical savings in the treatment process. 

Education

M.Sc., University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada (2020)

B.Sc., Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (2017)

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Xinya Yang

xinya@ualberta.ca 

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on energy efficiency biological municipal wastewater treatment. 

Education

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2021)

B.Sc., Environmental Science, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, China (2018)

Yiduo Yao

yiduo2@ualberta.ca 

Education

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, University of Regina, Canada (2021)

B.Eng., Environmental Engineering, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, China (2017)

Yihui Zhang

yihui13@ualberta.ca

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on the high nutrient removal and recovery from municipal and industrial wastewater. Ammonia reduction from landfill leachate with Aerobic Granular Sludge (AGS) technology and focus on the feasibility and stability of pilot-scale application. 

Education

M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada (2021)

B.Sc., Environmental Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, Canada (2016)

Yiyang Yuan

yyuan3@ualberta.ca 

Research Interests

My current research interests focus on the anaerobic digestion for waste activated sludge treatment.

Education

M.Sc., Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2022)

B.Sc., Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Canada (2020)