Developing Novel Membrane Processes and Machine Learning Models in (Sea)Water Treatment Systems
Developing Novel Membrane Processes and Machine Learning Models in (Sea)Water Treatment Systems
2023 - Present
Management Committee Member, International Water Association Membrane Technology Special Group (IWA-MTSG)
2025- Present
Management Committee Member, IWA Specialist Group on Public and Customer Communications (PCC)
2025 - Present
Early Career Editorial Board Member, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor, Beijing Normal University
Research Fellow, NUS Environmental Research Institute (NERI)
Phd Degreee, National University of Singapore
Bachelar Degree, Tamkang Univeristy
National University of Singapore (NUS) CDE Alumni Rising Star Awards, 2023
NUS Research Scholarship, 2017
Tamkang University Research Program for Students from Mainland of China, 2015
2025/1-2027/12, PI, Coastal Biofouling Induced by Acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) - based Quorum Sensing: Mechanisms and Control, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Amount: 300,000 CNY, 4240060200;
2023/11-2026/10, PI, Diffusible signaling factor (DSF)-based quorum quenching (QQ) for membrane fouling control in anaerobic membrane bioreactors, Ministry of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province, Amount: 100,000 CNY, 2023A1515110786;
2024/1-2025/12, Co-PI, Development and Application of Efficient and Low Consumption Wastewater Treatment Process Based on Artificial Intelligence, Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC, Amount: 300,000 CNY, G2023111002L;
2023/2-2026/1, PI, Low-energy-consumption membrane processes for water treatment, Beijing Normal University, Amount: 500,000 CNY.
Towards Domain-adapted Large Language Models for Water and Wastewater Management: Methods, Datasets and Benchmarking
B Xu, G Wu, Z Li, G Xu*, H Zeng, R Tong, HY Ng*
npj Clean Water, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41545-025-00509-8
Synergistic Fouling Mitigation of Co-contaminants of Ultrafine Microplastics and Organic in Seawater Pretreatment Using Ferrous Iron/Peracetic Acid
Z Li, B Xu*, A Hao, SK Hong, HY Ng*
Water research, 286,124227, 2025
B Xu, Q Su, Y Yang, S Huang, Y Yang, X Shi, KH Choo, HY Ng, CH Lee
Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58, 30, 13171–13193
B Xu, TCA Ng, S Huang, HY Ng
Water research, 179, 115850, 2020
Evaluating and Advancing Large Language Models for Water Knowledge Tasks in Engineering and Research
B Xu, Z Li, Y Yang, G Wu, X Tang, Y Li, Z Wu, Q Su, X Shi, Y Yang, ...
Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2025, 12, 3, 289–296
B Xu, TCA Ng, S Huang, X Shi, HY Ng
Water research, 169, 115251, 2020
B Xu, QAC Cho, TCA Ng, S Huang, HY Ng
Water Research, 214, 118203, 2022
B Xu, X Lu, Y Fu, L Diao, H Liang, S Bae, HY Ng, J Ma
Water Research, 247, 120758, 2023
Sustainable High-Flux Ceramic Membrane Operations for Seawater Pretreatment under Diverse Algal Bloom Intensities
B Xu, M Ding, KM Tan, RL Tan, TCA Ng, LY Lee, N Hiroshi, N Terutake, S Bae, HY Ng
Water Research, 123879, 2025.
Formation and Fate of Reactive Nitrogen during Biological Nitrogen Removal from Water: Important Yet Often Ignored Chemical Aspects of the Nitrogen Cycle
Q Su, C Domingo-Felez, M Zhi, M Jensen, B Xu*, HY Ng*, B Smets.
Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58, 51, 22480–22501
B Xu, CK Pooi, KM Tan, S Huang, X Shi, HY Ng
Journal of Water Process Engineering, 54, 104041, 2023
B Xu, Y Yang, H Zhang, S Huang, Q Su, V Naddeo, HY Ng
Chemical Engineering Journal, 489, 151096, 2024
B Xu, Y Fu, X Lu, Z Li, M He, WJ Teo, W Song, LD Nghiem, S Bae, HY Ng
Desalination, 587, 117908, 2024
B Xu, TCA Ng, S Huang, M He, K Lee, HY Ng
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11 (7), 3036-3043, 2023
B Xu, TCA Ng, S Huang, M He, S Varjani, HY Ng
Bioresource Technology, 344, 126183, 2022
B Xu, TCA Ng, S Huang, S Varjani, HY Ng
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 159, 105200, 2021
B Xu, CK Pooi, TS Yeap, KY Leong, XY Soh, S Huang, X Shi, G Mannina, ...
Journal of Water Process Engineering, 65, 105888, 2024
Engineered Crown-Ether–Functionalized Hydrogels Enable Selective Ammonium Extraction
M He, B Xu*, TCA Ng, WJ Teo, S Huang, Q Su, X Shi, HY Ng*
Langmuir, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c02999
From Waste to Wealth: Exploring the Effect of Particle Size on Biopolymer Harvesting from Aerobic Granular Sludge
H Zhang, R Zhang, Y Du, S Huang, F Zhao, D Kim, HY Ng, X Shi*, B Xu*
Bioresource Technology, 418, 131977, February 2025.
B Xu, S Huang, C Wang, TCA Ng, HY Ng
Pathways to Water Sector Decarbonization, Carbon Capture and Utilization, 187, 2022
Challenges and opportunities for anaerobic membrane bioreactors
TCA Ng, B Xu, HY Ng
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2020, Pages 55-77
Fundamentals of aerobic membrane bioreactors
TCA Ng, M He, B Xu, C Wang, HY Ng
Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 2020, Pages 25-44
Member of Program Committee and Session Chairman, 11th IWA Membrane Technology Conference (MTC 2025), Daegu, South Korea
Chairman of technical session, “How To Go Digital As A Water Utility”, IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, 11-15 Aug. 2024, Toronto, Canada.
Chairman of technical session, "Innovative Technologies in Waste Management", 3RINCs 2025, 11-13 May, 2025, Jeju, Republic of Korea
Member of Scientific Committee and Session Chairman, 7th IWA Regional Membrane Technology Conference, Palermo, Italy, 2024
Member of Organization Committee and Session Chairman, the 7th International Conference on Water Cycle, Chengdu, China, 2024
Participator, QS global academic survey for World University Rankings, 2024
Guest Editor, Special Issue, Towards Sustainable Blue Economy: Eutrophication, Biofouling, and Marine Environmental Technologies, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2025.
Guest Editor, Special Issue, Sustainable Technologies for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery, Toxics, 2024.
Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2024 - Present