Sustainable Minerals Institute

Dr Jing Zhao

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Jing Zhao

Metal mine tailings remediation; Environmental Microbiology, Microbial biofilm, and Biofilm biotechnology

 Research will focus on environmental microbiology in the complex system of tailings/technosols-rhizosphere.

Biography

Jing Zhao is currently a Postdoctoral research fellow at the Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), University of Queensland. She graduated with a Bachelors Degree in Environmental Engineering, and completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering (ACWEB, The University of Queensland).  Jing was a recipient of a UQ and RTP Scholarship and UQ Career Development Scholarship and received a UQ Outstanding Student Contribution to Faculty Life award in 2021. Her previous research focused on the bioremediation of environmental pollutants from wastewater, from the basic study of microbial metabolism to molecular genetics and biotechnological applications. She developed knowledge and skills in bioremediation, biofilm biotechnology, microbial bioreactor, environmental microbiology, and molecular microbiology, e.g., fluorescence biotechnology, Fluorescence in situ Hybridization, and confocal microscopy. Her current research will focus on environmental microbiology in the complex system of tailings/technosols-rhizosphere.   

Key Patents

1. A Method of Simultaneous Nitrification and Denitrification for Treatment of Low C / N Micro - polluted Water, ZL 2017 1 0269327.2
2. Multifunctional laboratory waste chemical reagent collector and waste chemical storage box, ZL 2014 1 0766805.7
3. A Microelectrode Biosensor for Oncogene Detection of Plant Gibberellin and its application, ZL 2016 1 0968998. 3                     

And other 25 patents.

Publications

Journal Articles (19)
Thesis (1)

Journal Articles

Jin, Weimei, Xiao, Changyan, Zhao, Jing, Yang, Guangfeng, Chen, Qingguo and Feng, Lijuan (2024). Exposure to trace levels of live seaweed-derived antibacterial 2,4,6-tribromophenol modulates β-lactam antibiotics resistance in Vibrio. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 469 133774, 133774. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133774
Lu, Xuanyu, Oehmen, Adrian, Zhao, Jing, Duan, Haoran, Yuan, Zhiguo and Ye, Liu (2023). Insights on biological phosphorus removal with partial nitrification in single sludge system via sidestream free ammonia and free nitrous acid dosing. Science of the Total Environment, 895 165174, 165174. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165174
Zhang, Xueqin, Joyce, Georgina H., Leu, Andy O., Zhao, Jing, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Virdis, Bernardino, Tyson, Gene W., Yuan, Zhiguo, McIlroy, Simon J. and Hu, Shihu (2023). Multi-heme cytochrome-mediated extracellular electron transfer by the anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens’. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 6118, 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41847-w
Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Tao, Su, Zicheng, Zhao, Jing, Guo, Jianhua, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Adaptation of anammox process for nitrogen removal from acidic nitritation effluent in a low pH moving bed biofilm reactor. Water Research, 243 120370, 120370. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120370
Zheng, Min, Li, Huijuan, Duan, Haoran, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Zhao, Jing, Hu, Zhetai, Watts, Shane, Meng, Jia, Liu, Peng, Rattier, Maxime, Larsen, Eloise, Guo, Jianhua, Dwyer, Jason, Akker, Ben Van Den, Lloyd, James, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). One-year stable pilot-scale operation demonstrates high flexibility of mainstream anammox application. Water Research X, 19 100166, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100166
Zhao, Jing, Liu, Tao, Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Lu, Xuanyu, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Ammonium concentration determines oxygen penetration depth to impact the suppression of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria inside partial nitritation and anammox biofilms. Chemical Engineering Journal, 455 140738, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.140738
Song, Yaping, Sun, Qiang, Luo, Jiangqi, Kong, Yueqi, Pan, Bolin, Zhao, Jing, Wang, Yue and Yu, Chengzhong (2022). Cationic and anionic antimicrobial agents co-templated mesostructured silica nanocomposites with a spiky nanotopology and enhanced biofilm inhibition performance. Nano-Micro Letters, 14 (1) 83, 83. doi: 10.1007/s40820-022-00826-4
Zhao, Jing, Ni, Gaofeng, Piculell, Maria, Li, Jie, Hu, Zhetai, Wang, Zhiyao, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo, Zheng, Min and Hu, Shihu (2022). Characterizing and comparing microbial community and biofilm structure in three nitrifying moving bed biofilm reactors. Journal of Environmental Management, 320 115883, 115883. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115883
Zhao, Jing, Zheng, Min, Su, Zicheng, Liu, Tao, Li, Jie, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Selective enrichment of comammox Nitrospira in a moving bed biofilm reactor with sufficient oxygen supply. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (18), 13338-13346. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03299
Duan, Haoran, Watts, Shane, Zheng, Min, Wang, Zhiyao, Zhao, Jing, Li, Huijuan, Liu, Peng, Dwyer, Jason, McPhee, Paul, Rattier, Maxime, Larsen, Eloise, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Achieving robust mainstream nitrite shunt at pilot-scale with integrated sidestream sludge treatment and step-feed. Water Research, 223 119034, 119034. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119034
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhao, Jing, Zhang, Xueqin, Li, Mengran, Hu, Shihu, Smart, Simon, Rufford, Thomas E., Zhu, Zhonghua, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Regulating the reaction zone of electrochemical CO2 reduction on gas-diffusion electrodes by distinctive hydrophilic-hydrophobic catalyst layers. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 310 121362, 121362. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121362
Zhang, Xueqin, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ni, Gaofeng, Frank, Joshua, Zhao, Jing, Cai, Chen, Virdis, Bernardino, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Bio-reduced graphene oxide on hollow fibers as gas-diffusible anodes for enhancing bioelectrochemical methane oxidation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 440 135811, 135811. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.135811
Meng, Jia, Liu, Tao, Zhao, Jing, Lu, Xin, Li, Jianzheng and Zheng, Min (2021). Assessing the stability of one-stage PN/A process through experimental and modelling investigations. Science of the Total Environment, 801 149740, 149740. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149740
Hu, Zhetai, Duan, Haoran, Wang, Zhiyao, Zhao, Jing, Ye, Liu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Zheng, Min and Hu, Shihu (2021). Centralized iron-dosing into returned sludge brings multifaceted benefits to wastewater management. Water Research, 203 117536, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117536
Calderon, Angelica Guerrero, Duan, Haoran, Meng, Jia, Zhao, Jing, Song, Yarong, Yu, Wenbo, Hu, Zhetai, Xu, Kangning, Cheng, Xiang, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). An integrated strategy to enhance performance of anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge. Water Research, 195 116977, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116977
Hu, Ye, Zhao, Jing, Li, Haiyang, Wang, Xiaodong, Hou, Peichen, Wang, Cheng, Li, Aixue and Chen, Liping (2018). In vivo detection of salicylic acid in sunflower seedlings under salt stress. RSC Advances, 8 (41), 23404-23410. doi: 10.1039/c8ra03475c
Zhao, Jing, Feng, Lijuan, Dai, Jincheng, Yang, Guangfeng and Mu, Jun (2017). Characteristics of nitrogen removal and microbial community in biofilm system via combination of pretreated lignocellulosic carriers and various conventional fillers. Biodegradation, 28 (5-6), 337-349. doi: 10.1007/s10532-017-9800-2
Zhao, Jing, Feng, Lijuan, Yang, Guangfeng, Dai, Jincheng and Mu, Jun (2017). Development of simultaneous nitrification-denitrification (SND) in biofilm reactors with partially coupled a novel biodegradable carrier for nitrogen-rich water purification. Bioresource Technology, 243, 800-809. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.06.127
Feng, Lijuan, Chen, Kun, Han, Doudou, Zhao, Jing, Lu, Yi, Yang, Guangfeng, Mu, Jun and Zhao, Xiangjiong (2017). Comparison of nitrogen removal and microbial properties in solid-phase denitrification systems for water purification with various pretreated lignocellulosic carriers. Bioresource Technology, 224, 236-245. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2016.11.002

Thesis

Zhao, Jing (2022). Understanding of biofilm ecosystem in Moving Bed Biofilm Reactors for wastewater treatment. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/570ffce