Dr Guoxin Yan
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

| Featured projects | Duration |
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Progress and Pathways Toward a Net-Zero Carbon Urban Water Cycle The University of Queensland |
2021–2025 |
Journal Articles
Qu, Qiushuang, Yan, Guoxin, Hu, Yuanchao and Lam, Ka Leung (2025). Life cycle environmental impacts of bioenergy recovered from wastewater treatment facilities. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 13 (44), 18938-18947. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c04280
Yan, Guoxin, Kenway, Steven J., Lam, Ka Leung and Lant, Paul A. (2025). Greenhouse gas emission dynamics and trajectories in urban water supply and wastewater systems. Water Research, 275 123153, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123153
Yan, Guoxin (2025). Greenhouse gas emission dynamics and trajectories in urban water supply and wastewater systems. Water e-Journal (Student Edition 2025), 39-40.
Zheng, Xinyu, Yan, Guoxin, Wang, Xiaoyuan and Lam, Ka Leung (2024). Identifying Life Cycle Environmental Hotspots in Phosphorus Recovery from Wastewater Using Modified Biochars. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 12 (47), 17319-17327. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c07048
Yan, Guoxin, Kenway, Steven J., Lam, Ka Leung and Lant, Paul A. (2024). Water-energy trajectories for urban water and wastewater reveal the impact of city strategies. Applied Energy, 366 123292, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2024.123292
Kenway, S.J., Pamminger, F., Yan, G., Hall, R., Lam, K.L., Skinner, R., Olsson, G., Satur, P. and Allan, J. (2023). Opportunities and challenges of tackling Scope 3 “Indirect” emissions from residential hot water. Water Research X, 21 100192, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.wroa.2023.100192
Wang, Yanqi, Yan, Guoxin, Liu, Jiakai and Zhang, Zhenming (2023). Finite element-based simulation analysis of wetland plant mechanics. Ecosystem Health and Sustainability, 9 0007. doi: 10.34133/ehs.0007
Liu, Jiakai, Yan, Guoxin, Pan, Yueyan, Zhang, Zhenming, Chen, Yinglong and Zhang, Mingxiang (2023). Economical energy allocation for the landward invasion of Spartina alterniflora in estuaries in the Yellow River Delta, east China. Ecological Indicators, 146 109770, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109770
Cong, Ling, Zhou, Shijun, Niyogi, Dev, Wu, Yanan, Yan, Guoxin, Dai, Liyi, Liu, Songyang, Zhang, Zhenming and Hu, Yuanhui (2022). Concentrations and isotopic analysis for the sources and transfer of lead in an urban atmosphere-plant-soil system. Journal of Environmental Management, 311 114771, 114771. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.114771
Zhai, Jiexiu, Anderson, James T., Yan, Guoxin, Cong, Ling, Wu, Yanan, Dai, Liyi, Liu, Jiakai and Zhang, Zhenming (2021). Decomposition and nutrient dynamics responses of plant litter to interactive effects of flooding and salinity in Yellow River Delta wetland in northeastern China. Ecological Indicators, 120 106943, 106943. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106943
Zhou, Shijun, Yan, Guoxin, Wu, Yanan, Zhai, Jiexiu, Cong, Ling and Zhang, Zhenming (2020). The PM removal process of wetland plant leaves with different rainfall intensities and duration. Journal of Environmental Management, 275 111239, 111239. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111239
Cong, Ling, Yan, Guoxin, Wu, Yanan, Zhai, Jiexiu, Dai, Liyi and Zhang, Zhenming (2020). Temporal and spatial changes of Pb in soils in Cuihu wetland, Beijing, China. Environmental Technology, 43 (8), 1181-1188. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2020.1822448
Zhai, Jiexiu, Yan, Guoxin, Cong, Ling, Wu, Yanan, Dai, Liyi, Zhang, Zhenming and Zhang, Mingxiang (2020). Assessing the effects of salinity and inundation on halophytes litter breakdown in Yellow River Delta wetland. Ecological Indicators, 115 106405, 106405. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106405
Cong, Ling, Zhang, Hui, Zhai, Jiexiu, Yan, Guoxin, Wu, Yanan, Wang, Yu, Ma, Wenmei, Zhang, Zhenming and Chen, Pengju (2020). The blocking effect of atmospheric particles by forest and wetland at different air quality grades in Beijing China. Environmental Technology, 41 (17), 2266-2276. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2018.1561759
Cong, Ling, Mo, Lichun, Yan, Guoxin, Ma, Wenmei, Wu, Yanan, Liu, Jiakai, Zhai, Jiexiu, Wang, Yu and Zhang, Zhenming (2020). Assessing the spatiotemporal characteristics of dry deposition flux in forests and wetlands. Environmental Technology, 41 (13), 1615-1626. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2018.1543355
Liyi, Dai, Yinghu, Zhang, Zhenming, Zhang, Yanan, Wu, Guoxin, Yan, Mingxiang, Zhang and Xizhi, Lv (2020). Hydrological connectivity assessment based on solute penetration. Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 34 (6), 909-919. doi: 10.1007/s00477-020-01805-0
Yan, Guoxin, Yu, Zibo, Wu, Yanan, Liu, Jiakai, Wang, Yu, Zhai, Jiexiu, Cong, Ling and Zhang, Zhenming (2020). Understanding PM2.5 concentration and removal efficiency variation in urban forest park—Observation at human breathing height. PeerJ, 8 e8988, 1-18. doi: 10.7717/peerj.8988
Yang, Tingyu, Wang, Yu, Wu, Yanan, Zhai, Jiexiu, Cong, Ling, Yan, Guoxin, Zhang, Zhenming and Li, Chunyi (2020). Effect of the wetland environment on particulate matter and dry deposition. Environmental Technology, 41 (8), 1054-1064. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2018.1520307
Wu, Yanan, Liu, Jiakai, Yan, Guoxin, Zhai, Jiexiu, Cong, Ling, Dai, Liyi, Zhang, Zhenming and Zhang, Mingxiang (2020). The size and distribution of tidal creeks affects salt marsh restoration. Journal of Environmental Management, 259 110070, 110070. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110070
Wang, Yu, Zhang, Hui, Zhai, Jiexiu, Wu, Yanan, Cong, Ling, Yan, Guoxin and Zhang, Zhenming (2020). Seasonal variations and chemical characteristics of PM2.5 aerosol in the urban green belt of Beijing, China. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 29 (1), 361-370. doi: 10.15244/pjoes/104358
Liu, Jiakai, Engel, Bernard A., Dai, Liyi, Wang, Yu, Wu, Yanan, Yan, Guoxin, Cong, Ling, Zhai, Jiexiu, Zhang, Zhenming and Zhang, Mingxiang (2019). Capturing hydrological connectivity structure of wetlands with indices based on graph theory: a case study in Yellow River Delta. Journal of Cleaner Production, 239 118059, 118059. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.118059
Yu, Zhang, Guoxin, Yan, Liyi, Dai, Ling, Cong, Yanan, Wu, Jiexiu, Zhai and Zhenming, Zhang (2019). Removal ability of different underlying surfaces to near-surface particulate matter. Environmental Technology, 42 (12), 1899-1910. doi: 10.1080/09593330.2019.1683613
Cong, Ling, Zhai, Jiexiu, Yan, Guoxin, Liu, Jiakai, Wu, Yanan, Wang, Yu, Zhang, Zhenming and Zhang, Mingxiang (2019). Lead isotope trends and sources in the atmosphere at the artificial wetland. PeerJ, 7 e7851. doi: 10.7717/peerj.7851
Yan, Guoxin, Cong, Ling, Zhai, Jiexiu, Wu, Yanan, Dai, Liyi and Zhang, Zhenming (2019). Particle removal in polluted cities: Insights from the wash-off process dynamics for different wetland plants. Journal of Environmental Management, 245, 114-121. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.05.085
Zhai, Jiexiu, Cong, Ling, Yan, Guoxin, Wu, Yanan, Liu, Jiakai, Wang, Yu, Zhang, Zhenming and Zhang, Mingxiang (2019). Influence of fungi and bag mesh size on litter decomposition and water quality. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26 (18), 18304-18315. doi: 10.1007/s11356-019-04988-4
Yan, Guoxin, Liu, Jiakai, Zhu, Lijuan, Zhai, Jiexiu, Cong, Ling, Ma, Wenmei, Wang, Yu, Wu, Yanan and Zhang, Zhenming (2018). Effectiveness of wetland plants as biofilters for inhalable particles in an urban park. Journal of Cleaner Production, 194, 435-443. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.05.168
Liu, Jiakai, Yan, Guoxin, Wu, Yanan, Wang, Yu, Zhang, Zhenming and Zhang, Mingxiang (2018). Wetlands with greater degree of urbanization improve PM2.5 removal efficiency. Chemosphere, 207, 601-611. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.05.131
Zhang, Zhenming, Liu, Jiakai, Wu, Yanan, Yan, Guoxin, Zhu, Lijuan and Yu, Xinxiao (2017). Multi-scale comparison of the fine particle removal capacity of urban forests and wetlands. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 46214. doi: 10.1038/srep46214
Conference Paper
Yan, Guoxin, Kenway, Steven, Lam, Ka Leung and Lant, Paul (2024). Urban water supply and wastewater treatment related energy variation trends and energy efficiency during 2001 - 2020. 2nd AP Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 2 - 5 April 2024.
Thesis
Yan, Guoxin (2025). Progress and pathways toward a Net-Zero carbon urban water cycle. PhD Thesis, Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/96d73df
Research Report
Chen, Shu, Liu, Siyu, Yan, Guoxin, Suliartini, Ni Made Sri, Tule, Sanjana and Asadirad, Mahdi (2023). Participation of healthy land and water in environmental market: a critical review. Global Change Scholars Program Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/77cd9f4