Dr Gaofeng Ni

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

gaofeng.ni@uq.edu.au

Researcher biography

Gaofeng holds appointments at both Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB) at the University of Queensland and Centre for Microbiome Research (CMR) at Queesnland University of Technology.

He has been appointed as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at ACWEB since April 2019. Between 2014 and 2018, he was a PhD candidate at the Department of Biology and Environmental Science at the Linnaeus University, Sweden. Between 2011 and 2013, he undertook a master’s study at the Sub-department of Environmental Technology at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands.

Featured projects	Duration
Rapid and comprehensive microbial profiling for water sustainability	2020

Publications

Journal Articles (14)

Journal Articles

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. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115883

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

Xia, Jun, Ni, Gaofeng, Wang, Yu, Zheng, Min and Hu, Shihu (2022). Mycolicibacter acidiphilus sp. nov., an extremely acid-tolerant member of the genus Mycolicibacter. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 72 (6) 005419, 1-9. doi: 10.1099/ijsem.0.005419

Wang, Yu, Ni, Gaofeng, Tian, Wei, Yang, Lin, Hosegood, Ian, Newell, Rhys, Woodcroft, Ben J., Yang, Bicheng, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern with tiling amplicon sequencing from wastewater. ACS ES and T Water, 2 (11), 2185-2193. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00083

Cai, Chen, Ni, Gaofeng, Xia, Jun, Zhang, Xueqin, Zheng, Yue, He, Bingqing, Marcellin, Esteban, Li, Weiwei, Pu, Jiaoyang, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Response of the anaerobic methanotrophic archaeon candidatus “methanoperedens nitroreducens” to the long-term ferrihydrite amendment. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 799859, 799859. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.799859

Wang, Zhiyao, Ni, Gaofeng, Xia, Jun, Song, Yarong, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). Bioleaching of toxic metals from anaerobically digested sludge without external chemical addition. Water Research, 200 117211, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117211

Ni, Gaofeng, Lu, Ji, Maulani, Nova, Tian, Wei, Yang, Lin, Harliwong, Ivon, Wang, Zhiyao, Mueller, Jochen, Yang, Bicheng, Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Novel multiplexed amplicon-based sequencing to quantify SARS-CoV-2 RNA from wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 8 (8) acs.estlett.1c00408, 683-690. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.1c00408

Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Duan, Haoran, Ni, Gaofeng, Yu, Wenbo, Liu, Yanchen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Acidic aerobic digestion of anaerobically-digested sludge enabled by a novel ammonia-oxidizing bacterium. Water Research, 194 116962, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116962

Li, Weiwei, Cai, Chen, Song, Yarong, Ni, Gaofeng, Zhang, Xueqin and Lu, Peili (2021). The role of crystalline iron oxides in methane mitigation through anaerobic oxidation of methane. ACS ES&T Water, 1 (5), 1153-1160. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.0c00199

Wang, Zhiyao, Ni, Gaofeng, Maulani, Nova, Xia, Jun, De Clippeleir, Haydée, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2021). Stoichiometric and kinetic characterization of an acid-tolerant ammonia oxidizer ‘Candidatus Nitrosoglobus’. Water Research, 196 117026, 117026. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117026

Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Ni, Gaofeng, Guerrero Calderon, Angelica, Li, Huijuan, De Clippeleir, Haydee, Al-Omari, Ahmed, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Robust nitritation sustained by acid-tolerant ammonia-oxidizing bacteria. Environmental Science and Technology, 55 (3) acs.est.0c05181, 2048-2056. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c05181

Zheng, Min, Li, Siqi, Ni, Gaofeng, Xia, Jun, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Liu, Yanchen and Huang, Xia (2020). Critical factors facilitating Candidatus nitrotoga to be prevalent nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in activated sludge. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (23), 15414-15423. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c04192

Liu, Yanchen, Li, Siqi, Ni, Gaofeng, Duan, Haoran, Huang, Xia, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2020). Temperature variations shape niche occupation of nitrotoga-like bacteria in activated sludge. ACS ES&T Water, 1 (1) acsestwater.0c00060, 167-174. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.0c00060

Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Xue, Yu, Xia, Jun, Zhong, Huiyun, Ni, Gaofeng, Liu, Yanchen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2020). Free ammonia shock treatment eliminates nitrite-oxidizing bacterial activity for mainstream biofilm nitritation process. Chemical Engineering Journal, 393 124682, 124682. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2020.124682