Associate Professor Shihu Hu
UQ Amplify Researcher
Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology
+61 7 334 63226
Researcher biography
A/Prof Hu is an environmental scientist and engineer. He has a track record in both undertaking ground-breaking research works and applying fundamental research to develop practical solutions. A/Prof Hu's research and discoveries help established previously unrecognised links between the global carbon, nitrogen and metal cycles, as shown by his publications in Nature and The ISME Journal, which have significant implications in methane emissions from aquatic environments. A/Prof Hu has also been working intensively with water industry partners in developing novel water technologies. A/Prof Hu has worked as a CI and project manager of many industry projects (total cash budget > $12 M) in collaboration with Australian and international water utilities on sulfide control and carbon and nutrients removal and recovery in wastewater, resulting in many publications including in Science, Water Research, Environmental Science and Technology.
A/Prof Hu is an Executive Committee member of UQ's Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology, which is one of the top three water research centres in the world. He has played a leadership role in the joint establishment and management of the Urban Utilities Innovation Centre since 2014, which is now regarded as the best platform for demonstration and translation of novel water treatment technology in Australia.
As an expert in new technology scale-up, he has won 10+ awards for collaborative R&D projects:
- Australian Water Association (AWA) Queensland R&D Excellence Award 2022 for project 'Transforming wastewater treatment in regional Australia', as a CI
- UQ Awards for Excellence 2022 - Promoting Industry Engagement in Graduate Research, as program leader
- AWA Queensland Infrastructure Project Innovation Award 2021 for project 'Australia's first municipal sidestream anammox treatment facility', as the UQ representative
- AWA Qld R&D Excellence Award 2020 for project 'Zero-energy sewage treatment, harnessing the power of biogas', as a CI and project co-leader
- Finalist for AWA Qld R&D Excellence Award 2020 for project 'Urban Utilities algae research project/program', as a project CI
- AWA Qld R&D Excellence Award 2019 for project 'An integrated approach to iron salt use in urban water systems', as a team member
- UQ Awards for Excellence - Partners in Research Excellence Awards 2017
- Queensland Urban Utilities Research Innovation Award 2017
- AWA National R&D Excellence Award 2017 for project 'Nitrogen removal from wastewater while maximising resource recovery potential', as project co-leader
- Advance Queensland Research Fellowship 2016
- AWA Qld R&D Excellence Award 2016 for project 'Affordable and sustainable water recycling through optimal technology integration', as project co-leader
- Finalist for AWA Qld R&D Excellence Award 2015 for project 'Queensland Urban Utilities Innovation Centre', as project co-leader
- International Water Association (IWA) Global Project Innovation Award 2014 for Project 'Sewer Corrosion and Odour Research (SCORe) - Putting Science in Sewers', as a team member
Teaching
WATR 7103: Advanced Wastewater and Biosolids Treatment (Course Coordinator and lecturer)
WATR 6105: Integrated Urban Water Management (lecturer)
Lecturer for UQ IWES program
| Featured projects | Duration |
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Dissolved methane-supported denitrification to enable mainstream bioenergy recovery from wastewaster Australian Research Council |
2020–2023 |
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Fundamental understanding and application of the metabolic pathway for VFA/electricity production through Anaerobic Oxidation of Methane (AOM) Australian Research Council |
2018–2021 |
| MERINO: Maximizing energy recovery through innovative nitrogen removal | 2016–2021 |
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An innovative nitrogen removal process by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification Australian Research Council |
2009 |
| Water Cycle Management for NEOM | 2019–2022 |
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Production of valuable chemicals from gaseous waste Australian Research Council |
2022–2024 |
| Revolutionising sludge management turning costly waste into a safe product | 2021–2024 |
| Transforming Regional Treatment in Australia - A CRC-P Project | 2019–2023 |
Publications
Book Chapters
Lu, Y. and Hu, S. (2017). Application of molecular biological tools to monitor process efficiency. Current developments in biotechnology and bioengineering: biological treatment of industrial effluents. (pp. 281-291) edited by Duu-Jong Lee, Veeriah Jegatheesan, Hao Huu Ngo, Patrick C. Hallenbeck and Ashok Pandey. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-63665-2.00011-4
Ni, Bing-Jie, Pan, Yuting, Guo, Jianhua, Virdis, Bernardino, Hu, Shihu, Chen, Xueming and Yuan, Zhiguo (2017). Denitrification processes for wastewater treatment. Metalloenzymes in dentrification: applications and environmental impacts. (pp. 368-418) edited by Isabel Moura, Jose J. G. Moura, Sofia R. Pauleta and Luisa B. Maia. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781782623762-00368
Journal Articles
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Heffernan, James K., Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Yan, Penghui, Marcellin, Esteban, Hu, Shihu, Zhu, Zhonghua, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). Tuning flow-through cu-based hollow fiber gas-diffusion electrode for high-efficiency carbon monoxide (CO) electroreduction to C2+products. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 330 122589, 122589. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2023.122589
Hu, Zhetai, Hu, Shihu, Hong, Pei-Ying, Zhang, Xueqin, Prodanovic, Veljko, Zhang, Kefeng, Ye, Liu, Deletic, Ana, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Impact of electrochemically generated iron on the performance of an anaerobic wastewater treatment process. Science of the Total Environment, 875 162628, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162628
Xie, Mengying, Zheng, Yue, Zhang, Xueqin, Xia, Jun, Maulani, Nova, Yuan, Zhiguo, Cai, Chen and Hu, Shihu (2023). Formate as an Alternative Electron Donor for the Anaerobic Methanotrophic Archaeon Candidatus ‘Methanoperedens nitroreducens’. Environmental Science & Technology Letters. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00220
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
Hu, Zhetai, Hu, Shihu, Ye, Liu, Duan, Haoran, Wu, Ziping, Hong, Pei-Ying, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Novel Use of a Ferric Salt to Enhance Mainstream Nitrogen Removal from Anaerobically Pretreated Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (16), 6712-6722. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c08325
Lim, Zhuan Khai, Liu, Tao, Zheng, Min, Rattier, Maxime, Keller, Jurg, Yuan, Zhiguo, Guo, Jianhua and Hu, Shihu (2023). Membrane reciprocation as energy-efficient fouling control with high biogas recovery in a pilot-scale anaerobic membrane bioreactor. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 190 106849, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106849
Prodanovic, Veljko, Zhang, Kefeng, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu, Hong, Pei-Ying, Yuan, Zhiguo and Deletic, Ana (2023). Nitrification potential of daily-watered biofiltration designs for high ammonium wastewater treatment. Science of The Total Environment, 863 160989, 160989. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160989
Liu, Tao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2023). Microbial stratification affects conversions of nitrogen and methane in biofilms coupling anammox and n-DAMO processes. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (11), 4608-4618. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c07294
Lu, Xi, Wang, Zhiyao, Duan, Haoran, Wu, Ziping, Hu, Shihu, Ye, Liu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2023). Significant production of nitric oxide by aerobic nitrite reduction at acidic pH. Water Research, 230 119542, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119542
Duan, Haoran, Zheng, Min, Li, Jiyun, Liu, Tao, Wang, Zhiyao, Shrestha, Sohan, Wang, Bingzheng, Ye, Liu, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2023). High Hydraulic Loading Rates Favored Mainstream Partial Nitritation: Experimental Demonstration and Model-Based Analysis. ACS ES&T Water, 3 (2), 556-564. doi: 10.1021/acsestwater.2c00569
McIlroy, Simon J., Leu, Andy O., Zhang, Xueqin, Newell, Rhys, Woodcroft, Ben J., Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Tyson, Gene W. (2023). Anaerobic methanotroph ‘Candidatus Methanoperedens nitroreducens’ has a pleomorphic life cycle. Nature Microbiology, 8 (2), 321-331. doi: 10.1038/s41564-022-01292-9
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
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
Hu, Zhetai, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu, Hong, Pei-Ying, Zhang, Xueqing, Prodanovic, Veljko, Zhang, Kefeng, Pikaar, Ilje, Ye, Liu, Deletic, Ana and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Electrochemical iron production to enhance anaerobic membrane treatment of wastewater. Water Research, 225 119202. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119202
Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Duan, Haoran, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Re-configuring mainstream anammox. Chemical Engineering Journal, 445 136817, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.136817
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
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Hu, Shihu, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2022). Microtubular electrodes: an emerging electrode configuration for electrocatalysis, bioelectrochemical and water treatment applications. Chemical Engineering Journal, 450 138476, 138476. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2022.138476
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
Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Wang, Zhiyao, Hu, Shihu, Liu, Yanchen, Guo, Hongguang, Li, Jianzheng, Yuan, Zhiguo and Zheng, Min (2022). Determining factors for nitrite accumulation in an acidic nitrifying system: influent ammonium concentration, operational pH, and ammonia-oxidizing community. Environmental Science & Technology, 56 (16), 11578-11588. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c07522
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, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Duan, Haoran, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). A 20-year journey of partial nitritation and anammox (PN/A): from sidestream toward mainstream. Environmental Science and Technology, 56 (12), 7522-7531. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06107
Zhang, Xueqin, McIlroy, Simon J., Vassilev, Igor, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Plan, Manuel, Cai, Chen, Virdis, Bernardino, Tyson, Gene W., Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2022). Polyhydroxyalkanoate-driven current generation via acetate by an anaerobic methanotrophic consortium. Water Research, 221 118743, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118743
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
He, Bingqing, Cai, Chen, McCubbin, Tim, Muriel, Jorge Carrasco, Sonnenschein, Nikolaus, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Marcellin, Esteban (2022). A genome-scale metabolic model of Methanoperedens nitroreducens: assessing bioenergetics and thermodynamic feasibility. Metabolites, 12 (4) 314. doi: 10.3390/metabo12040314
Wang, Yulu, Lai, Chun-Yu, Wu, Mengxiong, Lu, Xuanyu, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2022). Copper stimulation on methane-supported perchlorate reduction in a membrane biofilm reactor. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 425 127917, 127917. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127917
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran, Smart, Simon, Zhu, Zhonghua, Wang, Hao and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Stand-alone asymmetric hollow fiber gas-diffusion electrodes with distinguished bronze phases for high-efficiency CO2 electrochemical reduction. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 298 120538, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120538
Calderon, Angelica Guerrero, Duan, Haoran, Seo, Kai Yee, Macintosh, Catherine, Astals, Sergi, Li, Kaili, Wan, Jingjing, Li, Huijuan, Maulani, Nova, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). The origin of waste activated sludge affects the enhancement of anaerobic digestion by free nitrous acid pre-treatment. Science of the Total Environment, 795 148831, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148831
Wang, Zhiyao, Liu, Tao, Duan, Haoran, Song, Yarong, Lu, Xi, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Batstone, Damien and Zheng, Min (2021). Post-treatment options for anaerobically digested sludge: current status and future prospect. Water Research, 205 117665, 117665. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117665
Calderon, Angelica Guerrero, Duan, Haoran, Chen, Xiaoguang, Wu, Ziping, Yu, Wenbo, Silva, Carlos E., Li, Yijing, Shrestha, Sohan, Wang, Zhiyao, Keller, Jurg, Chen, Zhongwei, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Enhancing anaerobic digestion using Free Nitrous Acid: identifying the optimal pre-treatment condition in continuous operation. Water Research, 205 117694, 117694. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117694
Zhang, Xueqin, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Anaerobic oxidation of methane mediated by microbial extracellular respiration. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 13 (6), 1-15. doi: 10.1111/1758-2229.13008
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
Liu, Tao, Lu, Yan, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Efficient nitrogen removal from mainstream wastewater through coupling Partial Nitritation, Anammox and Methane-dependent nitrite/nitrate reduction (PNAM). Water Research, 206 117723, 117723. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117723
Wood, Jamin C., Grové, Johannes, Marcellin, Esteban, Heffernan, James K., Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Virdis, Bernardino (2021). Strategies to improve viability of a circular carbon bioeconomy – A techno-economic review of microbial electrosynthesis and gas fermentation. Water Research, 201 117306, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117306
Cai, Chen, Zhang, Xueqin, Wu, Mengxiong, Liu, Tao, Lai, Chun-Yu, Frank, Joshua, He, Bingqing, Marcellin, Esteban, Guo, Jianhua, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Roles and opportunities for microbial anaerobic oxidation of methane in natural and engineered systems. Energy and Environmental Science, 14 (9), 4803-4830. doi: 10.1039/d1ee00708d
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
Wang, Zhiyao, Zheng, Min, Hu, Zhetai, Duan, Haoran, De Clippeleir, Haydée, Al-Omari, Ahmed, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Unravelling adaptation of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria in mainstream PN/A process: mechanisms and counter-strategies. Water Research, 200 117239, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117239
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
Tatiparthi, Sundra R., De Costa, Yashika G., Whittaker, Colin N., Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Zhong, Ray Y. and Zhuang, Wei-Qin (2021). Development of radio-frequency identification (RFID) sensors suitable for smart-monitoring applications in sewer systems. Water Research, 198 117107, 117107. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117107
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran, Smart, Simon, Zhu, Zhonghua and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Shape-tuned electrodeposition of bismuth-based nanosheets on flow-through hollow fiber gas diffusion electrode for high-efficiency CO2 reduction to formate. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 286 119945, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.119945
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
Lim, Zhuan Khai, Liu, Tao, Zheng, Min, Yuan, Zhiguo, Guo, Jianhua and Hu, Shihu (2021). Versatility of nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation (n-DAMO): first demonstration with real wastewater. Water Research, 194 116912, 116912. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116912
Wang, Yulu, Lai, Chunyu, Wu, Mengxiong, Song, Yarong, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Roles of oxygen in methane-dependent selenate reduction in a membrane biofilm reactor: stimulation or suppression. Water Research, 198 117150, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.117150
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
Liu, Chunshuang, Liu, Tao, Zheng, Xiaoying, Meng, Jia, Chen, Hui, Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2021). Rapid formation of granules coupling n-DAMO and anammox microorganisms to remove nitrogen. Water Research, 194 116963, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116963
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
Zheng, Min, Wang, Zhiyao, Meng, Jia, Hu, Zhetai, Liu, Yanchen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2021). Inactivation kinetics of nitrite-oxidizing bacteria by free nitrous acid. Science of the Total Environment, 752 141876, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141876
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
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Ge, Lei, Zhang, Xueqin, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) for electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and dinitrogen to value-added products: a review. Energy and Environmental Science, 14 (4), 1959-2008. doi: 10.1039/d0ee03756g
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, Tao, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Chen, Hui, Wang, Zhiyao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Biogas-driven complete nitrogen removal from wastewater generated in side-stream partial nitritation. Science of the Total Environment, 745 141153, 141153. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141153
Zhang, Xueqin, Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Frank, Joshua, Cai, Chen, Stark, Terra, Virdis, Bernardino, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2020). Enhancing methane oxidation in a bioelectrochemical membrane reactor using a soluble electron mediator. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 13 (1) 173, 173. doi: 10.1186/s13068-020-01808-7
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
Kulandaivelu, Jagadeeshkumar, Shrestha, Sohan, Khan, Wakib, Dwyer, Jason, Steward, Alan, Bell, Leo, Mcphee, Paul, Smith, Peter, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Jiang, Guangming (2020). Full-scale investigation of ferrous dosing in sewers and a wastewater treatment plant for multiple benefits. Chemosphere, 250 126221, 126221. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126221
Liu, Tao, Li, Jie, Lim, Zhuan Khai, Chen, Hui, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Simultaneous removal of dissolved methane and nitrogen from synthetic mainstream anaerobic effluent. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (12) acs.est.0c00912, 7629-7638. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.0c00912
Rabiee, Hesamoddin, Zhang, Xueqin, Ge, Lei, Hu, Shihu, Li, Mengran, Smart, Simon, Zhu, Zhonghua and Yuan, Zhiguo (2020). Tuning the product selectivity of Cu hollow fiber gas diffusion electrode for efficient CO2 reduction to formate by controlled surface Sn electrodeposition. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12 (19) acsami.0c03681, 21670-21681. doi: 10.1021/acsami.0c03681
Liu, Tao, Guo, Jianhua, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2020). Model-based investigation of membrane biofilm reactors coupling anammox with nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation. Environment International, 137 105501, 105501. doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105501
Duan, Haoran, Gao, Shuhong, Li, Xuan, Ab Hamid, Nur Hafizah, Jiang, Guangming, Zheng, Min, Bai, Xue, Bond, Philip L., Lu, Xuanyu, Chislett, Mariella M., Hu, Shihu, Ye, Liu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2020). Improving wastewater management using free nitrous acid (FNA). Water Research, 171 115382, 115382. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115382
Liu, Tao, Khai Lim, Zhuan, Chen, Hui, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2020). Temperature-tolerated mainstream nitrogen removal by anammox and nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 54 (5) acs.est.9b05650, 3012-3021. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b05650
Leu, Andy O., Cai, Chen, McIlroy, Simon J., Southam, Gordon, Orphan, Victoria J., Yuan, Zhiguo, Hu, Shihu and Tyson, Gene W. (2020). Anaerobic methane oxidation coupled to manganese reduction by members of the Methanoperedenaceae. The ISME Journal, 14 (4), 1030-1041. doi: 10.1038/s41396-020-0590-x
Meng, Jia, Duan, Haoran, Li, Huijuan, Watts, Shane, Liu, Peng, Shrestha, Sohan, Zheng, Min, Yu, Wenbo, Chen, Zhongwei, Song, Yarong, Dwyer, Jason, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2020). Free nitrous acid pre-treatment enhances anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge and rheological properties of digested sludge: a pilot-scale study. Water Research, 172 115515, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2020.115515
Liu, Tao, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2019). High-level nitrogen removal by simultaneous partial nitritation, anammox and nitrite/nitrate-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation. Water Research, 166 115057, 115057. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.115057
Zheng, Min, Duan, Haoran, Dong, Qian, Ni, Bing-Jie, Hu, Shihu, Liu, Yanchen, Huang, Xia and Yuan, Zhiguo (2019). Effects of ultrasonic treatment on the ammonia-oxidizing bacterial (AOB) growth kinetics. Science of The Total Environment, 690, 629-635. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.06.435
Cai, Chen, Shi, Ying, Guo, Jianhua, Tyson, Gene W., Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2019). Acetate production from anaerobic oxidation of methane via intracellular storage compounds. Environmental Science & Technology, 53 (13) acs.est.9b00077, 7371-7379. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b00077
Wu, Mengxiong, Luo, Jing-Huan, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Perchlorate bio-reduction in a methane-based membrane biofilm reactor in the presence and absence of oxygen. Water Research, 157, 572-578. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.008
Zhang, Xueqin, Xia, Jun, Pu, Jiaoyang, Cai, Chen, Tyson, Gene W., Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2019). Biochar-mediated anaerobic oxidation of methane. Environmental Science and Technology, 53 (12) acs.est.9b01345, 6660-6668. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01345
Lu, Peili, Liu, Tao, Ni, Bing-Jie, Guo, Jianhua, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2019). Growth kinetics of Candidatus ‘Methanoperedens nitroreducens’ enriched in a laboratory reactor. Science of The Total Environment, 659, 442-450. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.351
Liu, Tao, Hu, Shihu and Guo, Jianhua (2019). Enhancing mainstream nitrogen removal by employing nitrate/nitrite-dependent anaerobic methane oxidation processes. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 39 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/07388551.2019.1598333
Chen, Hui, Zhao, Lei, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). High-rate production of short-chain fatty acids from methane in a mixed-culture membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 5 (11) acs.estlett.8b00460, 662-667. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.8b00460
Cai, Chen, Hu, Shihu, Chen, Xueming, Ni, Bing-Jie, Pu, Jiaoyang and Yuan, Zhiguo (2018). Effect of methane partial pressure on the performance of a membrane biofilm reactor coupling methane-dependent denitrification and anammox. Science of the Total Environment, 639, 278-285. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.05.164
Xu, Sai, Cai, Chen, Guo, Jianhua, Lu, Wenjing, Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2018). Different clusters of Candidatus 'Methanoperedens nitroreducens'-like archaea as revealed by high-throughput sequencing with new primers. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 7695, 7695. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-24974-z
Cai, Chen, Leu, Andy O., Xie, Guo-Jun, Guo, Jianhua, Feng, Yuexing, Zhao, Jian-Xin, Tyson, Gene W., Yuan, Zhiguo and Hu, Shihu (2018). A methanotrophic archaeon couples anaerobic oxidation of methane to Fe(III) reduction. The ISME Journal, 12 (8), 1929-1939. doi: 10.1038/s41396-018-0109-x
Luo, Jing-Huan, Chen, Hui, Hu, Shihu, Cai, Chen, Yuan, Zhiguo and Guo, Jianhua (2018). Microbial selenate reduction driven by a denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation biofilm. Environmental Science & Technology, 52 (7), 4006-4012. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05046
Xie, Guo-Jun, Liu, Tao, Cai, Chen, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2017). Achieving high-level nitrogen removal in mainstream by coupling anammox with denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor. Water research, 131, 196-204. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.12.037
Sun, Jing, Ni, Bing-Jie, Sharma, Keshab Raj, Wang, Qilin, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2017). Modelling the long-term effect of wastewater compositions on maximum sulfide and methane production rates of sewer biofilm. Water research, 129, 58-65. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2017.11.007
Ge, Huoqing, Batstone, Damien J., Mouiche, Morgan, Hu, Shihu and Keller, Jurg (2017). Nutrient removal and energy recovery from high-rate activated sludge processes - Impact of sludge age. Bioresource Technology, 245 (Pt A), 1155-1161. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2017.08.115
Qi, Xiaoqiong, Carberry, David M., Cai, Chen, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo, Dunlop, Halin Rubinsztein and Guo, Jianhua (2017). Optical sorting and cultivation of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation archaea. Biomedical Optics Express, 8 (2) #279253, 934-942. doi: 10.1364/BOE.8.000934
Xie, Guo-Jun, Cai, Chen, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2017). Complete nitrogen removal from synthetic anaerobic sludge digestion liquor through integrating anammox and denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 51 (2), 819-827. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04500
Cai, Chen, Hu, Shihu, Guo, Jianhua, Shi, Ying, Xie, Guo-Jun and Yuan, Zhiguo (2015). Nitrate reduction by denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidizing microorganisms can reach a practically useful rate. Water Research, 87, 211-217. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.09.026
Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2015). "Large-scale psychological differences within China explained by rice vs. wheat agriculture". Frontiers in Psychology, 6 (APR) 489, 489.1-489.3. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00489
Hu, Shihu, Zeng, Raymond J., Haroon, Mohamed F., Keller, Jurg, Lant, Paul A., Tyson, Gene W. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2015). A laboratory investigation of interactions between denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO) and anammox processes in anoxic environments. Scientific Reports, 5 (8706) 8706, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/srep08706
Sun, Jing, Hu, Shihu, Sharma, Keshab R., Ni, B.-J. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2015). Degradation of methanethiol in anaerobic sewers and its correlation with methanogenic activities. Water Research, 69, 80-89. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.11.004
Solley D., Hu S., Hertle C., Batstone D., Karastergiou-Hogan T., Rider Q. and Keller J. (2015). Identifying novel wastewater treatment options through optimal technology integration. Water Practice and Technology, 10 (3), 496-504. doi: 10.2166/wpt.2015.057
Law, Yingyu, Ye, Liu, Wang, Qilin, Hu, Shihu, Pijuan, Maite and Yuan, Zhiguo (2015). Producing free nitrous acid - A green and renewable biocidal agent - From anaerobic digester liquor. Chemical Engineering Journal, 259, 62-69. doi: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.07.138
Sun, Jing, Hu, Shihu, Sharma, Keshab Raj, Ni, Bing-Jie and Yuan, Zhiguo (2014). Stratified microbial structure and activity in sulfide- and methane- producing anaerobic sewer biofilms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 80 (22), 7042-7052. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02146-14
Chen, Xueming, Guo, Jianhua, Shi, Ying, Hu, Shihu, Yuan, Zhiguo and Ni, Bing-Jie (2014). Modeling of simultaneous anaerobic methane and ammonium oxidation in a membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 48 (16), 9540-9547. doi: 10.1021/es502608s
Pikaar, Ilje, Sharma, Keshab R., Hu, Shihu, Gernjak, Wolfgang, Keller, Jürg and Yuan, Zhiguo (2014). Reducing sewer corrosion through integrated urban water management. Science, 345 (6198), 812-814. doi: 10.1126/science.1251418
Wang, Qilin, Ye, Liu, Jiang, Guangming, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2014). Side-stream sludge treatment using free nitrous acid selectively eliminates nitrite oxidizing bacteria and achieves the nitrite pathway. Water Research, 55, 245-255. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.02.029
Sun, Jing, Hu, Shihu, Sharma, Keshab Raj, Keller-Lehmann, Beatrice and Yuan, Zhiguo (2014). An efficient method for measuring dissolved VOSCs in wastewater using GC-SCD with static headspace technique. Water Research, 52, 208-217. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.10.063
Sharma, Keshab, Derlon, Nicolas, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2014). Modeling the pH effect on sulfidogenesis inanaerobic sewer biofilm. Water Research, 49, 175-185. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.11.019
Haroon, Mohamed F., Hu, Shihu, Shi, Ying, Imelfort, Michael, Keller, Jurg, Hugenholtz, Philip, Yuan, Zhiguo and Tyson, Gene W. (2013). Erratum: Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to nitrate reduction in a novel archaeal lineage. Nature, 501 (7468), 578-578. doi: 10.1038/nature12619
Haroon, Mohamed F., Hu, Shihu, Shi, Ying, Imelfort, Michael, Keller, Jurg, Hugenholtz, Philip, Yuan, Zhiguo and Tyson, Gene W. (2013). Anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to nitrate reduction in a novel archaeal lineage. Nature, 500 (7464), 567-570. doi: 10.1038/nature12375
Shi, Ying, Hu, Shihu, Lou, Juqing, Lu, Peili, Keller, Jurg and Yuan, Zhiguo (2013). Nitrogen removal from wastewater by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification in a membrane biofilm reactor. Environmental Science and Technology, 47 (20), 11577-11583. doi: 10.1021/es402775z
Ye, Liu, Hu, Shihu, Poussade, Yvan, Keller, Jurg and Yuan, Zhiguo (2012). Evaluating a strategy for maintaining nitrifier activity during long-term starvation in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) treating reverse osmosis concentrate. Water Science and Technology, 66 (4), 837-842. doi: 10.2166/wst.2012.252
Hu, Shihu, Zeng, Raymond, Keller, Jurg, Lant, Paul A. and Yuan, Zhiguo (2011). Effect of nitrate and nitrite on the selection of microorganisms in the denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation process. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 3 (3), 315-319. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00227.x
Hu, Shihu, Zeng, Raymond J., Burow, Luke C., Lant, Paul, Keller, Jurg and Yuan, Zhiguo (2009). Enrichment of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidizing microorganisms. Environmental Microbiology Reports, 1 (5), 377-384. doi: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00083.x
Conference Papers
Duan, Haoran, Watt, Shane, Meng, Jia, Liu, Peng, Dwyer, Jason, McPhee, Paul, Rattier, Maxime, Zheng, Min, Hu, Shihu and Yuan, Zhiguo (2021). Zero- energy sewage treatment: carbon efficient sewage treatment and enhanced biogas recovery. Reimagining our Water Future: Ozwater 2021, Adelaide, SA Australia, 4-6 May 2021.
Jimenez, Jose A., Bethke, Lisa, Rattier, Maxime, Hu, Shihu, Santoro, Domenico, Sarathy, Siva, Filmore, Lauren, Willis, John, Keller, Jürg and Batstone, Damien (2016). Development of a mainstream anaerobic treatment process using a hybrid UASB-micro sieve system. 89th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, New Orleans, LA USA, 24-28 September 2016. Alexandria, VA USA: Water Environment Federation. doi: 10.2175/193864716819712809
Rattier, M., Hu, S., Hertle, C., Batstone, D. and Keller, J. (2015). Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor (AnMBR) and Mainstream Anammox for Domestic Wastewater Treatment. 12th IWA LET Conference: Water and Wastewater Technologies, Hong Kong, China, 30 May – 3 June, 2015. IWA Publishing.
Sun, Jing, Hu, Shihu, Sharma, Keshab Raj and Yuan, Zhiguo (2013). Impact of reduced water consumption on sulfide and methane production in rising main sewers. IWA-SPN7: 7th International Conference on Sewer Processes and Networks, Sheffield, UK, 28-30 August, 2013. Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.02.041
Shi, Ying, Hu, Shihu, Lou, Juqing, Lu, Peili, Keller, Jurg and Yuan, Zhiguo (2012). Demonstration of nitrogen removal from wastewater by coupling anammox and methane-dependent denitrification in a membrane biofilm reactor. IWA Nutrient Removal and Recovery 2012 (IWA NRR 2012), Harbin, China, 23-25 September 2012.
Ye, Liu, Hu, Shihu, Poussade, Yvan, Keller, Jurg and Yuan, Zhiguo (2011). Nitrifier decay and recovery in a moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR) teating reverse osmosis concentrate. IWA Biofilm Conference 2011: Processes in Biofilms, Shanghai, China, October 27-30 2011. Shanghai, China: IWA.
Zeng, R., Hu, S, Keller, J., Lant, P. and Yuan, Z (2009). Potential interactions between anammox and anaerobic methane utilizing denitrification (AnMUD) processes in nitrogen and carbon cycles. 6th IWA Leading-Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies, Singapore, 23-25 June, 2009.
Thesis
Shihu Hu (2010). Enrichment and understanding of denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation (DAMO) organisms. PhD Thesis, School of Chemical Engineering, The University of Queensland.
Research Reports
Wade, Belinda, Humphrey, Jacquelyn, Hopkinson, Peter, Hu, Shihu, Meath, Cristyn, Phelan, Anna and Turner, Cameron (2020). Circular economy and the water sector of South East Queensland. Brisbane, QLD Australia: UQ Business School, University of Queensland.
Hu, Shihu, Rattier, Maxime, Solley, David, Batstone, Damien, Hertle, Chris and Keller, Jurg (2016). Affordable and sustainable water recycling through optimal technology integration: a report of a study funded by the Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence.
Dataset Collections
Hu, Shihu (2016). Phase 1 results of ASWROTI project. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.551
Hu, Shihu (2016). Phase 2 results of ASWROTI project. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.606
Hu, Shihu (2016). Phase 3 results of ASWROTI project. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.605
Hu, Shihu (2016). Phase 4 results of ASWROTI project. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2016.604