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Interaction between Sludge Bioflocs and Emerging Pollutants

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Sludge biofloc is an amorphous flocculent formed by microorganisms, extracellular polymers and adsorbed organic, and inorganic substances. It plays an?essential role in the wastewater biological treatment?and serves as?a biological carrier of pollutant migration, transformation and biodegradation. In recent years, emerging pollutants such as antibiotics and nanoparticles have been frequently detected in water. The research shows that they have potential risks to public health and water ecology. The research and pollution control of emerging pollutants have attracted much attention. Wastewater treatment plants are considered to be an important gathering place for various pollutants, which is a key link in controlling pollution discharge. A large number of studies have shown that emerging pollutants with strong biological activity will have a series of important impacts on sludge bioflocs after entering the biological process, including inhibiting nitrification reaction, reducing organic matter removal efficiency, destroying sludge flocculation structure and granulation, inhibiting anaerobic nitrification process, etc.?Consequently,?these pollutants affect the operation of wastewater treatment plants and causing environmental diffusion of emerging pollutant, threatening the ecological environment and human health. Therefore, the study on the interaction between sludge bioflocs and emerging pollutants has important scientific value and practical significance. This sub-forum will focus on the interaction between emerging pollutants?and sludge bioflocs, merging pollutants including nanomaterials, microplastics, chlorine disinfectants and antibiotics. The interaction contains the influence of pollutants on the formation and physical and chemical properties of floc, the influence and mechanism of pollutants on the microbial community of floc, and the interface behavior of pollutants on the surface of floc and others.

Branch Session convenor profile

  • Jie FU Professor

    Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Jie Fu is a professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology, the leader of the Environmental Behavior and Control technology team of emerging pollutants. He is mainly engaged in the study of biofloc microecosystem and its interaction with environmental pollutants. This includes the researching the influence of environmental pollutants on the formation and physicochemical properties of biofloc, as well as exploring the influence and mechanism of environmental pollutants on the biofloc microbial community.?Additionally,?he examines the interface behavior of environmental pollutants on the biofloc surface. In the past five years, he has presided over key projects such as the Major Research Program of the National Natural Science Foundation and the Outstanding Young People Fund of Hubei Province. As the first or corresponding author, he has published 102 SCI papers (47 in the last five years) in authoritative journals in the field of Environmental ecology such as Environmental Science & Technology and Water Research, 1 ESI and 7 highly cited papers. H index 49; Editor-in-chief or co-editor of 4 English books. He won the MDPI (Multi-disciplinary Digital Publishing Organization) 2021 Outstanding Contribution Award (2021), the First China Chemistry Express Environmental Chemistry Young Scientist Award (2019), and the Third Prize of Natural Science of Hubei Province (2019).He has been selected in the world's Top 2% of Top Scientists list (published jointly by Stanford University and Elsevier for three consecutive years from 2021 to 2023, selected fields: Environmental discipline), Hubei Province "Chutian Scholars" Program (2021), Shanghai "Pujiang Talent" Program (2017); Invited to deliver keynote report at ICON 2021 (2021).
  • Fang ZHANG Professor

    Fujian A&F University

    Zhang Fang, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor at the School of Resources and Environment, Fujian A&F University. Prof. Zhang is Fujian Province Outstanding Youth (2022), and selected as a High-Level Talent (Class C) in Fujian Province. Prof. Zhang dedicated to the analysis of key organic matter and its degradation mechanisms in excess sludge, hosted 3 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 sub-project of the National Key Research and Development Program, and more than 10 projects funded by the Fujian Provincial Natural Science Foundation. He published over 70 SCI papers in important journals in the field of environmental engineering, such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Science &Technology Letters, and Water Research, applied for more than 10 invention patents, and obtained 5 authorized invention patents.

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