Yang Liu
Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
2014 to present, Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta. 2008 to present; Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta. 2008: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northwestern University. 2008: Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
Research Interest
Dr. Yang Liu’s research interests are centered in energy and nutrient recovery from municipal and industrial wastewater. She studies the basics of biofilm and granular sludge formation processes, and microbial population dynamics in environmental systems, and their applications in bioreactors for industrial wastewater treatment, and centralized and decentralized municipal wastewater treatment. Specific research activities are: Main stream and side stream municipal wastewater nutrient reduction Decentralized wastewater treatment and resource recovery Bioreactor treatment of oil sands process affected water Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation Fate and transport of bio-colloids in porous media Research Currently in Progress Energy and nutrient recovery from municipal wastewater Source-diverted blackwater treatment using anaerobic processes Side stream ammonia removal using nitriation and anammox processes Biological nutrient removal using biofilm processes Oil sands tailings treatment Cellulose nanocrystal hydrogel for biofilm inhibition Cryptosporidium oocyst removal in drinking water direct filtration processes.
Publications
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Huang, C.; Shi, Y.; Sheng, Z.; Gamal El-Din, M.; Liu, Y. (2017) Characterization of microbial communities during start-up of integrated fixed-film activated sludge (IFAS) systems for the treatment of oil sands process-affected water (OSPW). Biochemical Engineering Journal. DOI: 10.1016/j.bej.2017.03.003.
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Zhang, Q.; Bolton, J.; Davies, E.; Liu, Y. Monochloramine loss mechanisms in tap water (2017). Water Environment Research. doi: 10.2175/106143017X14902968254421
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Xue, J.; Zhang, Y.; Liu, Y.; Gamal El-Din, M. (2017) Dynamics of naphthenic acids and microbial community structures in a membrane bioreactor treating oil sands process-affected water: impacts of supplemented inorganic nitrogen and hydraulic retention time. RSC Advances. 7, 17670-17681.
