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2026
A circular hydrothermal refinery for sustainable aviation fuel from food waste
B. Si, Z. Wang, J. Watson, S. Summers, Y. Li, S. Yu, H. Yang, Z. Yang, J.S. Heyne, J. Jiang, Z.J. Ren, H. Ma, C. Wang, P. Wang, Y. Zhang · Nature Sustainability, 1-11
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2026
Mapping biological and chemical dimensions of antimicrobial resistance pollution and exposures due to treated wastewater discharges into US surface waters at the national scale
N.N. Khan, J. Jiang, M. Islam, H. Quon, R.L. Muenich, N. Rudko, S. Kamanmalek, J. Rice-Boayue, E. Garner, P. Westerhoff, A. Pruden, K.A. Hamilton · Environmental Pollution, 128588
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2026
Spatially resolved national assessment of renewable natural gas potential from water resource recovery facilities through biomethanation
J. Jiang, L. Du, X. Li, C. Chen, Z.J. Ren · Applied Energy 417, 128025
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2025
Electrolytic hydrogen production from acidified wastewater effluent
L. Du, J. Jiang, G. Zhou, Y. Yan, R.S. Kingsbury, A.Y. Ku, Z.J. Ren · Water Research, 124672
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2025
Microbial electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and resource recovery
J. Jiang · Nature Reviews Clean Technology 1 (3), 182
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2025
Drop-in fuel production from food waste: system level optimization and analysis
J. Granacher, R.E. Franzoi, J. Jiang, S. Summers, S. Li, J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, Y. Zhang, Z.J. Ren, C.T. Maravelias · Journal of Cleaner Production 520, 145994
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2025
Progress, gaps, and opportunities in electrocatalytic oxidation of wastewater: A review
T. Begildayeva, J. Jiang, Z.J. Ren, J.A. Lopez-Ruiz · Water Research, 125164
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2025
Pilot microbial electrolysis cell closes the hydrogen loop for hydrothermal wet waste conversion to jet fuel
J. Jiang, L. Du, B. Si, H.D. Kawale, Z. Wang, S. Summers, J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, S. Li, Y. Zhang, Z.J. Ren · Water Research 268, 122644
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2024
Methanogenic potential of sewer microbiomes and its implications for methane emission
Y. Yan, J.J. Zhu, H.D. May, C. Song, J. Jiang, L. Du, Z.J. Ren · Environmental Science & Technology 58 (45), 19990-19998
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2024
Water resource recovery facilities empower the electrolytic hydrogen economy
J. Jiang, L. Du, J.J. Zhu, A.Y. Ku, Z.J. Ren · Environmental Science & Technology 58 (50), 22124-22134
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2024
The convergence of lactic acid microbiomes and metabolites in long-term electrofermentation
A. Leininger, S. Lu, J. Jiang, Y. Bian, H.D. May, Z.J. Ren · Environmental Science and Ecotechnology 22, 100459
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2024
Enabling GPTs for expert-level environmental engineering question answering
J.J. Zhu, M. Yang, J. Jiang, Y. Bai, D. Chen, Z.J. Ren · Environmental Science & Technology Letters 11 (12), 1327-1333
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2024
Aquatic life criteria of hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater via ecotoxicity test and modeling
Y. Wang, L. Jiang, M.M. Ali, J. Jiang, Y. Xu, Z. Liu · Journal of Hazardous Materials 471, 134289
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2023
Molecular transformation and metabolic insights of microbial electrolysis treatment and valorization of post-hydrothermal liquefaction wastewater
J. Jiang, J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, A. Leininger, L. Du, Y. Yan, H.D. May, Z.J. Ren · Green Chemistry 25 (22), 9115-9125
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2023
ChatGPT and environmental research
J.J. Zhu, J. Jiang, M. Yang, Z.J. Ren · Environmental Science & Technology 57 (46), 17667
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2023
Scale-up and techno-economic analysis of microbial electrolysis cells for hydrogen production from wastewater
J. Jiang, J.A. Lopez-Ruiz, Y. Bian, D. Sun, Y. Yan, X. Chen, J. Zhu, H.D. May, Z.J. Ren · Water Research 241, 120139
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2022
Energy-efficient microbial electrochemical lignin and alkaline hydroxide recovery from DMR black liquor
J. Jiang, X. Chen, X. Chen, Z.J. Ren · Resources, Conservation and Recycling 186, 106529
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2021
Sustainable off-grid desalination of hypersaline waters using Janus wood evaporators
X. Chen, S. He, M.M. Falinski, Y. Wang, T. Li, S. Zheng, D. Sun, J. Dai, Y. Bian, X. Zhu, J. Jiang, L. Hu, Z.J. Ren · Energy & Environmental Science 14 (10), 5347-5357
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2019
Silver nanowire-modified filter with controllable silver ion release for point-of-use disinfection
W. Chen, J. Jiang, W. Zhang, T. Wang, J. Zhou, C.H. Huang, X. Xie · Environmental Science & Technology 53 (13), 7504-7512
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