Data-driven Environmental Laboratory for Technology and AnalyticsHong Kong PolyU

Research record

Publications

21 publications

2026

Putting Large Language Models into Environmental Context

Jinyue Jiang, Jun-Jie Zhu, Zhiyong Jason Ren · Environmental Science & Technology (accepted)

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

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

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

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

Microbial electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and resource recovery

J. Jiang · Nature Reviews Clean Technology 1 (3), 182

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

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

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

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

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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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

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

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

2023

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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

ChatGPT and environmental research

J.J. Zhu, J. Jiang, M. Yang, Z.J. Ren · Environmental Science & Technology 57 (46), 17667

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

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

2021

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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

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