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2026

Patterns and Mitigation of Large Language Models’ Hallucinations on Environmental Regulatory Facts

J. Jiang^*, Y. Tian, T. Tong, P. Westerhoff · Environmental Science & Technology

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Putting Large Language Models into Environmental Context

J. Jiang, J.J. Zhu^*, Z.J. Ren · Environmental Science & Technology, 60 (42), 29791–29801

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Nationwide assessment of de facto wastewater reuse reveals vulnerable drinking water systems and infrastructure gaps

J. Jiang, T. Nguyen, J. Acero, M. Islam, P. Westerhoff^* · Environmental Science & Technology, 60 (44), 32179–32191

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Environmental Science & Technology cover, November 10, 2026: an ink-wash river winding from a city with a wastewater treatment plant down to a village, where a person draws water; a faint orange thread in the river marks treated wastewater.

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, 9 (8), 1232–1242

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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, 405, Article 128588

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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, Article 128025

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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 (Pt A), Article 122644

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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, 288 (Pt B), Article 124672

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Progress, gaps, and opportunities in electrocatalytic oxidation of wastewater: A review

T. Begildayeva, J. Jiang, Z.J. Ren, J.A. Lopez-Ruiz^* · Water Research, 292, Article 125164

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Microbial electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment and resource recovery

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

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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, Article 145994

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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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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, Article 134289

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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, Article 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

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Environmental Science & Technology cover, November 12, 2024: a rusted sewer pipe with a magnifying glass revealing sewer microbes, surrounded by methane (CH4) bubbles.

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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2023

ChatGPT and environmental research

J.J. Zhu, J. Jiang, M. Yang, Z.J. Ren^* · Environmental Science & Technology, 57 (46), 17667–17670

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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

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Green Chemistry cover, November 2023: cartoon microbes in a microbial electrolysis cell turning farm wastewater into hydrogen and products, with a city and an airplane in the background.

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, Article 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, Article 106529

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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

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Energy & Environmental Science cover, October 2021: a Janus wood evaporator on a beach, with sun-driven water vapor rising and salt carried away by truck.

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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