Webinar title: Efficient Biogas Utilization and Upgrading Towards Sustainable Wastewater Treatment and Circular Bioeconomy

Speaker: Jianhua Guo

Time: 2:00 PM, July 13, 2025 (Sunday)

Venue: Room 200, New Environmental Building

Inviter: Nanwen Zhu

Climate change and rapid population growth have stimulated the development of carbon recycling technologies for sustainable production of energy and chemicals. Biogas produced from anaerobic digestion and liquid chemicals production from CO2 fermentation are two promising solutions in this context. We aim to develop innovative biotechnologies to achieve biological CO2 conversion for energy and biochemical production. This talk will focus on effective gas fermentation technologies, supported by novel microbial cultures, novel gas delivery materials, and novel bioreactor design, that convert syngas, flue gas and biogas, to the targeted products.

About the speaker:

Professor Jianhua Guo, Deputy Director of the Water Research Centre at The University of Queensland, Australia. Awarded Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) in 2012 and Future Fellowship in 2017. Over the past decade, has secured over 15 million AUD in competitive research funding as principal investigator. Research focuses on novel biological nitrogen removal technologies, remediation and control of emerging environmental pollutants, denitrifying anaerobic methane oxidation, and microbial ecology in water engineering systems. Recognized in Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list. Currently serves as Editor of Water Research and Editorial Advisory Board member of Environmental Science & Technology.