Postgraduate Admissions

• Masters：Academic degree：083000|Environmental Science and Engineering；Professional degree：085700|Environment and Energy

• Ph.D.：Academic degree：083000| Environmental Science and Engineering；Professional degree：085700|Environment and Energy

Career Details

• 2011.11-2016.06：Research Fellow, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore.

• 2016.07-2018.09：Research Fellow, Singapore Center for Environmental Life Science Engineering, Nanyang Technological University.

• 2018.09- now:  Associate Professor, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology.

Education

• 2001.09-2005.07: B.Sc., School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering；

• 2005.09-2008.07: M.Sc., School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Chemical Engineering；

• 2008.09-2011.07: Ph.D., School of Water Science, Beijing Normal University, Environmental Engineering.

Professional Service

• 2018.12- now： International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group “Membrane Technology” Management Committee Young Professionals Associate Member

• 2019.05- now： Editorial Board Member

• 2020.06- now： Academic Editor

Research area

• Membrane bioreactors: process development, membrane fouling control

• Enhanced biological phosphorus removal: Microbiology, Ecophysiology and Biochemistry

• New biological nitrogen and phosphorus removal principles and technology

• Microbial ecology in biological wastewater treatment processes

Research Grants

• National Natural Science Foundation of China（2019）： No.51808297, PI;

• Guangzhou Science and Technology Projects (2020): No.202002030340，PI;

• Ministry of Ecology and Environment, PRC, ** Environment Protection and Remediation Joint Program（2019）： (2019-LHYJ-01-0204-45)，Co-PI；

• Research Funds for the Central Universities (2019): No.D2191130,PI。

• Guangdong Province“Pearl River Recruitment Programme” (2019)：No.2019QN01L125，PI

• South China University of Technology “Xinghua Scholar” Recruitment Programme (2018)，K5183280，PI

Academic Achievements

Selected Journal Publications：

1. Guanglei Qiu*; Xianghui Liu; Nay Min Min Thaw Saw; Yingyu Law; Rogelio Zuniga-Montanez; Sara Swa Thi; Thi Quynh Ngoc Nguyen; Per H. Nielsen; Rohan B.H. Williams; Stefan Wuertz. Metabolic traits of Candidatus Accumulibacter clade IIF strain SCELSE-1 using amino acids as carbon sources for enhanced biological phosphorus removal, Environmental Science Technology, 2020, 54(4): 2448-2458.

2. Guanglei Qiu*; Gordon Kai Wai Wong; Yen-Peng Ting. Electrostatic interaction governed solute transport in forwarding osmosis. Water Research, 2020, 173: 115590.

3. Guanglei Qiu*; Rogelio Zuniga-Montanez; Yingyu Law; Sara Swa Thi; Thi Quynh Ngoc Nguyen; Kaliyamoorthy Eganathan; Xianghui Liu; Per H. Nielsen; Rohan B. H. Williams; Stefan Wuertz*. Polyphosphate-accumulating organisms in full-scale tropical wastewater treatment plants use diverse carbon sources, Water Research, 2019, 149: 496-510.

4. Guanglei Qiu*; Sui Zhang; Raghavan Srinivasa Shankari Divya; Subhabrata Das; Yen-Peng Ting*. The potential of hybrid forward osmosis membrane bioreactor (FOMBR) processes in achieving high throughput treatment of municipal wastewater with enhanced phosphorus recovery. Water Research, 2016, 105: 370-382.

5. Guanglei Qiu*; Yi-Ming Law; Subhabrata Das; Yen-Peng Ting. Direct and complete phosphorus recovery from municipal wastewater using a hybrid microfiltration-forward osmosis membrane bioreactor process with seawater brine as draw solution. Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49(10): 6156-6163.

Patents Granted：

1. A continuous-flow granular sludge membrane bioreactor for berberine wastewater treatment, No. ZL201010146239.1, 2013.02.27.

2. An inter-recycling moving bed bioreactor, No. ZL200910147994.9, 2013.01.02.

3. A nutrients removal and recovery process for livestock wastewater treatment. No. ZL200910147992.X, 2013.09.25.

Others（Teaching/Awards）

• Courses：Municipal Water Engineering Instruments and Control; Water Pollution Control Engineering; Environmental Engineering Design, Construction and Management; Computer Data and Graphic Application; Scientific Writing and Academic Norms

• Student Supervising：2 Ph.D. students, 5 Master students

• 2015 “Outstanding Young Researcher” American Institute of Chemical Engineers-Singapore Local Section