Research Interest :

· Resource recovery from solid waste, environmental biotechnology and wastewater treatment biotechnology

Featured Publications :

· Yijie Zhong, Junguo He, Shengye Duan, Xinlei Pan, Xiang Zou, Jie Zhang, Qingxian Su, How Yong Ng. Nitrogen-doped biochar supported magnetite enhances hydrolysis and methanogenesis during anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge in continuously operated reactors: Metagenomic Approach[J]. Bioresource Technology, 2025, 437: 133174.

· Qingxian Su, Yijie Zhong*, Joceleen Chin Jia Rui, Meiyue Ding, Tze Chiang Albert Ng, Boyan Xu*, How Yong Ng. Stability and durability of polymeric membranes in membrane bioreactors for industrial wastewater treatment[J]. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2025, 13(6).

· Yijie Zhong, Junguo He, Pengfei Zhang, Xiang Zou, Xinlei Pan, Jie Zhang. Novel nitrogen-doped biochar supported magnetite promotes anaerobic digestion: Material characterization and metagenomic analysis[J]. Bioresource Technology, 2023, 369: 128492.

· Yijie Zhong, Junguo He, Shengye Duan, Qiupeng Cai, Xinlei Pan, Xiang Zou, Pengfei Zhang, Jie Zhang. Revealing the mechanism of novel nitrogen-doped biochar supported magnetite (NBM) enhancing anaerobic digestion of waste-activated sludge by sludge characteristics[J]. Journal of Environmental Management, 2023, 340: 117982.

· Yijie Zhong, Junguo He, Pengfei Zhang, Xiang Zou, Xinlei Pan, Jie Zhang. Effects of different particle size of zero-valent iron (ZVI) during anaerobic digestion: Performance and mechanism from genetic level[J]. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 435: 134977.

· Yijie Zhong, Junguo He, Fei Wu, Pengfei Zhang, Xiang Zou, Xinlei Pan, Jie Zhang. Metagenomic analysis reveals the size effect of magnetite on anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge after thermal hydrolysis pretreatment[J]. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 851(Pt 1): 158133.

· Junguo He*, Fei Wu, Yijie Zhong*, Pengfei Zhang, Xiang Zou, Xinlei Pan, Jie Zhang. Insight into magnetite effects on anaerobic digestion of waste activated sludge with thermal hydrolysis pretreatment: From reactor performance to metagenomics analysis[J]. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2022, 49: 102963.