Education: Ph.D. (National University of Singapore)  

Major/Department: Environmental Engineering

Position: Professor

Email: shixq85@163.com

Employment track（工作履历）

2019.1—now, Full Professor, School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering, Qingdao University of Technology

2020.7—now, Adjunct Professor, NUS (Suzhou) Research Institute

2015.7—2018.12, Research Fellow (Project PI), National University of Singapore

2014.9—2015.6, Research Associate, National University of Singapore

Professional Service （学术兼职）

1. Director of the "Youth Innovation Technology Plan" team of Shandong Colleges and Universities

2. Council member of Environmental Engineering Society of Singapore

3. Reviewer of Water Research, Environmental Science and Technology and other SCI TOP journals.

Research field（研究领域）

1. Value-add biopolymer (ALE) harvesting from wastewater

2. Water safety (bio-toxicity)

3. Environmental functional microorganism isolation and application

Research project（科研项目）

2022.3-2022.7, Young Scientist Exchange Program between the Republic of Korea and the People’s Republic of China

2021.1-now, Key Research and Development Project of Shandong (2020CXGC011202)

2020.6-now, Higher Educational Science and Technology Program of Shandong, China (2020KJD003)

2020.10-now, the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (ZR2020QE236)

2019.1-now, Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong, China (tsqn201812091)

2016.4-2018.12,Sembcorp-NUS Corporate Project “Industrial wastewater treatment process design and optimization”, Singapore (R-261-513-006-281)

Academic achievements（学术成果）

SCI Journal Paper

1.H Zhang, J Wu, R Li, DH Kim, X Bi, G Zhang, B Jiang, HY Ng, X Shi*, 2022. Novel intertidal wetland sediment-inoculated moving bed biofilm reactor treating high-salinity wastewater: metagenomic sequencing revealing key functional microorganisms. Bioresource Technology.

2.Q Kong, X Shi*, W Ma, F Zhang, T Yu, F Zhao, D Zhao, C Wei, 2021. Strategies to improve the adsorption properties of graphene-based adsorbent towards heavy metal ions and their compound pollutants: A review. Journal of Hazardous Materials.

3.Y Qi, B Ge, Q Cao, F Xi, X Shi, Y Si, X Wang, B Gao, Q Yue, X Xu*. Application of sectionalized single-step reaction approach (SSRA) and distributed activation energy model (DAEM) on the pyrolysis kinetics model of upstream oily sludge. Science of The Total Environment.

4.Y Jiang, X Shi, HY Ng*, 2021. Aerobic granular sludge systems for treating hypersaline pharmaceutical wastewater: start-up, long-term performances and metabolic function. Journal of Hazardous Materials.

5.D Zhao, C Fu, X Bi, HY Ng, X Shi*, 2021. Effects of coarse and fine bubble aeration on performances of membrane filtration and denitrification in moving bed membrane bioreactors. Science of The Total Environment.

6.S Huang, H Zhang, TCA Ng, B Xu, X Shi, HY Ng*, 2020. Analysis of N-Acy-L-homoserine lactones (AHLs) in wastewater treatment systems using SPE-LLE with LC-MS/MS. Water Research.

7.S Huang, CK Pooi, X Shi, S Varjani, HY Ng*, 2020. Performance and process simulation of membrane bioreactor (MBR) treating petrochemical wastewater. Science of The Total Environment.

8.W Song, D Xu, X Bi, HY Ng, X Shi*, 2020. Intertidal wetland sediment as a novel inoculation source for developing aerobic granular sludge in membrane bioreactor treating high-salinity antibiotic manufacturing wastewater. Bioresource Technology.

9.B Xie, X Tang, HY Ng, S Deng, X Shi, W Song, S Huang, G Li, H Liang*, 2020. Biological sulfamethoxazole degradation along with anaerobically digested centrate treatment by immobilized microalgal-bacterial consortium: Performance, mechanism and shifts of microbial community. Chemical Engineering Journal.

10.W Song, LY Lee, E Liu, X Shi, SL Ong, HY Ng*, 2020. Spatial variation of fouling behavior in high recovery nanofiltration for industrial reverse osmosis brine treatment towards zero liquid discharge. Journal of Membrane Science.

11.B Xu, TCA Ng, S Huang, X Shi, HY Ng*, 2020. Feasibility of isolated novel facultative quorum quenching consortiums for fouling control in an AnMBR. Water research.

12.X Shi, S Huang, TS Yeap, SL Ong, HY Ng*, 2020. A method to eliminate bromide interference on standard COD test for bromide-rich industrial wastewater. Chemosphere.

13.W Song, LY Lee, H You, X Shi, HY Ng*, 2020. Microbial community succession and its correlation with reactor performance in a sponge membrane bioreactor coupled with fiber-bundle anoxic bio-filter for treating saline wastewater. Bioresource technology.

14.S Huang, X Shi, X Bi, LY Lee, HY Ng*, 2020. Effect of ferric hydroxide on membrane fouling in membrane bioreactor treating pharmaceutical wastewater. Bioresource technology.

15.D Xu, X Shi, LY Lee, Z Lyu, SL Ong, J Hu*, 2019. Role of metal modified water treatment residual on removal of Escherichia coli from stormwater runoff. Science of The Total Environment.

16.X Shi, TS Yeap, S Huang, J Chen, HY Ng*, 2019. Pretreatment of saline antibiotic wastewater using marine microalga. Bioresource technology.

17.X Shi, KY Leong, HY Ng*, 2018. Anaerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater: a critical review. Bioresource technology.

18.Y Jiang, L Wei, K Yang, X Shi, H Wang*, 2017. Rapid formation of aniline-degrading aerobic granular sludge and investigation of its microbial community succession. Journal of Cleaner Production.

19.C Fu, X Yue, X Shi, KK Ng, HY Ng*, 2017. Membrane fouling between a membrane bioreactor and a moving bed membrane bioreactor: Effects of solids retention time. Chemical Engineering Journal.

20.KK Ng, X Shi, SL Ong, CF Lin, HY Ng*, 2017. An innovative of aerobic bio-entrapped salt marsh sediment membrane reactor for the treatment of high-saline pharmaceutical wastewater, Chemical Engineering Journal.

21.K Kwang NG, X SHI, S Leong, H Yong NG*, 2016. Entrapped Biomass in Membrane Bioreactor for the Treatment of High-Saline Pharmaceutical Wastewater. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation.

22.KK Ng, X Shi, SL Ong, HY Ng*, 2016. Pyrosequencing reveals microbial community profile in anaerobic bio-entrapped membrane reactor for pharmaceutical wastewater treatment. Bioresource technology.

23.KK Ng, X Shi, HY Ng*, 2016. Evaluation of system performance and microbial communities of a bioaugmented anaerobic membrane bioreactor treating pharmaceutical wastewater. Water research.

24.X Shi, KK Ng, XR Li, HY Ng*, 2015. Investigation of intertidal wetland sediment as a novel inoculation source for anaerobic saline wastewater treatment. Environmental science & technology.

25.KK Ng, X Shi, Y Yao, HY Ng*, 2015. Bio-entrapped membrane reactor and salt marsh sediment membrane bioreactor for the treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater: Treatment performance and microbial communities. Bioresource technology.

26.KK Ng, X Shi, MKY Tang, HY Ng*, 2014. A novel application of anaerobic bio-entrapped membrane reactor for the treatment of chemical synthesis-based pharmaceutical wastewater. Separation and Purification Technology.X Shi, O Lefebvre, KK Ng, HY Ng*, 2014. Sequential anaerobic–aerobic treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater with high salinity. Bioresource technology.

27.O Lefebvre, X Shi, CH Wu, HY Ng*, 2014. Biological treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater from the antibiotics industry. Water science and technology.

28.O Lefebvre, X Shi, JG Tein, HY Ng*, 2014. Suitability of ozone pre-treatment for amoxicillin wastewater. Water science and technology.

29.X Shi, DH Kim, HS Shin, KW Jung*, 2013. Effect of temperature on continuous fermentative hydrogen production from Laminaria japonica by anaerobic mixed cultures. Bioresource technology.

30.X Shi, KW Jung, DH Kim, YT Ahn, HS Shin*, 2011. Direct fermentation of Laminaria japonica for biohydrogen production by anaerobic mixed cultures. International journal of hydrogen energy.

31.YP Xiao, W Hui, Q Wang, SW Roh, XQ Shi, JH Shi, ZX Quan*, 2009. Pseudomonas caeni sp. nov., a denitrifying bacterium isolated from the sludge of an anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bioreactor. International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology.

Book Chapter

1. W Song, B Xie, S Huang, F Zhao, X Shi*, 2020. Aerobic membrane bioreactors for industrial wastewater treatment. Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Elsevier publishing group.

2. X Shi, KK Ng, C Fu, SL Low, HY Ng*, 2017. Removal of toxic component of wastewater by anaerobic processes. Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Elsevier publishing group.

Patent

1. System and method for predicting a parameter associated with a wastewater treatment process（US Patent App. 16/608,152）

2. 一种以潮间带沉积物为接种体系的高盐废水好氧颗粒污泥的启动方法及装置（China patent）

3. 一种以潮间带沉积物为接种体系的纯膜MBBR启动方法（China patent）

4. 一种以土壤为接种体系的纯膜MBBR启动方法（China patent）