QUAN Xiangchun

• CV XIANGCHUN QUAN WORK

  July 2011 –present, professor, Institute of Water Purification and Pollution Control in the School of Environment at Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

  July 2012-August 2013, visiting scholar in Rice University, USA

  Mar 2003 –June 2011, Lecturer, associate Professor in the School of Environment, Beijing Normal University

  EDUCATION

  Mar 1999 – Jan 2003

  Ph.D., Tsinghua University, Environmental Engineering, supervised by Prof. Yi Qian (member of Chinese Academy of Engineering) and Prof. Hanchang Shi.

  Sep 1996 – Feb 1999

  M.S., Beijing Institute of Technology, Environmental Engineering

  Sep 1992 – Jul 1996

  B.S., Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Environmental Engineering.

  RESEARCH EXPERIENCES

  lNational Natural Science Foundation Project of China: Fate and behavior of engineered nanoparticles in a biotreatment system with aggregated microorganisms, 2012.1-2015.12 (Project leader)

  lNational Natural Science Foundation Project of China: Enhancing the removal of recalcitrant organic compounds in microbial fuel cell systems through gene-augmentation, 2011.1-2011.12 (Project leader)

  lHi-Tech Research and Development Program of China: Technology selection and decision methods for contaminated sites remediation, 2010-2012 (Project leader)

  lNational Special Project for Water Pollution Control of China: Eutrophication and swamping prevention and pollution control for the Baiyangdian Lake, China, 2008-2011 (main participant)

  lNational Natural Science Foundation Project of China: Aerobic granular sludge cultivation and its function manipulation through bioaugmentation, 2009-2011 (Project leader)

  lNational Natural Science Foundation Project of China: Gene-augmentation and its application in a biofilm reactor to enhance the removal of recalcitrant pollutants, 2005-2008 (Project leader)

  lNational Key Basic Research Program of China: “Mechanism of pollution development and bioremediation strategies for the North-East Industrial Base of China”, 2005-2009 (Main leader).

  lHi-Tech Research and Development Program of China: “Urban water environment improvement technologies and integration strategies, 2003-2008 (Project leader).

  RESEARCH INTERESTS

  Advanced biotechnology for recalcitrant pollutants removal

  Nanomaterial fabrication and application for environmental purpose

  Bioelectrochemical systems for simultanesous wastewater treatment and energy recovery

  Environmental biotechnology and microbial ecology

  SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

  [1]Yachuan Wu, Xiangchun Quan*, Xiurong Si, Xinrui Wang. A small molecule norspermidine in combination with silver ion enhances dispersal and disinfection of multi-species wastewater biofilms. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2016 (DOI 10.1007/s00253-016-7394-y)

  [2]Hengduo Xu, Xiangchun Quan*. Anode modification with peptide nanotubes encapsulating riboflavin enhanced power generation in microbial fuel cells. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016,4:1966-1973

  [3]Xiurong Si, Xiangchun Quan*, Yachuan Wu. A small-molecule norspermidine and norspermidine-hosting polyelectrolyte coatings inhibit biofilm formation by multi-species wastewater culture. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2015, 99:10861-10870

  [4]Xiangchun Quan*, Xin Zhang, Hengduo Xu. In-situ formation and immobilization of biogenic nanopalladium into anaerobic granular sludge enhances azo dyes degradation. Water Research, 2015, 78:74-83

  [5]Xiangchun Quan**¸ Bo Sun, Hengduo Xu. Anode decoration with biogenic Pd nanoparticles improved power generation in microbial fuel cells. Electrochimica Acta, 182 (2015) 815–820

  [6]Xiangchun Quan*, Ying Mei, Bo Sun, Hengduo Xu. Optimization of Pt-Pd alloy catalyst and supporting materials for oxygen reduction in air-cathode microbial fuel Cells. Electrochimica Acta, 2015, 165:72-77

  [7]Xiangchun Quan*, Jingyun Ma, Weicong Xiong, Xin Zhang. Bioaugmentation of half-matured granular sludge with special microbial culture promoted establishment of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degrading aerobic granules.Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering, 2015, 38:1081-1090

  [8]Xiangchun Quan*, Yan Cen, Fang Lu, Lingyun Gu. Response of aerobic granular sludge to the long-term presence to nanosilver in sequencing batch reactors: Reactor performance, sludge property, microbial activity and community. Science of the Total Environment, 2015, 506: 226-233.

  [9]Yachuan Wu, Xiangchun Quan*, Xiurong Si. Incorporation of brominated furanone into Nafion polymer enhanced anti-biofilm efficacy. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2015, 99 : 39-44

  [10]Lingyun Gu, Qilin Li, Xiangchun Quan*, Yan Cen. Comparison of nanosilver removal by flocculent and granular sludge and short- and long-term inhibition impacts. Water Research, 2014, 58 :62-70

  [11]Xiurong Si, Xiangchun Quan*, Qilin Li, Yachuan Wu. Effects of D-amino acids and norspermidine on the disassembly of large, old-aged microbial aggregates. Water Research, 2014, 54 : 247-253

  [12]Xiangchun Quan*, Yanping Quan, Kun Tao. Comparative investigation on microbial community and electricity generation in aerobic and anaerobic enriched MFCs. Bioresource Technology, 2013,128 :259-265

  [13]Jingyun Ma, Xiangchun Quan* et al. Responses of anaerobic granule and flocculent sludge to ceria nanoparticles and toxic mechanisms. Bioresource Technology, 2013,149 :346-352

  [14]Quan Xiangchun*, Gu Lingyun, Qian Yin, Pei Yuansheng. Characterization of nitrifying performance and microbial community in a MBBR and an integrated GBBR-MBBR treating heavily polluted river water. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2013, 12 :1335-1344

  [15]Tao Kun, Quan xiangchun*, Quan Yanping. Composite Vegetable Degradation and Electricity Generation in Microbial Fuel Cell with Ultrasonic Pretreatment. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2013, 12 :1423-1427

  [16]Ma Jingyun, Quan Xiangchun*, Li Huai. Application of high OLR-fed aerobic granules for the treatment of low-strength wastewater: Performance, granule morphology and microbial community. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2013, 25(8):1549-1556

  [17]Li Anjie, Li Xiao-yan, Quan Xiang-chun*, Yang Zhifeng. Aerobic sludge granulation for partial nitrification of ammonia-rich inorganic wastewater. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal, 2013,12(7):1375-1380

  
  

  
  

  [18]Quan, Xiang-chun*, Quan, Yan-ping, Tao, Kun. Effect of anode aeration on the performance and microbial community of an air-cathode microbial fuel cell. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012, 210: 150-156

  [19]Quan, Xiangchun; Zhang, Mingchuan; Lawlor, Peadar G, Zhan Xinmin*. Nitrous oxide emission and nutrient removal in aerobic granular sludge sequencing batch reactors. Water Research, 2012, 46:4981-4990

  [20]Jingyun Ma, Xiangchun Quan*, Zhifeng Yang, Anjie Li. Biodegradation of a mixture of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and multiple chlorophenols by aerobic granules cultivated through plasmid pJP4 mediated bioaugmentation. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2012, (181-182):144-151

  [21]Xiangchun Quan*, Hua Tang, Jingyun Ma. Effects of gene augmentation on the removal of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in a biofilm reactor under different scales and substrate conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 185:689-695

  [22]Xiangchun Quan*, Jingyun Ma, Weicong Xiong, Zhifeng Yang. Effects of gene-augmentation on the formation, characteristics and microbial community of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid degrading aerobic microbial granules. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 196: 278-286.

  [23]Wei Guo, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang, Chunye Lin, Xiangchun Quan. Characteristics of petroleum hydrocarbons in surficial sediments from the Songhuajiang River (China): spatial and temporal trends. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2011, 179(1-4): 81-92.

  [24]Bin Men, Haozheng Wang, Mengchang He, Chunye Lin and Xiangchun Quan. Distribution patterns of nitroaromatic compounds in the water, suspended particle and sediment of the river in a long-term industrial zone (China). Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2011, 177(1-4): 515-526.

  [25]Wei Guo, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang, Chunye Lin, Xiangchun Quan. Aliphatic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Xihe River, an urban river in China's Shenyang City: Distribution and risk assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2011, 186(2-3): 1193-1199.

  [26]Xiangchun Quan*, Yulai Wang, Weicong Xiong, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang, Chunye Lin. Description of microbial community structure of sediments from the Daliao River water system and its estuary (NE China) by application of fluorescence in situ hybridization. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2010, 61(8):1725–1734.

  [27]Xiangchun Quan*, Hua Tang, Wei-cong Xiong, Zhi-feng Yang. Bioaugmentation of aerobic sludge granules with a plasmid donor strain for enhanced degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2010, 179(1-3):1136–1142.

  [28]Wei Guo, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang, Chunye Lin, Xiangchun Quan*. Occurrence of Aliphatic Hydrocarbons in Water, Suspended Particulate Matter and Sediments of Daliao River System, China. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 2010, 84(5): 519-523.

  [29]Zhigang Wang, Chuye Lin, Mengchang He, Xiangchun Quan, Zhifeng Yang. Phosphorus content and fractionation of phosphate in the surface sediments of the Daliao river system in China. Environmemtal Earth Science, 2010,59(6): 1349-1357.

  [30]Ping Wang, Mengchang He, Chunye Lin, Bin Men, Ruimin Liu, Xiangchun Quan, Zhifeng Yang. Phosphorus distribution in the estuarine sediments of the Daliao river, China. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, 2009, 84 (2):246-252.

  [31]Bin Men, Mengchang He, Li Tan, Chunye Lin, Xiangchun Quan. Distributions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Daliao River Estuary of Liaodong Bay, Bohai Sea (China). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2009, 58(6):818-826.

  [32]Wei Guo, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang, Chunye Lin, Xiangchun Quan, Bin Men. Distribution, partitioning and sources of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Daliao River water system in dry season, China. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2009,164 (2-3):1379-1385.

  [33]Xiangchun Quan*, Qian Tang, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang, Chunye Lin, wei Guo. Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from the Daliao River watershed, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2009,21(7):865-871.

  [34]Mengchang He, Haozheng Wang, Chunye Lin, Xiangchun Quan, Wei Guo, Zhifeng Yang. Distribution of persistent organochlorine residues in sediments from the Songhuajiang River, northeast of China. Environmental Technology, 2008, 29(3): 303 – 314.

  [35]Xiangchun Quan*, Wenyan Wang, Zhifeng Yang, Chunye Lin and Mengchang He. Continuous removal of aromatic hydrocarbons by an AF reactor under denitrifying conditions. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2007, 23(12): 1711-1717.

  [36]Haozheng Wang, Mengchang He, Chunye Lin, Xiangchun Quan, Wei Guo, Zhifeng Yang. Monitoring and assessment of persistent organochlorine residues in sediments from the Daliaohe River watershed, northeast of China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2007, 133 (1-3): 231-242.

  [37]Wei Guo, Chuye Lin, Xiangchun Quan, Haozheng Wang, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang. Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in water, suspended particulate matter and sediment from Daliao River watershed, China. Chemosphere, 2007, 68 (1): 93-104.

  [38]Wei Guo, Mengchang He, Zhifeng Yang, Chuye Lin, Xiangchun Quan, Haozheng Wang. Comparison of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in sediments from the Songhuajiang River (China) during different sampling seasons. Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A - Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmtnal Engineering, 2007, 42(2): 119-127.

  [39]Chunye Lin, Mengchang He, Yuxiang Zhou, Xiangchun Quan, Wei Guo, Zhifeng Yang. Mercury contamination and dynamics in the sediment of the Second Songhua River. Soil and Sediment Contamination, 2007, 16(4): 397-411.

  [40]Xiangchun Quan*, Zhifeng Yang, Hanchang Shi, Qian Tang, Yi Qian. The effect of a secondary chlorophenol presence on the removal of 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) in an activated sludge system bioaugmented with 2,4-DCP degrading special culture, Process Biochemistry, 2005, 40(11):3462-3467.

  [41]Hong Liu, Yunhua He, Xiangchun Quan, Yixin Yan, Xianghui Kong, Anjie Lia. Enhancement of organic pollutant biodegradation by ultrasound irradiation in a biological activated carbon membrane reactor, Process Biochemistry, 2005, 40(9):3002-3007.

  [42]Xiangchun Quan*, Hanchang Shi, Hong Liu, Jianlong Wang, Yi Qian. Removal of 2,4-Dichlorophenol in a conventional activated sludge system through bioaugmentation with special culture. Process Biochemistry, 2004, 39(11): 1701-1707.

  [43]Xiangchun Quan*, Hanchang Shi, Hong Liu, Pingping Lv, Yi Qian. Enhancement of 2,4-dichlorophenol degradation in conventional activated sludge systems bioaugmented with mixed special culture. Water Research, 2004, 38(1): 245-253.

  [44]Xiangchun Quan*, Hanchang Shi, Yongming Zhang, Jianlong Wang, Yi Qian. Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and phenol in an airlift inner-loop bioreactor immobilized with Achromobacter sp. Separation and Purification Technology, 2004, 34(1-3):97-103.

  [45]Yongmin Zhagn, Xiangchun Quan, BE Rittmann, Jianglong Wang, Hanchang Shi, Yi Qian. IAL-CHS (internal airlift loop-ceramic honeycomb supports) reactor used for biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and phenol. Water Science and Technology, 2004,49(11-12):247-254.

  [46]Xiangchun Quan*, Hanchang Shi, Yongming Zhang, Jianlong Wang,Yi Qian. Biodegradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol in an air-lift honeycomb-like ceramic reactor. Process Biochemistry, 2003, 38(11):1545-1551.

  [47]Xiangchun Quan*, Hanchang Shi, Jianlong Wang, Yi Qian. Biodegradation of 2,4-Dichlorophenol in sequencing batch reactors augmented with immobilized mixed culture. Chemosphere, 2003,50(8):1069-1074.

  [48]Jianlong Wang, Xiangchun Quan, Libo Wu, Yi Qian, Hegemannc Werner. Bioaugmentation as a tool to enhance the removal of refractory compound in coke plant wastewater. Process Biochemistry. 2002, 38(5):777-781.

  [49]Jianlong Wang, Xiangchun Quan, Liping Han, Yi Qian, Hegemann Werner. Microbial degradation of quinoline by Immobilized cells of Burkholderia pickettii. Water Research, 2002,36(9): 2288-2296.

  [50]Jianlong Wang, Xiangchun Quan, Liping Han, Yi Qian, Hegemann Werner. Kinetics of co-metabolism of quinoline and glucose by Burkholderia pickettii. Process Biochemistry, 2002,37(8): 831-836.

  [51]Zuocai Liu, Xiangchun Quan, Liping Han, Jianlong Wang. Biodegradation kinetics of quinoline. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 2000, 16 (7):663-666.