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Dr. Yifeng Zhang obtained his Ph.D. degree from DTU in 2012, with the financial support of DTU scholarship. He is also serving as editor/associate editor in serveal prestigious journals in the field including Water Research, Science of the Total Environment, Frontiers in Microbiology, Sustainable Horizons, Water Cycles etc. His major research interests are microbial electrochemistry and biotechnology to support the 2nd, 6th, 7th, 12th, and 13th UN Sustainable Development Goals through sustainable water treatment, resource recovery, CO2 capture and utilization, biosynthesis, and environmental bioremediation & monitoring. He is recognized as an international young leader in both (i) microbial electrochemistry as well as (ii) bioresource recovery from wastewaters. His accomplishments so far have been well documented in over 145 SCI publications in top journals in the field, 2 patents, 4 book chapters, and numerous conference contributions. According to Google Scholar, his works have been cited over 5600 times and with an H index of 40. He has been listed as World's Top 2% Scientists 2020 and 2021. In the same year, he was selected as top 50 among global competitions for The Elsevier Foundation-ISC3 Green & Sustainable Chemistry Challenge Award. In 2022, he received Honorable Mentions for the James J. Morgan Early Career Award given by the American Chemical Society. Since receiving his PhD, he has been successfully attracting over 35 M DKK funding from e.g., Horizon Europe, The Carlsberg Foundation, Independent Research Fund Denmark, the Villum Foundation, and the Novo Nordisk Foundation. In 2018, he received a Carlsberg Foundation Distinguished Fellowship which is given to talented young scientists to establish their research group.
Other information
06.2011 Visiting PhD, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Language Skills:
English (Fluent)
Chinese (Native)
Danish (PD3)
Research areas
Microbial electrochemistry; Carbon Capture & Utilization; Wastewater treatment & Resource Recovery; Next Generation Fermentation & Anaerobic Digestion; Environmental Bioremediation & Biosensors; Electrocatalysis & Electrosynthesis; Microbial Communication; Artificial Photosynthesis
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark
2009 → 2012
Ph.D., Technical University of Denmark
2009 → 2012
M.Sc., Dalian University of Technology
2005 → 2009
External positions
Postdoc, Prof. Irini Angelidaki
2012 → 2017
Keywords
- User defined:
- Microbial interactions
- Water resources recovery
- Microbial electrochemistry
- Wastewater treatment
- Bioelectrochemical Biosensors
- waste-derived nutrients recovery
- Fermentation, Downsteream processing
- Anaerobic digestion
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Publications
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Leveraging 3D printing in microbial electrochemistry research: current progress and future opportunities
Xu, M., Fernandez-Avila Cobo, M., Zeng, D. & Zhang, Y., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Activation of peracetic acid by electrodes using biogenic electrons: A novel energy- and catalyst-free process to eliminate pharmaceuticals
Zou, R., Yang, W., Rezaei, B., Tang, K., Guo, K., Zhang, P., Keller, S. S., Andersen, H. R. & Zhang, Y., 2024, In: Water Research. 261, 14 p., 122065.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Additive manufacturing-derived free-standing 3D pyrolytic carbon electrodes for sustainable microbial electrochemical production of H2O2
Zou, R., Rezaei, B., Keller, S. S. & Zhang, Y., 2024, In: Journal of Hazardous Materials. 467, 11 p., 133681.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Autotrophic degradation of sulfamethoxazole using sulfate-reducing biocathode in microbial photo-electrolysis system
Bai, J., Liu, G., Zhang, Y. & Luo, H., 2024, In: Science of the Total Environment. 916, 7 p., 170332.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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Biochemical Properties and Biotechnological Potential of Mango Biowastes for Economical Valorization in Burkina Faso
Sanou, M., Kanté-Traoré, H., Haro, K., Somda, S., Offei, F., Zhang, Y., Parkouda, C. & Dicko, M. H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Waste and Biomass Valorization.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
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Biotechnologies for mitigation of agricultural pollution in groundwater
Savio, F. (PhD Student), Valverde Pérez, B. (Main Supervisor) & Zhang, Y. (Supervisor)
01/05/2023 → 30/04/2026
Project: PhD
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Microbial syntRophic metAbolism of CO2 on 3D carbon microeLectrodes for biohExanol production (MIRACLE)
Fernandez-Avila Cobo, M. (PhD Student), Zhang, Y. (Main Supervisor), Keller, S. S. (Supervisor) & Rezaei, B. (Supervisor)
01/12/2021 → 28/02/2025
Project: PhD
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Microbial Community Assembly and Interspecies Interactions for Highly Efficient Microbial Electrolysis
Li, B. (PhD Student), Zhang, Y. (Main Supervisor), Su, Y. (Supervisor), Rizzo, L. (Examiner) & Wei, Z. (Examiner)
01/11/2020 → 11/01/2024
Project: PhD
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From microplastic into valuable bioenergy and bioproducts: sensoring, degradation and production
Wang, S. (PhD Student), He, Z. J. (Examiner), Heijne, A. T. (Examiner), Zhang, Y. (Main Supervisor) & Fotidis, I. (Supervisor)
01/09/2019 → 27/04/2023
Project: PhD
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Alternative carbon and nitrogen sources for bioproduction of single-cell-protein
Jiang, Y. (PhD Student), Kokko, M. (Examiner), Zhang, Y. (Main Supervisor), Su, Y. (Supervisor) & Broch, S. P. (Examiner)
01/09/2019 → 01/03/2023
Project: PhD
Activities
- 2 Conference presentations
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Beyond biogas upgrading: making single cell protein from GHGs
Xu, M. (Invited speaker) & Zhang, Y. (Guest lecturer)
22 Nov 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations
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Bioelectrochemical systems serve anaerobic digestion process for process monitoring and biogas upgrading
Jin, X. (Speaker), Angelidaki, I. (Speaker) & Zhang, Y. (Speaker)
12 Sept 2018Activity: Talks and presentations › Conference presentations