When Microbiology Meets Electrochemistry, Energy-guzzling Treatment Becomes History
Zhiyong (Jason) Ren
Environmental Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
ABSTRACT: Environmental engineers are expanding their roles from pollution clean-up to sustainable resource recovery and valorization. Microbial electrochemistry plays an important role in this transition, as it provides a flexible platform for both oxidation and reduction oriented processes, and it tightly relates to research in microbiology, biochemistry, material science, and engineering. Ren highlights recent works by his research group using this integrated approach for energy and environmental applications, including energy and chemical production, carbon capture and utilization, wastewater treatment, water desalination, and soil remediation.
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