Professor
Research
Biological treatment processes
Water and wastewater quality
Environmental microbiology
Renewable energy
Education
PhD in Environmental Engineering (2003), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
MS in Biological and Agricultural Engineering (2000), Kansas State University
BS in Biochemical Engineering (1993), East China University of Science and Technology
Publications
Chen, S., and Q. He. 2015. "Enrichment and specific quantification of Methanocalculus in anaerobic digestion." J. Biosci. Bioeng. In press. Abstract
Chen, S., and Q. He. 2015. "Persistence of Methanosaeta populations in anaerobic digestion during process instability." J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 42(8): 1129-1137. Abstract
Zhang, Z., H. Li, J. Hu, X. Li, Q. He, G. Tian, H. Wang, S. Wang, and B. Wang. 2015. "Do microorganism stoichiometric alterations affect carbon sequestration in paddy soil subjected to phosphorus input?" Ecol. Appl. 25(3): 866-879. Abstract
Chen, S., Z. Zhu, J. Park, Z. Zhang, and Q. He. 2014. "Development ofMethanoculleus–specific real-time quantitative PCR assay for assessing methanogen communities in anaerobic digestion." J. Appl. Microbiol. 116(6): 1474-1481. Abstract
Zhang, Z., J. Shen, H. Wang, M. Liu, L. Wu, F. Ping, Q. He, H. Li, C. Zheng, and X. Xu. 2014. "Attenuation of veterinary antibiotics in full-scale vermicomposting of swine manure via the housefly larvae (Musca domestica)." Sci. Rep. 4: 6844. Abstract
Bowers, B. F., B. Huang, Q. He, X. Shu, X. Jia, and B. C. Miller. 2014. "Investigation of sequential dissolution of asphalt binder in common solvents by FTIR and binder fractionation." J. Mater. Civ. Eng.: 04014233. Abstract
Nie, Q., C. Zhou, X. Shu, Q. He, and B. Huang. 2014. "Chemical, mechanical, and durability properties of concrete with local mineral admixtures under sulfate environment in Northwest China." Materials 7(5): 3772-3785. Abstract
Li, H., J. Hu, Z. Zhang, H. Wang, F. Ping, C. Zheng, H. Zhang, and Q. He. 2014. "Insight into the effect of hydrogenation on efficiency of hydrothermal liquefaction and physico-chemical properties of biocrude oil." Bioresour. Technol.163: 143-151. Abstract
Wang, H., H. Li, Z. Zhang, J. D. Muehlbauer, Q. He, X. Xu, C. Yue, and D. Jiang. 2014. "Linking stoichiometric homeostasis of microorganisms with soil phosphorus dynamics in wetlands subjected to microcosm warming." PLoS ONE 9(1): e85575. Abstract
Liu, M., Z. Zhang, Q. He, H. Wang, X. Li, and J. Schoer. 2014. "Exogenous phosphorus inputs alter complexity of soil-dissolved organic carbon in agricultural riparian wetlands." Chemosphere 95: 572-580. Abstract
Zhang, Y., and Q. He. 2013. "Characterization of bacterial diversity in drinking water by pyrosequencing." Water Sci. Technol.: Water Supply 13(2): 358-367. Abstract
Zhang, Z., J. Li, H. Li, H. Wang, J. Zhu, and Q. He. 2013. "Dynamic formation of zeolite synthesized from fly ash by alkaline hydrothermal conversion." Waste Manage. Res. 31(11): 1160-1169. Abstract
Wan, X.-F., J. L. Barnett, F. Cunningham, S. Chen, G. Yang, S. Nash, L.-P. Long, L. Ford, S. Blackmon, Y. Zhang, L. Hanson, and Q. He. 2013. "Detection of African swine fever virus-like sequences in ponds in the Mississippi Delta through metagenomic sequencing." Virus Genes 46(3): 441-446. Abstract
Xu, C., R. Huang, L. Teng, D. Wang, C. L. Hemme, I. Borovok, Q. He, R. Lamed, E. A. Bayer, J. Zhou, and J. Xu. 2013. "Structure and regulation of the cellulose degradome in Clostridium cellulolyticum." Biotechnol. Biofuels 6: 73. Abstract
Jiang, H.-L., Q. He, Z. He, C. L. Hemme, L. Wu, and J. Zhou. 2013. "Continuous cellulosic bioethanol fermentation by cyclic fed-batch co-cultivation." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79(5): 1580-1589. Abstract
Zhu, Z., X. Wang, S. Dai, B. Huang, and Q. He. 2013. "Fractional characteristics of coal fly ash for beneficial use." J. Mater. Civ. Eng. 25(1): 63-69. Abstract
Chen, S., E. M. Zamudio Cañas, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhu, and Q. He. 2012. "Impact of substrate overloading on archaeal populations in anaerobic digestion of animal waste." J. Appl. Microbiol. 113(6): 1371-1379. Abstract
Zhou, A., Y. I. Chen, G. M. Zane, Z. He, C. L. Hemme, M. P. Joachimiak, J. K. Baumohl, Q. He, M. W. Fields, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, T. C. Hazen, and J. Zhou. 2012. "Functional characterization of Crp/Fnr-type global transcriptional regulators inDesulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(4): 1168-1177. Abstract
Hemme, C. L., M. W. Fields, Q. He, Y. Deng, L. Lin, Q. Tu, H. Mouttaki, A. Zhou, X. Feng, Z. Zuo, B. D. Ramsay, Z. He, L. Wu, J. Van Nostrand, J. Xu, Y. J. Tang, J. Wiegel, T. J. Phelps, and J. Zhou. 2011. "Correlation of genomic and physiological traits ofThermoanaerobacter species with biofuel yields." Appl. Environ. Microbiol.77(22): 7998-8008. Abstract
He, Q., C. L. Hemme, H. Jiang, Z. He, and J. Zhou. 2011. "Mechanisms of enhanced cellulosic bioethanol fermentation by co-cultivation of Clostridium and Thermoanaerobacter spp." Bioresour. Technol. 102(20): 9586-9592. Abstract
Zhou, J., Q. He, C. L. Hemme, A. Mukhopadhyay, K. Hillesland, A. Zhou, Z. He, J. D. Van Nostrand, T. C. Hazen, D. A. Stahl, J. D. Wall, and A. P. Arkin. 2011. "How sulphate-reducing microorganisms cope with stress: lessons from systems biology." Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 9(6): 452-466. Abstract
Zhu, Z., M. K. Hsueh, and Q. He. 2011. "Enhancing biomethanation of municipal waste sludge with grease trap waste as a co-substrate." Renew. Energy 36(6): 1802-1807. Abstract
He, Q., and K. Yao. 2011. "Impact of alternative electron acceptors on selenium(IV) reduction by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans." Bioresour. Technol.102(3): 3578-3580. Abstract
Zhang, Y., E. M. Zamudio Cañas, Z. Zhu, J. L. Linville, S. Chen, and Q. He. 2011. "Robustness of archaeal populations in anaerobic co-digestion of dairy and poultry wastes." Bioresour. Technol. 102(2): 779-785. Abstract
He, Q., Z. He, D. C. Joyner, M. Joachimiak, M. N. Price, Z. K. Yang, H.-C. B. Yen, C. L. Hemme, W. Chen, M. W. Fields, D. A. Stahl, J. D. Keasling, M. Keller, A. P. Arkin, T. C. Hazen, J. D. Wall, and J. Zhou. 2010. "Impact of elevated nitrate on sulfate-reducing bacteria: a comparative study of Desulfovibrio vulgaris." ISME J. 4(11): 1386-1397. Abstract
Zhou, A., Z. He, A. M. Redding-Johanson, A. Mukhopadhyay, C. L. Hemme, M. P. Joachimiak, F. Luo, Y. Deng, K. S. Bender, Q. He, J. D. Keasling, D. A. Stahl, M. W. Fields, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, and J. Zhou. 2010. "Hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress responses in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough." Environ. Microbiol. 12(10): 2645-2657. Abstract
He, Z., A. Zhou, E. Baidoo, Q. He, M. P. Joachimiak, P. Benke, R. Phan, A. Mukhopadhyay, C. L. Hemme, K. Huang, E. J. Alm, M. W. Fields, J. Wall, D. Stahl, T. C. Hazen, J. D. Keasling, A. P. Arkin, and J. Zhou. 2010. "Global transcriptional, physiological, and metabolite analyses of the responses of Desulfovibrio vulgarisHildenborough to salt adaptation." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76(5): 1574-1586. Abstract
He, Q., and K. Yao. 2010. "Microbial reduction of selenium oxyanions byAnaeromyxobacter dehalogenans." Bioresour. Technol. 101(10): 3760-3764. Abstract
Walker, C. B., Z. He, Z. K. Yang, J. A. Ringbauer, Q. He, J. Zhou, G. Voordouw, J. D. Wall, A. P. Arkin, T. C. Hazen, S. Stolyar, and D. A. Stahl. 2009. "The electron transfer system of syntrophically grown Desulfovibrio vulgaris." J. Bacteriol.191(18): 5793-5801. Abstract
He, Q., P. M. Lokken, S. Chen, and J. Zhou. 2009. "Characterization of the impact of acetate and lactate on ethanolic fermentation by Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus." Bioresour. Technol. 100(23): 5955-5965. Abstract
Zhang, Y., X. Zhang, H. Zhang, Q. He, Q. Zhou, Z. Su, and C. Zhang. 2009. "Responses of soil bacteria to long-term and short-term cadmium stress as revealed by microbial community analysis." Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 82(3): 367-372. Abstract
Pereira, P. M., Q. He, F. M. A. Valente, A. V. Xavier, J. Zhou, I. A. C. Pereira, and R. O. Louro. 2008. "Energy metabolism in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: insights from transcriptome analysis." Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 93(4): 347-362. Abstract
Pereira, P. M., Q. He, A. V. Xavier, J. Zhou, I. A. C. Pereira, and R. O. Louro. 2008. "Transcriptional response of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough to oxidative stress mimicking environmental conditions." Arch. Microbiol. 189(5): 451-461. Abstract
Butler, J. E., Q. He, K. P. Nevin, Z. He, J. Zhou, and D. R. Lovley. 2007. "Genomic and microarray analysis of aromatics degradation in Geobacter metallireducens and comparison to a Geobacter isolate from a contaminated field site." BMC Genomics8: 180. Abstract
Stolyar, S., Q. He, M. P. Joachimiak, Z. He, Z. K. Yang, S. E. Borglin, D. C. Joyner, K. Huang, E. Alm, T. C. Hazen, J. Zhou, J. D. Wall, A. P. Arkin, and D. A. Stahl. 2007. "Response of Desulfovibrio vulgaris to alkaline stress." J. Bacteriol. 189(24): 8944-8952. Abstract
Bender, K. S., H.-C. B. Yen, C. L. Hemme, Z. Yang, Z. He, Q. He, J. Zhou, K. H. Huang, E. J. Alm, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, and J. D. Wall. 2007. "Analysis of a ferric uptake regulator (Fur) mutant of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(17): 5389-5400. Abstract
Mukhopadhyay, A., A. M. Redding, M. P. Joachimiak, A. P. Arkin, S. E. Borglin, P. S. Dehal, R. Chakraborty, J. T. Geller, T. C. Hazen, Q. He, D. C. Joyner, V. J. J. Martin, J. D. Wall, Z. K. Yang, J. Zhou, and J. D. Keasling. 2007. "Cell wide responses to low oxygen exposure in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough." J. Bacteriol. 189(16): 5996-6010. Abstract
He, Q., K. H. Huang, Z. He, E. J. Alm, M. W. Fields, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, and J. Zhou. 2006. "Energetic consequences of nitrite stress in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough inferred from global transcriptional analysis." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(6): 4370-4381. Abstract
Clark, M. E., Q. He, Z. He, K. H. Huang, E. J. Alm, X.-F. Wan, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, J.-Z. Zhou, and M.W. Fields. 2006. "Temporal transcriptomic analysis asDesulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough transitions into stationary phase during electron donor depletion." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(8): 5578-5588. Abstract
Chhabra, S. R., Q. He, K. H. Huang, S. P. Gaucher, E. J. Alm, Z. He, M. Z. Hadi, T. C. Hazen, J. D. Wall, J. Zhou, A. P. Arkin, and A. K. Singh. 2006. "Global analysis of heat shock response in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough". J. Bacteriol. 188(5): 1817-1828. Abstract
Mukhopadhyay, A., Z. He, E. J. Alm, A. P. Arkin, E. E. Baidoo, S. C. Borglin, W. Chen, T. C. Hazen, Q. He, H.-Y. Holman, K. H. Huang, R. Huang, D. C. Joyner, N. Katz, M. Keller, P. Oeller, A. Redding, J. Sun, J. D. Wall, J. Wei, Z. Yang, H.-C. Yen, J. Zhou, and J. D. Keasling. 2006. "Salt stress in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: An integrated genomics approach." J. Bacteriol. 188(11): 4068-4078. Abstract
He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2004. "Acetate threshold concentrations suggest varying energy requirements during anaerobic respiration by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70(11): 6940-6943. Abstract
He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2004. "The generation of high biomass from chlororespiring bacteria using a continuous fed-batch bioreactor." Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 65(4): 377-382. Abstract
He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2003. "Characterization of Fe(III) reduction by halorespiring Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69(5): 2712-2718. Abstract
He, Q., and K. R. Mankin. 2002. "Assessing removal kinetics of organic matter in rock-plant filters." Trans. ASABE 45(6): 1771-1778. Abstract
He, Q., and K. R. Mankin. 2002. "Performance variations of COD and nitrogen removal by vegetated submerged-bed wetlands." J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc.38(6): 1679-1689. Abstract
He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2002. "Induction characteristics of reductive dehalogenation in the ortho-halophenol-respiring bacterium, Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans." Biodegradation 13(5): 307-316. Abstract
He, Q., and K. R. Mankin. 2001. "Seasonal variations in hydraulic performance of rock-plant filters." Environ. Technol. 22(9): 991-999. Abstract