Wen Zhang

Environmental Engineering Research Laboratory

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Journal Articles

  1. Zhang, W., Sturm, B. S. M., Knapp, C. W., Graham, D. W. “Accumulation of Tetracycline Resistant Genes in Aquatic Biofilms due to Periodic Waste Loadings from Swine Lagoons.” Environmental Science and Technology 43(20): 7643-7650, 2009.
  2. Knapp, C. W., Zhang, W., Sturm, B. S. M., Graham, D. W. “Differential Fate of Erythromycin and Beta-lactam Resistant Genes from Swine Lagoon Waste under Different Aquatic Conditions.” Environmental Pollution 158(5): 1506-1512, 2009.
  3. McLamore, E. S., Zhang, W., Porterfield, D. M., Banks, M. K. “Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Proton and Oxygen Flux during Chemical Toxin Exposure: Toxicity and Stress Response in Membrane Aerated Biofilms.” Environmental Science and Technology 44(18): 7050-7057, 2010.
  4. McLamore, E. S., Shi, J., Jaroch, D., Claussen, J. C., Uchida, A., Jiang, Y., Zhang, W., Donkin, S. S., Banks, M. K., Buhman, K. K. “A Self Referencing Platinum Nanoparticle Decorated Enzyme-based Microbiosensor for Real Time Measurement of Physiological Glucose Transport.” Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 26(5): 2237-2245, 2011.
  5. McLamore, E. S., Stensberg, M. C., Sepulveda, M. S., Zhang, W., Banks, M. K., Porterfield, D. M. “A self-referencing microelectrode for real time measurements of silver flux.” Sensors Actuators B: Chem. 153(2): 445-452, 2011.
  6. Jaroch, D., McLamore, E. S., Zhang, W., Shi, J., Garland, J., Banks, M. K., Porterfield, D. M., Rickus, J. L. “Cell-mediated deposition of porous silica on bacterial biofilms.” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 108 (10): 2249-60, 2011.
  7. Huang, Z., McLamore, E. S., Chuang, H. S., Zhang, W., Wereley, S., Banks, M. K. “Shear-Induced Detachment of Biofilms from Hollow Fiber Silicon Membranes.” Biotechnology and Bioengineering 110 (2), 525-534, 2013.
  8. Zhang W., McLamore, E. S., Garland, N. T., Leon, J. V. C., Banks, M. K., “A Simple Method for Quantifying Biomass Cell and Polymer Distribution in Biofilms.” Journal of Microbiological Methods 94(3), 367-374, 2013.
  9. Zhang, W., McLamore, E. S., Wu, R., Stensberg, M., Porterfield, M. D., Banks, M. K. “Glutathione Gated Potassium Efflux as a Mechanism of Active Biofilm Detachment.” Water Environment Research 86(5), 462-469, 2014.
  10. Mash, C., Winston, B., Pifer, A., Scott, J.T., Zhang, W., and Fairey, J.L., “Assessing trichloromethane formation and control in algal-stimulated waters amended with nitrogen and phosphorus.” Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 16, 1290-1299, 2014.
  11. Gibbons, A., Brye, K., Dunn, S., Gbur , E. E., Sharpley, A., Zhang, W., “Increased Effluent Dosage Effects on On-Site Wastewater Treatment Systems of Differing Architecture Type.” Journal of Environmental Protection, 6(6), 651-670, 2015.
  12. Yao, B., Peng, C., Zhang, W., Zhang, Q., Niu, J., and Zhao, J., “A novel Fe (III) porphyrin-conjugated TiO2 visible-light photocatalyst.” Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 174, 77-84, 2015.
  13. Walden, C., Carbonero, F., Zhang, W., “Preliminary Assessment of Bacterial Community Change Impacted by Chlorine Dioxide in a Water Treatment Plant.” Journal of Environmental Engineering, 142(2), 04015077, 2016.
  14. Walden, C., Zhang, W., “Biofilms Versus Activated Sludge: Considerations in Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Removal from Wastewater.” Environmental Science & Technology, 50(16), 8417–8431, 2016.
  15. Yao, B., Peng, C., He, Y., Zhang, W., Zhang, Q., Zhang, T., “Conjugated Microspheres FeTCPP–TDI–TiO2 with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance for Antibiotics Degradation Under Visible Light Irradiation”. Catalysis Letters, 146(12), 2543-2554, 2016.
  16. Maharjan, P., Huff, G., Zhang, W. and Watkins, S., “Biofilm growth on polyvinylchloride surface incubated in suboptimal microbial warm water and effect of sanitizers on biofilm removal post biofilm formation”. Poultry Science, 96(1), 83-87, 2017.
  17. Maharjan, P., Huff, G., Zhang, W. and Watkins, S., “Effects of Chlorine and Hydrogen Peroxide Sanitation in Low Bacterial Content Water on Biofilm Formation Model of Poultry Brooding House Waterlines”. Poultry Science, 96(7), 2145-2150, 2017.
  18. Maharjan, P., Huff, G., Zhang, W. and Watkins, S., “Effect of chlorine treatment on inhibition of E. coli serogroup O2 incorporation into 7-day old biofilm on polyvinylchloride surface”. Poultry Science, 96(8), 2862-2870, 2017.
  19. Walden, C., Carbonero, F., Zhang, W., “Assessing impacts of DNA extraction methods on next generation sequencing of water and wastewater samples”. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 141, 10-16, 2017.
  20. Walden, C., Zhang, W., “Bioaccumulation of silver nanoparticles in model wastewater biofilms”. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 4, 1163 – 1171, 2018.
  21. Chamberlin, J., Harrison, K., Zhang, W., “Impact of Nutrient Availability on Tertiary Wastewater Treatment by Chlorella vulgaris”. Water Environment Research, 90(11), 2008 – 2016, 2018.
  22. Ma, W., Yao, B., Zhang, W., He, Y., Yu, Y., Niu, J., Wang, C., “A novel multi-flaw MoS2 nanosheet piezocatalyst with superhigh degradation efficiency for ciprofloxacin”. Environmental Science: Nano, 2018. DOI: 10.1039/C8EN00944A
  23. Walden, C., Greenlee, L., Zhang, W., “Real-Time Interaction of Mixed Species Biofilm with Silver Nanoparticles Using QCM-D”. Colloid and Interface Science Communications, 28, 49-53, 2019.
  24. Kamaz M, Wickramasinghe SR, Eswaranandam S, Zhang W., Jones SM, Watts MJ, Qian X. “Investigation into Micropollutant Removal from Wastewaters by a Membrane Bioreactor”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(8),1363, 2019.
  25. Kamaz M*, Jones SM, Qian X., Watts MJ, Zhang W., Wickramasinghe SR, “Atrazine Removal from Municipal Wastewater Using a Membrane Bioreactor”. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2567, 2020.
  26. Ma W., Yao B., Zhang W., He Y., Yu Y., Niu J., “Fabrication of PVDF-based piezocatalytic active membrane with enhanced oxytetracycline degradation efficiency through embedding few-layer E-MoS2 nanosheets”. Chemical Engineering Journal, 415, 129000, 2021.
  27. Sakcham B., Goel, A., Zhang, W., Cao, B., “Laboratory preparation of monochloramine for environmental research: A comparison of four commonly used protocols”. Environmental Research, 197, 111009, 2021.
  28. Ma, W., Yao, B., Yang, Q., Zhang, T., Tian, K., Zhang, W., Niu, J., Yu, Y., Chang, Z. and He, Y., “Synergetic contribution of enriched selenium vacancies and out-of-plane ferroelectric polarization in AB-stacked MoSe 2 nanosheets as efficient piezocatalysts for TC degradation”. New Journal of Chemistry, 46(10), 4666-4676, 2022.
  29. Ivandic, S., Bakovic, S.I., Zhang, W. and Greenlee, L.F., “An in-situ approach to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms degradation of microcystin-LR cyanotoxins using TiO2 photocatalysts coated on nylon mesh supports”. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(5), p.108301, 2022.
  30. Shen, M., Yao, B., Zhang, W., Chen, Y. and Ha, Y., “A one-step soft-template hydrothermal preparation and piezoelectric catalytic activity of flowers-like Co-doped MoS2 microspheres”. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 945, p.169328, 2023.
    31. Long, A., Loethen, K., Behzadnezhad, A., & Zhang, W., “A snapshot of SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA throughout wastewater treatment plants in Arkansas”. Water Environment Research, 96(2), e10992, 2024

 

Book Chapters

  1. Zhang, W. “Biofilms”, Women in Water Quality: Investigations by Prominent Female Engineers. Editor: Deborah O’Bannon; Publisher: Springer 2020, 135-149.
  2. Pham, H. T., Wahman, D. G., Zhang, W., Fairey, J. L. “Critical Review of N-Nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) Formation Mechanisms in Drinking Water Systems”, Encyclopedia of Water: Science, Technology and Society. Editor: Patricia A. Maurice; Publisher: Wiley 2021.