Mengyan Li

2018 CAPEES Founding President Best Paper Award ,

2014 2nd Place for the 5th Annual Geosyntec™ Student Paper Competition,

2014 Honor Award for the Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science™ Competition in the category of University Research by AAEES,

2014 Student Paper Winner for the 9th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds,

2013 2nd Place for the 4th Annual Geosyntec™ Student Paper Competition,

2008 Outstanding Undergraduate Research Thesis of Nankai University ,

2008 Outstanding Undergraduate Student of Nankai University,

Zhang, Zhiming, & Wang, Linlin, & Ji, Yatong, & Cao, Runjuan, & Zhou, Jiaheng, & Li, Mengyan, & Zhu, Liang, & Xu, Xiangyang (2023). Understanding the N-acylated homoserine lactones(AHLs)-based quorum sensing for the stability of aerobic granular sludge in the aspect of substrate hydrolysis enhancement. Science of the Total Environment, 858,

Zheng, Jingjing, & Han, Yutong, & Wei, Lecheng, & Li, Mengyan, & Zhu, Liang (2023). Sludge-derived biopolymers for in-situ synthesis of magnetic ALE-Fe-Zr composites for phosphate removal. Chemical Engineering Journal, 456,

Dong, Cheng, & Li, Fei, & Sun, Yun, & Long, Dongling, & Chen, Chunzhao, & Li, Mengyan, & Wei, Tao, & Martins, Rui P., & Chen, Tianlan, & Mak, Pui In (2023). A syndromic diagnostic assay on a macrochannel-to-digital microfluidic platform for automatic identification of multiple respiratory pathogens. Lab on a Chip,

Li, Yongbin, & Yang, Rui, & Häggblom, Max M., & Li, Mengyan, & Guo, Lifang, & Li, Baoqin, & Kolton, Max, & Cao, Zhiguo, & Solemani, Mohsen, & Chen, Zheng, & Xu, Zhimin, & Gao, Wenlong, & Yan, Bei, & Sun, Weimin (2022). Characterization of diazotrophic root endophytes in Chinese silvergrass (Miscanthus sinensis). Microbiome, 10(1),

Han, Yutong, & Li, Mengyan, & Zheng, Jingjing, & Wei, Lecheng, & Zhu, Liang (2022). Green conversion of excess sludge to N-Ca self-doping sustainable carbon quantum dots with remarkable fluorescence enhancement and residual heavy metal reduction. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 10(6),

Feng, Kuanliang, & Zhao, Zihao, & Li, Mengyan, & Tian, Luling, & An, Tong, & Zhang, Jiawei, & Xu, Xiangyang, & Zhu, Liang (2022). Novel Intelligent Control Framework for WWTP Optimization to Achieve Stable and Sustainable Operation. ACS ES and T Engineering, 2(11), 2086-2094.

Deng, Daiyong, & Pham, Dung Ngoc, & Li, Mengyan (2022). Emerging investigator series: environment-specific auxiliary substrates tailored for effective cometabolic bioremediation of 1,4-dioxane. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 8(11), 2521-2530.

Zhang, Yajie, & Zhang, Ye, & Wei, Lecheng, & Li, Mengyan, & Zhu, Weitang, & Zhu, Liang (2022). Spatiotemporal correlations between water quality and microbial community of typical inflow river into Taihu Lake, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(42), 63722-63734.

Wu, Chen, & Wang, Qi, & Chen, Hao, & Li, Mengyan (2022). Rapid quantitative analysis and suspect screening of per-and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs) in aqueous film-forming foams (AFFFs) and municipal wastewater samples by Nano-ESI-HRMS. Water Research, 219,

Li, Mengyan, & Krzmarzick, Mark J., & Peters, Catherine A. (2022). AEESP Spotlight: Mid 2022. Environmental Engineering Science, 39(6), 584-585.

Li, Mengyan (2022). Serratia spp. are responsible for nitrogen fixation fueled by As(III) oxidation, a novel biogeochemical process identified in mine tailings. Environmental Science and Technology,

Liu, Na, & Wu, Chen, & Lyu, Guifen, & Li, Mengyan (2021). Efficient adsorptive removal of short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids using reed straw-derived biochar (RESCA). Science of the Total Environment, 798,

Li, Mengyan (2021). Composite biologically active filter (BAF) with zeolite, granular activated carbon, and suspended biological carrier for treating algae-laden raw water. Journal of Water Process Engineering ,

Han, Taixing, & Zheng, Jingjing, & Han, Yutong, & Xu, Xiangyang, & Li, Mengyan, & Schwarz, Cory, & Zhu, Liang (2021). Comprehensive insights into core microbial assemblages in activated sludge exposed to textile-dyeing wastewater stress. Science of the Total Environment, 791,

Li, Mengyan (2021). Microplastics as hubs enriching antibiotic-resistant and pathogenic bacteria in municipal activated sludge. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters,

Wang, Peng, & Li, Fei, & Wang, Wenmin, & Wang, Ruofan, & Yang, Yadong, & Cui, Tingchen, & Liu, Na, & Li, Mengyan (2021). Cometabolic degradation of 1,4-dioxane by a tetrahydrofuran-growing Arthrobacter sp. WN18. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 217,

Li, Fei, & Deng, Daiyong, & Zeng, Lingke, & Abrams, Stewart, & Li, Mengyan (2021). Sequential anaerobic and aerobic bioaugmentation for commingled groundwater contamination of trichloroethene and 1,4-dioxane. Science of the Total Environment, 774,

Fu, Shiyuan, & Zhao, Xinyu, & Zhou, Zhou, & Li, Mengyan, & Zhu, Liang (2021). Effective removal of odor substances using intimately coupled photocatalysis and biodegradation system prepared with the silane coupling agent (SCA)-enhanced TiO2 coating method. Water Research, 188,

Deng, Daiyong, & Pham, Dung Ngoc, & Li, Fei, & Li, Mengyan (2020). Discovery of an inducible toluene monooxygenase that cooxidizes 1,4-dioxane and 1,1-dichloroethylene in propanotrophic azoarcus sp. strain DD4. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 86(17),

Li, Fei, & Deng, Daiyong, & Li, Mengyan (2020). Distinct catalytic behaviors between two 1,4-dioxane-degrading monooxygenases: Kinetics, inhibition, and substrate range. Environmental Science and Technology, 54(3), 1898-1908.

Sarkar, Biplab, & Siddiqui, Zain, & Nguyen, Peter K., & Dube, Namita, & Fu, Wanyi, & Park, Steven, & Jaisinghani, Shivani, & Paul, Reshma, & Kozuch, Stephen D., & Deng, Daiyong, & Iglesias-Montoro, Patricia, & Li, Mengyan, & Sabatino, David, & Perlin, David S., & Zhang, Wen, & Mondal, Jagannath, & Kumar, Vivek A. (2019). Membrane-Disrupting Nanofibrous Peptide Hydrogels. ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering, 5(9), 4657-4670.

Deng, Daiyong, & Li, Fei, & Ye, Lei, & Li, Mengyan (2019). Complete genome sequence of Azoarcus sp. Strain DD4, a Gram-negative propanotroph that degrades 1,4-dioxane and 1,1-dichloroethylene. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 8(33),

Wu, Linwei, & Ning, Daliang, & Zhang, Bing, & Li, Yong, & Zhang, Ping, & Shan, Xiaoyu, & Zhang, Qiuting, & Brown, Mathew, & Li, Zhenxin, & Van Nostrand, Joy D., & Ling, Fangqiong, & Xiao, Naijia, & Zhang, Ya, & Vierheilig, Julia, & Wells, George F., & Yang, Yunfeng, & Deng, Ye, & Tu, Qichao, & Wang, Aijie, & Zhang, Tong, & He, Zhili, & Keller, Jurg, & Nielsen, Per H., & Alvarez, Pedro J.J., & Criddle, Craig S., & Wagner, Michael, & Tiedje, James M., & He, Qiang, & Curtis, Thomas P., & Stahl, David A., & Alvarez-Cohen, Lisa, & Rittmann, Bruce E., & Wen, Xianghua, & Zhou, Jizhong, & Acevedo, Dany, & Agullo-Barcelo, Miriam, & Andersen, Gary L., & de Araujo, Juliana Calabria, & Boehnke, Kevin, & Bond, Philip, & Bott, Charles B., & Bovio, Patricia, & Brewster, Rebecca K., & Bux, Faizal, & Cabezas, Angela, & Cabrol, Léa, & Chen, Si, & Etchebehere, Claudia, & Ford, Amanda, & Frigon, Dominic, & Gómez, Janeth Sanabria, & Griffin, James S., & Gu, April Z., & Habagil, Moshe, & Hale, Lauren, & Hardeman, Steven D., & Harmon, Marc, & Horn, Harald, & Hu, Zhiqiang, & Jauffur, Shameem, & Johnson, David R., & Keucken, Alexander, & Kumari, Sheena, & Leal, Cintia Dutra, & Lebrun, Laura A., & Lee, Jangho, & Lee, Minjoo, & Lee, Zarraz M.P., & Li, Mengyan, & Li, Xu, & Liu, Yu, & Luthy, Richard G., & Mendonça-Hagler, Leda C., & de Menezes, Francisca Gleire, & Meyers, Arthur J., & Mohebbi, Amin, & Oehmen, Adrian, & Palmer, Andrew, & Parameswaran, Prathap, & Park, Joonhong, & Patsch, Deborah, & Reginatto, Valeria, & de los Reyes, Francis L., & Noyola, Adalberto, & Rossetti, Simona, & Sidhu, Jatinder, & Sloan, William T., & Smith, Kylie, & de Sousa, Oscarina Viana, & Stephens, Kyle, & Tian, Renmao, & Tooker, Nicholas B., & De los Cobos Vasconcelos, Daniel, & Wakelin, Steve, & Wang, Bei, & Weaver, Joseph E., & West, Stephanie, & Wilmes, Paul, & Woo, Sung Geun, & Wu, Jer Horng (2019). Global diversity and biogeography of bacterial communities in wastewater treatment plants. Nature Microbiology, 4(7), 1183-1195.

He, Ya, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Silva, Marcio LB, & Li, Mengyan, & Alvarez, Pedro JJ (2018). 1, 4-Dioxane-degrading consortia can be enriched from uncontaminated soils: prevalence of Mycobacterium and soluble di-iron monooxygenase genes. Microbial biotechnology, 11(1), 189--198.

Li, Mengyan, & Yang, Yu, & He, Ya, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Yu, Cong, & Li, Qilin, & Alvarez, Pedro JJ (2018). Detection and cell sorting of Pseudonocardia species by fluorescence in situ hybridization and flow cytometry using 16S rRNA-targeted oligonucleotide probes. Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 1--12.

Zhang, Shuangyi, & Courtois, Sophie, & Gitungo, Stephen, & Raczko, Robert F, & Dyksen, John E, & Li, Mengyan, & Axe, Lisa B. (2018). Microbial community analysis in biologically active filters exhibiting efficient removal of emerging contaminants and impact of operational conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 640, 1455--1464.

Zhang, Shuangyi, & Courtois, Sophie, & Gitungo, Stephen, & Raczko, Robert F., & Dyksen, John E., & Li, Mengyan, & Axe, Lisa B. (2018). Microbial community analysis in biologically active filters exhibiting efficient removal of emerging contaminants and impact of operational conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 640-641, 1455-1464.

Deng, Daiyong, & Li, Fei, & Wu, Chen, & Li, Mengyan (2018). Synchronic Biotransformation of 1,4-Dioxane and 1,1-Dichloroethylene by a Gram-Negative Propanotroph Azoarcus sp. DD4. Environmental Science and Technology Letters, 5(8), 526-532.

Deng, Daiyong, & Li, Fei, & Li, Mengyan (2017). A Novel Propane Monooxygenase Initiating Degradation of 1, 4-Dioxane by Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus PH-06. Environmental Science \& Technology Letters,

Li, Mengyan, & Liu, Yuanyuan, & He, Ya, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Hatton, James, & DiGuiseppi, William, & Alvarez, Pedro JJ (2017). Hindrance of 1, 4-dioxane biodegradation in microcosms biostimulated with inducing or non-inducing auxiliary substrates. Water research, 112, 217--225.

Liu, Na, & Li, Haijun, & Li, Mengyan, & Ding, Longzhen, & Weng, Chih-Huang, & Dong, Cheng-Di (2017). Oxygen exposure effects on the dechlorinating activities of a trichloroethene-dechlorination microbial consortium. Bioresource technology, 240, 98--105.

He, Ya, & Wei, Kangfei, & Si, Kaiwei, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Li, Mengyan, & Alvarez, Pedro JJ (2017). Whole-genome sequence of the 1, 4-dioxane-degrading bacterium Mycobacterium dioxanotrophicus PH-06. Genome announcements, 5(35), e00625--17.

Yu, Pingfeng, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Li, Mengyan, & Dai, Zhaoyi, & Alvarez, Pedro JJ (2016). Isolation of polyvalent bacteriophages by sequential multiple-host approaches. Applied and environmental microbiology, 82(3), 808--815.

Xu, Xiangyang, & Shao, Junjie, & Li, Mengyan, & Gao, Kaituo, & Jin, Jie, & Zhu, Liang (2016). Reductive Transformation of p-chloronitrobenzene in the upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor coupled with microbial electrolysis cell: performance and microbial community. Bioresource technology, 218, 1037--1045.

Zeng, Guangming, & Liu, Yuanyuan, & Tang, Lin, & Yang, Guide, & Pang, Ya, & Zhang, Yi, & Zhou, Yaoyu, & Li, Zhen, & Li, Mengyan, & Lai, Mingyong, & He, Xiaoxiao, & He, Yibin (2015). Enhancement of Cd(II) adsorption by polyacrylic acid modified magnetic mesoporous carbon. Chemical Engineering Journal, 259, 153 - 160.

Liu, Na, & Shi, Yue-e, & Li, Mengyan, & Zhang, Ting-di, & Gao, Song (2015). Simultaneous determination of four trace estrogens in feces, leachate, tap and groundwater using solid–liquid extraction/auto solid-phase extraction and high-performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. Journal of Separation Science, 38(20), 3494--3501.

Li, Mengyan, & Van Orden, E. Tess, & DeVries, David J., & Xiong, Zhong, & Hinchee, Rob, & Alvarez, Pedro J. (2015). Bench-scale biodegradation tests to assess natural attenuation potential of 1,4-dioxane at three sites in California. Biodegradation, 26(1), 39--50.

Yang, Yu, & Li, Mengyan, & Michels, Camila, & Moreira-Soares, Hugo, & Alvarez, Pedro J.J. (2014). Differential sensitivity of nitrifying bacteria to silver nanoparticles in activated sludge. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 33(10), 2234--2239.

Alvarez, Pedro, & Li, Mengyan, & Mathieu, Jacques (2014). FINAL REPORT--PHASE I.

Yang, Yu, & Quensen, John, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Wang, Qiong, & Wang, Jing, & Li, Mengyan, & Tiedje, James M., & Alvarez, Pedro J.J. (2014). Pyrosequencing reveals higher impact of silver nanoparticles than Ag+ on the microbial community structure of activated sludge. Water Research, 48, 317 - 325.

Li, Mengyan, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Liu, Yuanyuan, & Van Orden, E. Tess, & Yang, Yu, & Fiorenza, Stephanie, & Alvarez, Pedro J. J. (2014). The Abundance of Tetrahydrofuran/Dioxane Monooxygenase Genes (thmA/dxmA) and 1,4-Dioxane Degradation Activity Are Significantly Correlated at Various Impacted Aquifers. Environmental Science \& Technology Letters, 1(1), 122-127.

Li, Mengyan, & Mathieu, Jacques, & Yang, Yu, & Fiorenza, Stephanie, & Deng, Ye, & He, Zhili, & Zhou, Jizhong, & Alvarez, Pedro J. J. (2013). Widespread Distribution of Soluble Di-Iron Monooxygenase (SDIMO) Genes in Arctic Groundwater Impacted by 1,4-Dioxane. Environmental Science \& Technology, 47(17), 9950-9958.

Li, Mengyan, & Conlon, Patrick, & Fiorenza, Stephanie, & Vitale, Rock J., & Alvarez, Pedro J.J. (2011). Rapid Analysis of 1,4-Dioxane in Groundwater by Frozen Micro-Extraction with Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation, 31(4), 70--76.

Li, Mengyan, & Fiorenza, Stephanie, & Chatham, James R., & Mahendra, Shaily, & Alvarez, Pedro J.J. (2010). 1,4-Dioxane biodegradation at low temperatures in Arctic groundwater samples. Water Research, 44(9), 2894 - 2900.

Zhang, Zizhong, & Li, Mengyan, & Chen, Wei, & Zhu, Shuzhen, & Liu, Nannan, & Zhu, Lingyan (2010). Immobilization of lead and cadmium from aqueous solution and contaminated sediment using nano-hydroxyapatite. Environmental Pollution, 158(2), 514 - 519.