Liyuan Hou
Environmental
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: UWRL 307Phone: 435-797-1533
Email: liyuan.hou@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Biography
Dr. Liyuan (Joanna) Hou is an assistant professor in the Utah Water Research Laboratory and Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. She also serves as an adjunct professor in the Biological Engineering Department. She dedicates herself to researching applied environmental microbiology to monitor, minimize, or valorize contaminants and wastes.
Teaching Interests
Emerging Contaminants, Environmental Microbiology, Wastewater Engineering, Biodegradation, Bioremediation, Resource Recovery
Research Interests
Her research focuses on investigating and utilizing functional microbial communities to promote water quality and resource recovery in engineered and natural systems. In her research, she applies various methodologies such as genome sequencing, metabolic engineering, and metabolite analysis in the engineering aspect to understand how the contaminants interact with microbes to enhance the removal or valorization of contaminants. Her research interests fall under two themes: (1) exploring the interactions between microbes and multi-contaminants to track the transport, source, and driver of multiple pollutants in urban wastewater; and (2) understanding the interactions like biodegradation mechanisms of pollutants to minimize and valorize waste using microbes.
Awards
Sigrid Leirmo Memorial Award, 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Ma, B., Yang, W., Li, N., Kosolapov, D., Liu, X., Pan, S., Hou, L., Zhang, H., (2024). Aerobic Denitrification Promoting by Actinomycetes Coculture: Investigating Performance, Carbon Source Metabolic Characteristic, and Raw Water Restoration. Environmental Science & Technology, 58, 683-694.
- Zhang, L., Adyari , B., Hou, L., Yang , X., Hu, A., (2024). Mass-immigration shapes the antibiotic resistome of wastewater treatment plants. Science of the Total Environment, 168193.
- Xiu , L., Liu, H., Xie, Y., Yin, K., Hou, L., (2024). Alternations of antibiotic resistance genes and microbial community dynamics on shared bicycles before and after pandemic lockdown. Science of The Total Environment, 913, 169625.
- Wang, C., Xiu, ., Hu, ., Yin, K., Hou, L., (2023). Advancing early warning and surveillance for zoonotic diseases under climate change: Interdisciplinary systematic perspectives. Advances in Climate Change Research, 14:6, 814-826.
- Ifon, B.E, Adyari, B., Hou, L., Ohore, O.E, Rashid, A., Yu, C., Hu , A., (2023). Urbanization influenced the interactions between dissolved organic matter and bacterial communities in rivers. Journal of Environmental Management
- Rahman, T., Jiang, T., Zhang, C., Rao, Y., Hou, L., (2023). Diatoms in wastewater treatment: Potentials, applications, and values of biomass. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
- Ma, B., Niu, L., Li, N., Pan, S., Li, A., Liu, H., Kosolapov , D.B, Xin, X., Zhi, W., Hou, L., Zhang, H., (2023). Promoted aerobic denitrification through denitrifying fungal communities: Co-occurrence patterns and treatment of low C/N micro-polluted water. Science of The Total Environment, 163859.
- Liao, X., hao, P., Hou, L., Adyari, B., Xu, E., Huang, Q., Hu, A., (2022). Network analysis reveals significant joint effects of microplastics and tetracycline on the gut than the gill microbiome of marine medaka. Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Ma, J., Hou, L., Li, P., Zhang, S., Zheng, X., (2022). Modified fruit pericarp as an effective biosorbent for removing azo dye from aqueous solution: study of adsorption properties and mechanisms. Environmental Engineering Research
- Hou, L., Hu, Z., (2022). Performance of AnMBRs treating low strength wastewater with different carbon sources at decreasing HRTs and its linkage to methanosaeta with high specific affinity. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
- Hou, L., Li, J., Wang, H., Chen, Q., Su, J., Gad, M., Ahmed, W., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2022). Storm Promotes the Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistome in an Urban Lagoon Through Enhancing Bio-Interactions. Environment International
- Gad, M., Hou, L., Cao, M., Adyari, B., Zhang, L., Qin, D., Yu, C., Sun, Q., Hu, A., (2022). Tracking microeukaryotic footprint in a peri-urban watershed, China through machine-learning apprpaches. Science of The Total Environment
- Ifon, B.E, Adyari, B., Hou, L., Zhang, L., Liao, X., Peter, P.O, Rashid, A., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2022). Insight into variation and controlling factors of dissolved organic matter between urban rivers undergoing different anthropogenic influences. Journal of Environmental Management, 326, 116737.
- Adyari, B., Hou, L., Zhang, L., Chen, N., Ju, F., Zhu, L., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2022). Seasonal hydrological dynamics govern lifestyle preference of aquatic antibiotic resistome. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology, 13, 100223.
- Liu, K., Hu, A., Hou, L., Zhang, L., Zeng, Q., Yan, Q., Wang, F., Zhang, Z., Xiao, X., Junzhi, L., Liu, Y., (2022). Effects of land-use patterns on the biogeography of the sediment bacteria in the Yarlung Tsangpo River. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, 98:11
- Elnahas, M.O, Hou, L., Wall, J.D, Majumder, E.L, (2021). Bioremediation potential of Streptomyces sp. MOE6 for toxic metals and oil. Polysaccharides
- Hou, L., Jia, L., Morrison, H.M, Majumder, E.L, Deepak, K., (2021). Enhanced polyhydroxybutyrate production from acid whey through determination of process and metabolic limiting factors. Bioresource Technology
- Hou, L., Wang, H., Chen, Q., Su, J., Mahmoud, G., Li, J., Mullaah, S., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2021). Fecal pollution mediates the dominance of stochastic assembly of antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon (Yundang lagoon), China. Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Wang, H., Hou, L., Liu, Y., Liu, K., Zhang, L., Huang, F., Wang, L., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Yu, C., (2021). Horizontal and vertical gene transfer drive sediment antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon system. Journal of Environmental Sciences
- Hou, L., Majumder, E., (2021). Potential for and Distribution of Enzymatic Biodegradation of Polystyrene by Environmental Microorganisms. Materials
- Hou, L., Zhang, L., Li, F., Huang, S., Yang, J., Ma, C., Zhang, D., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2021). Urban ponds as hotspots of antibiotic resistome in the urban environment. Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Hou, L., Kumar, D., Yoo, C.G, Gitsov, I., Majumder, E.L, (2020). Conversion and Removal Strategies for Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Landfills. Chemical Engineering Journal
- Gad, M., Hou, L., Li, J., Wue, Y., Rashid, A., Cheng, N., Hu, A., (2020). Distinct mechanisms underlying the assembly of microeukaryotic generalists and specialists in an anthropogenically impacted river. Science of the Total Environment
- Peter, P.O, Rashid, A., Hou, L., Nkinahamira, F., Kiki, C., Sun, Q., Yu, C., Hu, A., (2020). Elemental contaminants in surface sediments from Jiulong River Estuary, China: Pollution level and ecotoxicological risk assessment. Water
- Hou, L., Griswold, N., Hu, Z., (2020). Impact of decreasing hydraulic retention times on the specific affinity of methanogens and their community structures in an anaerobic membrane bioreactor process treating low strength wastewater. Science of The Total Environment
- Hou, L., Griswold, N., Ji, J., Hu, Z., (2020). Specific affinity and relative abundance of methanogens in acclimated anaerobic sludge treating low-strength wastewater. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Wu, Y., Guan, C., Griswold, N., Hou, L., Fang, X., Hu, A., Hu, Z., Yu, C., (2020). Zero-valent iron-based technologies for removal of heavy metal (loid) s and organic pollutants from the aquatic environment: Recent advances and perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production
- Hou, L., Hu, A., Chen, S., Zhang, K., Orlic, Sandi, , Rashid, A., Yu, C., (2019). Deciphering the assembly processes of the key ecological assemblages of microbial communities in thirteen full-scale wastewater treatment plants. Microbes and Environments
- Hou, L., Mulla, S.I, Nino-Garcia, Juan Pablo, , Ning, D., Rashid, A., Hu, A., Yu, C., (2019). Deterministic and stochastic processes driving the shift in the prokaryotic community composition in wastewater treatment plants of a coastal Chinese city. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Hu, A., Wang, H., Yang, X., Hou, L., Li, J., Li, S., Yu, C., (2017). Seasonal and spatial variations of prokaryoplankton communities in a salinity-influenced watershed, China. FEMS Microbiology Ecology
- Hu, A., Ju, F., Hou, L., Li, J., Yang, X., Wang, H., Mulla, S.I, Sun, Q., Burgmann, H., Yu, C., (2017). Strong impact of anthropogenic contamination on the co-occurrence patterns of a riverine microbial community. Environmental Microbiology
- Hu, A., Hou, L., Yu, C., (2015). Biogeography of planktonic and benthic archaeal communities in a subtropical eutrophic estuary of China. Microbial Ecology
- Lv, M., Sun, Q., Hu, A., Hou, L., Li, J., Cai, X., Yu, C., (2014). Pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a mesoscale subtropical watershed and their application as sewage markers. Journal of Hazardous Materials
- Hu, A., Yang, X., Chen, N., Hou, L., Ma, Y., Yu, C., (2014). Response of bacterial communities to environmental changes in a mesoscale subtropical watershed, Southeast China. Science of the total environment
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Publications | Other
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