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Professor

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-16

faculty

Biological and Agricultural Engineering

35 h-index 342 pubs 5,968 cited

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jun Zhu's research focuses on the biological and agricultural engineering aspects of resource recovery and bioenergy production from agricultural waste. His work investigates methods for optimizing methane production through anaerobic digestion, particularly when co-digesting materials like poultry litter and wheat straw. Zhu also explores techniques for nutrient recovery, such as struvite precipitation, from agricultural wastewater, examining the processes involved in magnesium ion release and system modeling.

His research extends to understanding the roles of micro-aeration in enhancing the production of volatile fatty acids and lactic acid from agricultural wastes. Zhu has also contributed to the understanding of arsenic oxidation mechanisms in the presence of iron(II) and has reviewed technologies for controlling gaseous emissions during composting. His work involves the application of methodologies like response surface methodology and artificial neural networks for modeling and optimizing bioenergy production, including from biochar-amended anaerobic digestion.

Zhu leads a research group and collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station. He has published extensively, with a h-index of 35 and over 5,900 citations, and is recognized as a highly cited researcher.

Metrics

  • h-index: 35
  • Publications: 342
  • Citations: 5,968

Selected Publications

  • Enhanced bioenergy production via operational optimization of anaerobic co-digestion of chicken litter and straw waste with magnetite nanoparticles (2026)
    1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrating electrolytic struvite precipitation with ammonia scrubbing toward complete recovery of nitrogen and phosphorus from anaerobic digestate of poultry litter (2025)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Investigating iron removal from wastewater and simultaneous iron oxide catalyst synthesis by dielectric barrier discharge (2024)
    4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Biochar enhanced anaerobic co-digestion of poultry litter and wheat straw: Performance, microbial analysis, and multiple factors’ interaction (2024)
    6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Photodegradation of Microplastics through Nanomaterials: Insights into Photocatalysts Modification and Detailed Mechanisms (2024)
    28 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Effect of ferrite doped sludge-based catalysts on methane production in anaerobic digestion of organic solid waste (2024)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Photodegradation of microplastics through nanomaterials: Insights into photocatalysts modification and detailed mechanisms (2024)
    8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Enhanced nutrient recovery from anaerobically digested poultry wastewater through struvite precipitation by organic acid pre-treatment and seeding in a bubble column electrolytic reactor (2024)
    25 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Optimization of a Low-Cost Corona Dielectric-Barrier Discharge Plasma Wastewater Treatment System through Central Composite Design/Response Surface Methodology with Mechanistic and Efficiency Analysis (2024)
    5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Response surface methodology and artificial neural network-genetic algorithm for modeling and optimization of bioenergy production from biochar-improved anaerobic digestion (2023)
    68 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Modeling and optimization of bioenergy production from co-digestion of poultry litter with wheat straw in anaerobic sequencing batch reactor: Response surface methodology and artificial neural network (2023)
    20 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Efficient methane production from anaerobic co-digestion of poultry litter with wheat straw in sequencing batch reactor: Effects of carbon-to-nitrogen ratio, total solids, and hydraulic retention time (2023)
    18 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Nutrient recovery through struvite precipitation from anaerobically digested poultry wastewater in an air-lift electrolytic reactor: Process modeling and cost analysis (2023)
    34 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Employing micro-aeration in anaerobic digestion of poultry litter and wheat straw: Batch kinetics and continuous performance (2022)
    15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Research progress on influencing factors on compost maturity and cyanobacteria toxin degradation during aerobic cyanobacteria composting: a review (2022)
    17 citations DOI OpenAlex

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