Staff Profile

Contact details:

Email ID: luoliwen@hkbu.edu.hk; llw19910321@163.com;

Miss LUO liwen is currently a PhD candidate of Hong Kong Baptist University, her supervisor is Prof. Jonathan Wong. Her main research interest focuses on anaerobic digestion for resource recovery, energy conversion and bioprocess development. Up to now, Ms. LUO has published 24 journal papers and book chapters such as Bioresource Technology, Chemical Engineering Journal, Science of total environment, etc.. Her current google citation is 490 and H-index is 12.

Research Interests:

Solid Waste management and energy recovery

Food waste management

Anaerobic digestion

Professional services

SCI journal reviewer:

Bioresource Technology, Environmental Pollution, Journal of Environmental Management, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Environmental Technology, Water Air & Soil Pollution

Publications

1. Luo, L., Kaur, G., Zhao, J., Zhou, J., Xu, S., Varjani, S., & Wong, J. W. (2021). Optimization of water replacement during leachate recirculation for two-phase food waste anaerobic digestion system with off-gas diversion. Bioresource Technology, 335, 125234. (Front Cover)

2. Luo, L., & Wong, J. W. (2019). Enhanced food waste degradation in integrated two-phase anaerobic digestion: effect of leachate recirculation ratio. Bioresource technology, 291, 121813.

3. Luo, L., Kaur, G., & Wong, J. W. (2019). A mini-review on the metabolic pathways of food waste two-phase anaerobic digestion system. Waste Management & Research, 37(4), 333-346.

4. Luo, L., Xu, S., Jin, Y., Han, R., Liu, H., & Lü, F. (2018). Evaluation of methanogenic microbial electrolysis cells under closed/open circuit operations. Environmental technology, 39(6), 739-748.

5. Luo, L., Xu, S., Selvam, A., & Wong, J. W. (2016). Assistant role of bioelectrode on methanogenic reactor under ammonia stress. Bioresource technology, 217, 72-81.

6. Liang, J., Luo, L., Li, D., Varjani, S., Xu, Y., & Wong, J. W. (2021). Promoting anaerobic co-digestion of sewage sludge and food waste with different types of conductive materials: Performance, stability, and underlying mechanism. Bioresource Technology, 125384. (Equal contribution, Front Cover)

Others:

7. Wang, G., Yong, X., Luo, L., Yan, S., Wong, J. W., & Zhou, J. (2022). Structure-performance correlation of high surface area and hierarchical porous biochars as chloramphenicol adsorbents. Separation and Purification Technology, 121374.

8. Liang, J., Luo, L., Li, D., Wang, H. and Wong, J.W., 2021. Conductive materials supplement alters digestate dewaterability during anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and sewage sludge and promotes follow-up indigenous peroxides activation. Chemical Engineering Journal, p.133875.

9. Xu, S., Duan, Y., Zou, S., Liu, H., Luo, L., & Wong, J. W. (2021). Evaluations of biochar amendment on anaerobic co-digestion of pig manure and sewage sludge: waste-to-methane conversion, microbial community, and antibiotic resistance genes. Bioresource Technology, 126400.

10. Li, Y., Ma, J., Yong, X., Luo, L., Wong, J.W., Zhang, Y., Wu, H. and Zhou, J., 2021. Effect of biochar combined with a biotrickling filter on deodorization, nitrogen retention, and microbial community succession during chicken manure composting. Bioresource Technology, p.126137.

11. Chan, W.L., Luo, L. and Wu, H., 2021. The role of hygrodynamic resistance compared to biofilm formation in helping pathogenic bacteria dominate air-conditioning units recovered from odor problems. Environmental Technology, 1-9.

12. Patria RD, Islam MK, Luo L, Leu SY, Varjani S, Xu Y, Wong JW, Zhao J. Hydroxyapatite-based catalysts derived from food waste digestate for efficient glucose isomerization to fructose. Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 2021 Aug 20.

13. Xu, S., Qiao, Z., Luo, L., Sun, Y., Wong, J. W. C., Geng, X., & Ni, J. (2021). On-site CO2 bio-sequestration in anaerobic digestion: Current status and prospects. Bioresource Technology, 332, 125037.

14. Manu, M. K., Li, D., Liwen, L., Jun, Z., Varjani, S., & Wong, J. W. (2021). A review on nitrogen dynamics and mitigation strategies of food waste digestate composting. Bioresource Technology, 125032.

15. Xu, S., Wang, C., Sun, Y., Luo, L., & Wong, J. W. C. (2020). Assessing the stability of co-digesting sewage sludge with pig manure under different mixing ratios. Waste Management, 114, 299-306.

16. Sun, Y., Ren, X., Pan, J., Zhang, Z., Tsui, T. H., Luo, L., & Wang, Q. (2020). Effect of microplastics on greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions during aerobic composting. Science of The Total Environment, 139856.

17. Kaur, G., Luo, L., Chen, G., & Wong, J. W. (2019). Integrated food waste and sewage treatment–A better approach than conventional food waste-sludge co-digestion for higher energy recovery via anaerobic digestion. Bioresource technology, 289, 121698.

18. Xu, S., Zhang, Y., Luo, L., & Liu, H. (2019). Startup performance of microbial electrolysis cell assisted anaerobic digester (MEC-AD) with pre-acclimated activated carbon. Bioresource technology reports, 5, 91-98.

19. Xu, S., He, C., Luo, L., Lü, F., He, P., & Cui, L. (2015). Comparing activated carbon of different particle sizes on enhancing methane generation in upflow anaerobic digester. Bioresource technology, 196, 606-612.

20. Xu, S., Luo, L., He, H., Liu, H., & Cui, L. (2015). Nitrogen and Phosphate Recovery from Source-Separated Urine by Dosing with Magnesite and Zeolite. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies, 24(5).