SHORT SUMMARY OF SCIENTIFIC LIFE

Mengqi Cheng (China, 1995) is degreed in Environmental Science (Xinyang Normal University, 2014-2018) and MSc in Ecology specialized in wastewater treatment by constructed wetland system (Shanghai Ocean University, 2018-2021). She had been enlightened by several internships in local wastewater treatment plant during her degree’s experiences and kept studying on wastewater treatment in her MSc based on constructed wetlands combined with microbial desalinization cells (MDCs).

She is currently a PhD student in Environmental Science and Technology and her research is focused on S2EBPR process (Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal (EBPR) integrating side-stream sludge fermenter (SSSF)) for phosphorus removal and recovery.

Mengqi’s current research interests are:

• Estimate the possibilities of P removal and recovery during the EBPR operation with different purge strategies.
• Assess and improve the S2EBPR performance under different hydraulic retention time with synthetic wastewater and real wastewater.
• Simulate the possibilities of P recovery as struvite during the S2EBPR operation and conduct chemical precipitation experiments.

PUBLICATIONS

Cheng, M., Zhang, C., Guisasola, A., Baeza, J.A., 2024. Evaluating the opportunities for mainstream P-recovery in anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic systems. Science of the Total Environment 912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168898