Dr Yongqiang Liu
Lecturer in Environmental Engineering
Dr Yongqiang Liu is Lecturer in Environmental Engineering within Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton.
My research focuses on sustainable wastewater treatment with concerns of greenhouse gas emission, water quality, nutrient and energy recovery, and reuse and recycling.
Prior to joining the Faculty staff, Dr. Liu benefited from the working experience at Institute of Environmental Science and Engineering, Singapore, which aims to bridge the gap between academic research and its application in environmental engineering. Dr. Liu also has experience working at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, under the support of Research Fellowship and Singapore Millennium Postdoctoral scholarship.
Dr. Liu has over 15 years of experience in academic R&D in the field of environmental engineering and biochemical engineering. Her principal areas of expertise comprise of both chemical and biological wastewater treatment, fermentation and thermochemical conversion of waste to energy.
In wastewater treatment area, Dr. Liu has been studying on novel reactor design, mechanism study on biofilm formation, sludge microbial community, adsorption, nutrient removal and recovery, and hybrid systems for water reuse and recycling when treating municipal wastewater, industrial wastewater, pharmaceutical wastewater and fats, oils and grease (FOG).
Dr. Liu has published around 50 peer-reviewed journal papers, co-authored 3 book chapters. She is the inventor of 2 patents for biological wastewater treatment. Dr. Liu is also a technical reviewer serving for a number of international journals for years.
