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Research project

Environmental Biotechnology Innovation Centre

Staff

Lead researchers

Emeritus Professor Sonia Heaven

Professor of Environmental Engineering
Research interests
  • Current research interests are in the use of biological systems for energy production, biomas…
Connect with Sonia

Email: S.Heaven@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Yue Zhang

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Anaerobic digestion (AD) for organic waste management and renewable energy production, especi…
  • Mixed-culture fermentation for bio-based chemical production with integration of downstream r…
  • CO2 biomethanisation, especially in-situ hydrogen addition new project to be created
Connect with Yue

Email: Y.ZHANG@soton.ac.uk

Dr Yongqiang Liu

Associate Professor
Research interests
  • Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment 
  • Biofilm 
  • Anaerobic digestion 
Connect with Yongqiang

Email: Y.Liu@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

What is environmental biotechnology? Although widely applied, a clear definition of the term is still needed
Sonia Heaven, Sigrid Kusch-Brandt, Louise Byfield, Angela Bywater, Frederic Coulon, Tom P. Curtis, Tony Gutierrez, Adrian Higson & Jhuma Sadhukhan, 2025, Environments, 12(10)
DOI: 10.3390/environments12100393
Type: article