About Me

Hi, I’m Zicheng, a postdoctoral researcher at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), University of Queensland. My work revolves around tackling one of the trickiest environmental challenges—PFAS, the infamous “forever chemicals” that just don’t want to leave! I specialise in removing them from tricky environments like biosolids, soil, and landfill leachate. Right now, I’m leading a pilot project on PFAS removal and working to bring PFAS sorption technologies from the lab to the real world.

Before my postdoc, I did my PhD at UQ’s Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology (ACWEB), where I dived deep into the fascinating world of novel nitrogen cycle microorganisms. Science has always been my playground, and I love finding creative ways to turn research into real solutions for a cleaner planet.

Portfolio

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  Peer-Reviewed Publications

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  • [8] "Minimal data required in reporting new sorbents for removing ‘forever chemicals’"
    Zicheng Su, Zhuojing Yang, Kehan Liu, Chunrong Yu, Jianhua Guo, and Cheng Zhang (2025)
    Nat. Rev. Mater. [published]

  • [7] "Kinetic and Physiological Characterization of Acidophilic Nitrobacter spp. in a Nitrite-Oxidizing Culture"
    Zicheng Su, Tianyi Zhang, Tao Liu, Min Zheng, and Jianhua Guo (2025)
    Environ. Sci. Technol. [published]

  • [6] "Enrichment and identification of a moderately acidophilic nitrite-oxidizing bacterium"
    Jun Xia, Chen Cai, Tao Liu, Zicheng Su, Zhiguo Yuan, and Min Zheng* (2025)
    Water Research X [published]

  • [5] "Metabolic interactions of a minimal bacterial consortium drive robust nitritation at acidic pH"
    Gaofeng Ni, Zicheng Su, Yu Wang, Zhiyao Wang, Mengxiong Wu, Zhengshuang Hua, Shihu Hu, Zhiguo Yuan, Jianhua Guo, Chris Greening, and Min Zheng* (2023)
    bioRxiv [Preprint]

  • [4] "Nitrite Oxidation in Wastewater Treatment: Microbial Adaptation and Suppression Challenges"
    Zicheng Su, Tao Liu, Jianhua Guo, and Min Zheng* (2023)
    Environ. Sci. Technol. [published, Critical Review]

  • [3] "Adaptation of anammox process for nitrogen removal from acidic nitritation effluent in a low pH moving bed biofilm reactor"
    Zhetai Hu, Tao Liu, Zicheng Su, Jing Zhao, Jianhua Guo, Shihu Hu, Zhiguo Yuan, and Min Zheng* (2023)
    Water Research [published]

  • [2] "Selective Enrichment of Comammox Nitrospira in a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor with Sufficient Oxygen Supply"
    Jing Zhao, Min Zheng*, Zicheng Su, Tao Liu, Jie Li, Jianhua Guo, Zhiguo Yuan, and Shihu Hu (2022)
    Environ. Sci. Technol. [published]

  • [1] "Comammox Nitrospira Bacteria Are Dominant Ammonia Oxidizers in Mainstream Nitrification Bioreactors Emended with Sponge Carriers"
    Tuo Huang, Jun Xia, Tao Liu, Zicheng Su, Yuntao Guan, Jianhua Guo, Chengwen Wang*, and Min Zheng* (2022)
    Environ. Sci. Technol. [published]

  Experience

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  Acadamic:

  • Tutor, Environmental Systems (ENVE2501), the University of Queensland, 2023
  • Research Intern, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (IUE), 2020-2021

  Conference:

  • the Eighth International Conference on Nitrofication and Related Processes (ICoN8), Princeton University, 2023
  • the Tenth IWA Microbial Ecology and Water Engineering Specialist Conference (MEWE 2023), Brisbane, 2023

  Awards

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