Faculty Profiles - GUO Hongxiao | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Hongxiao GUO
郭洪驍

PhD in Environmental Engineering
Delft University of Technology, 2024

Research Assistant Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

(852) 2358 7152
hongxiaoguo@ust.hk
Room 2200B
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ORCID

0000-0001-8315-2883

ResearcherID

GDO-6408-2022

Scopus ID

56106212900

Research Interest Publications Projects Teaching Assignment

Research Interest

Innovative water and wastewater treatment processes
Solid waste treatment and disposal
Biological sulfur conversion and granular sludge
Environmental engineering
Water pollution identification and control

Publications

All Years 9 2026 2 2025 3 2024 0 2023 3 2022 0 2021 0 2020 1

2026 2

Chronic ciprofloxacin exposure reduces anaerobic digestibility of waste microalgal-bacterial aerobic granular sludge: Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics overview

Water Research, v. 299, p. 1-14, article number 125876
Besharati Fard, Moein; Guo, Hongxiao; De Vrieze, Jo; Wu, Di
Article

WaterMAP: A Scalable Machine Learning Framework for Emission-Factor-Derived Spatiotemporal GHG Prediction and Mitigation in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Environmental Science and Technology, v. 60, (32), p. 22627-22640
Jiang, Jinqi; Wu, Zhijing; Zhang, Guosen; Zhang, Yuwei; Lyu, Yichao; Qu, Shen; Duan, Huabo; Guo, Hongxiao; Xiang, Xiang; Wang, Zongping; Chen, Guanghao; Guo, Gang
Article

2025 3

Redefining separate or integrated food waste and wastewater streams for 29 large cities

Nature Cities, v. 2, (12), p. 1160-1171
Zou, Xu; Zhang, Zi; Xiao, Chengyu; Fan, Liezhong; Feng, Yifeng; Wang, Hongxuan; Deng, Jiayan; Jiang, Chukuan; Zan, Feixiang; Guo, Hongxiao; Chen, Guanghao
Article

Three-dimensional structural matching of conductive polyaniline for exoelectrogenic bacteria to enhance methane production in anaerobic wastewater treatment via direct interspecies electron transfer

Chemical Engineering Journal, v. 520, p. 1-9
Zhou , Jie; Lu, Qiaoling; Wang , Ziyu; Qiu, Bin; GUO, Hongxiao
Article

Transient cavitation enables ultrafast fouling removal in mesh bioreactors for efficient sludge‒liquid separation during wastewater treatment

Nature Water, v. 3, (12), p. 1436-1448
Luo, Yu; Guo, Hongxiao; Guan, Dao; Xu, Huo; Xu, Yucong; Chen, Guanghao
Article

2023 3

A new sulfur bioconversion process development for energy- and space-efficient secondary wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal, v. 473, p. 1-11, article number 145249
Jiang, Chu Kuan; Deng, Yang Fan; GUO, Hongxiao; ZOU, Xu; Chen, Guang Hao; WU, Di
Article

Chlorine Reuse in UV/Electrochemical Oxidation to Advance Sewage Cotreatment of Landfill Leachate

ACS ES and T Water, v. 3, (12), p. 4123-4132
SATO, Yugo; GUO, Hongxiao; Xiang, Yingying; GOH, Jiajie; LUO, Yu; Chen, Guoping; Wang, Junjian; Chen, Guanghao
Article

Physics-informed neural network-based serial hybrid model capturing the hidden kinetics for sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification process

Water Research, v. 243, p. 1-13, article number 120331
ZOU, Xu; GUO, Hongxiao; Jiang, Chu Kuan; Nguyen, Duc Viet; Chen, Guang Hao; WU, Di
Article

2020 1

Overview of key operation factors and strategies for improving fermentative volatile fatty acid production and product regulation from sewage sludge

Journal of Environmental Sciences, v. 87, p. 93-111
Fang, Wei; Zhang, Xuedong; Zhang, Panyue; Wan, Jijun; GUO, Hongxiao; Ghasimi, Dara S.M.; Zhang, Tao
Article

Article 2

Chronic ciprofloxacin exposure reduces anaerobic digestibility of waste microalgal-bacterial aerobic granular sludge: Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics overview

Water Research, v. 299, p. 1-14, article number 125876
Besharati Fard, Moein; Guo, Hongxiao; De Vrieze, Jo; Wu, Di

WaterMAP: A Scalable Machine Learning Framework for Emission-Factor-Derived Spatiotemporal GHG Prediction and Mitigation in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Environmental Science and Technology, v. 60, (32), p. 22627-22640
Jiang, Jinqi; Wu, Zhijing; Zhang, Guosen; Zhang, Yuwei; Lyu, Yichao; Qu, Shen; Duan, Huabo; Guo, Hongxiao; Xiang, Xiang; Wang, Zongping; Chen, Guanghao; Guo, Gang

Article 3

Redefining separate or integrated food waste and wastewater streams for 29 large cities

Nature Cities, v. 2, (12), p. 1160-1171
Zou, Xu; Zhang, Zi; Xiao, Chengyu; Fan, Liezhong; Feng, Yifeng; Wang, Hongxuan; Deng, Jiayan; Jiang, Chukuan; Zan, Feixiang; Guo, Hongxiao; Chen, Guanghao

Three-dimensional structural matching of conductive polyaniline for exoelectrogenic bacteria to enhance methane production in anaerobic wastewater treatment via direct interspecies electron transfer

Chemical Engineering Journal, v. 520, p. 1-9
Zhou , Jie; Lu, Qiaoling; Wang , Ziyu; Qiu, Bin; GUO, Hongxiao

Transient cavitation enables ultrafast fouling removal in mesh bioreactors for efficient sludge‒liquid separation during wastewater treatment

Nature Water, v. 3, (12), p. 1436-1448
Luo, Yu; Guo, Hongxiao; Guan, Dao; Xu, Huo; Xu, Yucong; Chen, Guanghao

Article 3

A new sulfur bioconversion process development for energy- and space-efficient secondary wastewater treatment

Chemical Engineering Journal, v. 473, p. 1-11, article number 145249
Jiang, Chu Kuan; Deng, Yang Fan; GUO, Hongxiao; ZOU, Xu; Chen, Guang Hao; WU, Di

Chlorine Reuse in UV/Electrochemical Oxidation to Advance Sewage Cotreatment of Landfill Leachate

ACS ES and T Water, v. 3, (12), p. 4123-4132
SATO, Yugo; GUO, Hongxiao; Xiang, Yingying; GOH, Jiajie; LUO, Yu; Chen, Guoping; Wang, Junjian; Chen, Guanghao

Physics-informed neural network-based serial hybrid model capturing the hidden kinetics for sulfur-driven autotrophic denitrification process

Water Research, v. 243, p. 1-13, article number 120331
ZOU, Xu; GUO, Hongxiao; Jiang, Chu Kuan; Nguyen, Duc Viet; Chen, Guang Hao; WU, Di

Article 1

Overview of key operation factors and strategies for improving fermentative volatile fatty acid production and product regulation from sewage sludge

Journal of Environmental Sciences, v. 87, p. 93-111
Fang, Wei; Zhang, Xuedong; Zhang, Panyue; Wan, Jijun; GUO, Hongxiao; Ghasimi, Dara S.M.; Zhang, Tao

2020 1

Overview of key operation factors and strategies for improving fermentative volatile fatty acid production and product regulation from sewage sludge

Journal of Environmental Sciences, v. 87, p. 93-111
Fang, Wei; Zhang, Xuedong; Zhang, Panyue; Wan, Jijun; GUO, Hongxiao; Ghasimi, Dara S.M.; Zhang, Tao
Article

No Publications

Teaching Assignment

2026-27 Fall 0 2025-26 Summer 0 2025-26 Spring 1 2025-26 Winter 0 2025-26 Fall 0 2024-25 Summer 0

CIVL3420

Water and Wastewater Engineering

No Teaching Assignments

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

All Projects 2

No Projects.
Mechanistic Insights on Synergistic Enhancement of Methanogenesis via In-situ Thiosulfate Synthesis in Micro-aerobic/anaerobic Cascade Digestion of Sludge

污泥微-厭氧級聯消化中硫代硫酸鹽原位合成協同強化產甲烷調控機制研究 Leading

National Natural Science Foundation of China
Project Team (HKUST)
GUO Hongxiao (Lead)
2026 -
Mechanistic Insights into Volatile Fatty Acids Production from Waste Activated Sludge via Seawater Brine Enhanced Electrochemical Pretreatment - Anaerobic Fermentation Process

海水淡化濃鹽水強化剩余污泥電化學預處理-厭氧發酵產酸調控機制 Leading

State Key Laboratory of Urban-rural Water Resources and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology
Project Team (HKUST)
GUO Hongxiao (Lead)
2025 -

Research Interest

Publications

2026 2

2025 3

2023 3

2020 1

Article 2

Article 3

Article 3

Article 1

2020 1

Teaching Assignment

Projects

From January 2024 to December 2026

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