4/4/2023
Our research group is looking for a post-doc researcher working on the phytoremediation. Please contact Bo for detailed information
7/1/2022
Our research group received three years of continued support from Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund to work on the phytoremediation of road de-icing salt.
7/1/2022
Welcome Laura Bender to join our group as our new Post-Doc researcher.
6/1/2022
Fatemah and Aldriana finished their degree programs. Congratulations and good luck to your future!
3/1/2022
Our group received funding supports from USDA to collaborate with University of Pennsylvania on cattle feed improvement with fungal fermentation.
1/21/2022
Welcome to the group Chia-Yang Chen! Chia-Yang as a Postdoc will be co-mentored with Professor Sara Heger.
1/21/2022
Kristin Boardman and Sarman Gultom joined the group as a master and a PhD students. Welcome!
September 2021
Welcome to the group Daniel Jurado and Dr. Adriana Alvarez De La. Daniel is starting his MS degree and Adriana will be working as a Postdoc.
7/1/2019
Dr. Xiao Sun joined the group to work as a Postdoc. Welcome Xiao!
2/13/2019
Leif van Lierop has joined our group as a PhD student. Welcome Leif!
9/14/2018
Tanner re-joins our research group to work on his PhD. Welcome back!
9/4/2018
Our group received funding supports from National Science Foundation to work on animal feed productioins from corn ethanol coproducts.
8/21/2018
Laura (Xin) Zhang sucessfully defended her PhD dissertation. Congratulations!
8/1/2018
Yuchuan Wang left our group to become a PhD graduate student at UIUC. Good luck to your new adventure!
7/12/2018
Dr. Hongjian Lin finished his PostDoc training and found a professor positioin at Zhejiang University. Good luck to your new job!
7/1/2018
Dr. Lingkan Ding joined our research group to work on the anaerobic digestion of food wastes. Welcome!
5/31/2018
Aravindan Rajandran finished his PostDoc training and left the group. We will miss you and good luck to your new job!
4/1/2018
Fatemeh Haidari joined our research group to work on the fungal fermentation of rapeseed meal for animal feeds. Welcome!
3/5/2018
We are currently recruiting a PostDoc researcher, focusing on anaerobic digestion and bioprocess development. Please contact [email protected] if you are interested.
1/10/2018
Tanner Barnharst and Yuchuan Wang sucessfully defended their master dissertations. Congratulations!
12/31/2017
Carlos Zamalloa finished his PostDoc training and left the group. We will miss you and good luck to your new job!
11/03/2017
Our group made 8 oral presentations at AICHE annual meeting to disserminate our research, and Dr. Hu chaired the algae harvesting session.
10/15/2017
BioBriEF reported our research to improve DDGS as animal feeds. https://bbe.umn.edu/sites/bbe.umn.edu/files/biobrief-issue-13-fall-090517.pdf
08/15/2017
Journal of Chemical and Biotechnology put our research findings on their cover on the June 2017 issue. Researcher Aravindan Rajandran, undergraduate student Tyler Fox and Bo Hu are the authors on this research. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jctb.2017.92.issue-7/issuetoc
07/01/2017
BioBriEF reported our research on environmental bioremeidation. https://bbe.umn.edu/sites/bbe.umn.edu/files/biobrief_issue_11_summer2016.pdf
07/1/2017
Prof. Bo Hu and his team have been working on modifying septic systems to improve the romoval of pollutants such as carbon and phosphorus. The research has been focused on design, operation and optimisation of microbial electrochemical septic tanks at lab-scale and pilot-scale. This is a short video about the Pilot scale experiments carried out at the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant in St. Paul.
05/11/2017
Cris succesfully defended his Ph.D. research. His dissertation topic was "Value Addition and Nutrient Recovery from Ethanol Coproducts" and his committee members were Dr. Hu, Dr. Ruan, Dr. Tschirner, and Dr. Urriola (Animal Science/UMN).
02/15/2017
Dr. Hu and Cris attended the MnDRIVE Evening of Discovery event at Minnesota History Center.
UMN president, Dr. Eric Kaler, stopped by the poster and we had a good talk on phytate chemistry.
Thanks to MnDRIVE for the continuous support to our research!
04/25/2017
Dr. Hu, Carlos, Hongjian, and Ara attended the MnDRIVE Mini Symposium on Bioremediation at Barr Engineering in Minneapolis. They presented their work on the development of novel septic systems, electrochemical systems to treat wastewater, and the utilization of artificial lichens to add value to different wastewaters.
01/26/2017
Dr. Hu, Ara, Yanmei and Cris attended the MN Ag Expo in Mankato and presented a poster on yeast genetic engineering to improve DDGS amino acid profile.
Thanks to MN Corn Growers Association for the continuous support to our research!
12/06/2016
Laura, Cris, and Tanner are finalists for the DOW Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Award 2016. Tanner's and Cris's proposal focused on the Application of Artificial Lichens in Agricultural and Feed Systems and Laura's proposal was to develop an Economical Production of Sustainable Fertilizers from Animal Manure. Congratulations to Laura and her runner-up prize!
