Chang-Ping Yu

 Education

Ph.D., Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University

B.S., Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University

 Working Experiences

Adjunct Professor, Xiamen University

Professor, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Post Doc Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia

Post Doc Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering and Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University

Post Doc Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Center for Environmental Biotechnology, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

 Specialization

Environmental Biotechnology

Microbial Ecology

Bioenergy Development

Bioremediation

Bioelectrochemical Systems

 Teaching Courses

Environmental Risk Analysis and Practice

Biological Treatment Processes

Water Pollution Control 

 Research Interests

Application of environmental biotechnology 

Biogeochemical processes of urban and peri-urban ecosystems

Bioremediation and biodegradation of organic pollutants

Waste reuse technology and bioenergy development

 Lab

Pollution Control and Resource Recovery Lab  3366-3366  ext.55121

• Associate Editor of Chemosphere
• Associate Editor of Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
• President of Taiwan Society of Microbial Ecology
• Academic Career Advancement Award, College of Engineering, National Taiwan University (2023)

 SCI or SSCI Journal Papers

• Chao-Chin Chang, Chun-Wei Yeh, Chang-Ping Yu (2023, Oct). Scaling up 3D-printed urine microbial fuel cells with the membrane electrode assembly. Journal of Power Sources, 582, 233549.
• Chung-Yu Guan, Yen-Lin Kao, Pei-Hsun Wu, Chang-Ping Yu (2023, Oct). Valorization of heavy metal-adsorbed microalgae from a membrane bioreactor for levulinic acid production. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11, 110852.
• Van Toi Pham, Chung-Yu Guan, Po-Chun Han, Babasaheb M Matsagar, Kevin CW Wu, Tansir Ahamad, Ching-Yuan Chang, Chang-Ping Yu (2023, Jun). Acid catalyzed hydrothermal treatment of sewage sludge: effects of reaction temperature and acid concentration on the production of hydrolysis by-products. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 13, 7533-7546.
• Chao-Chin Chang, Shiue-Lin Li, Zhong-Xian Wu, Chang-Ping Yu (2023, Feb). Developing a novel computer numerical control-fabricated laminar-flow microfluidic microbial fuel cells as the bioelectro-chemical sensor and power source: Enrichment, operation, and Cr(VI) detection. Biosensors & Bioelectronics, 226, 115119.
• Thanh Ngoc-Dan Cao, Chao-Chin Chang, Hussnain Mukhtar, Qian Sun, Yan Li, Chang-Ping Yu (2022, Dec). Employment of osmotic pump as a novel feeding system to operate the laminar-flow microfluidic microbial fuel cell. Environmental Research, 215, 114347.
• Chao-Chin Chang, Chang-Ping Yu (2022, Jun). Impact of cathodic biofouling on the uneven performance of individual units and scale-up power efficiency in parallel-connected air-cathode microbial fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources, 532, 231347.
•  Chao-Chin Chang, Yu-Chun Chen, Chang-Ping Yu (2022, Mar). Microbial community dynamics in electroactive biofilms across time under different applied anode potentials.Sustainable Environment Research, 32, 19.
• Natagarn Tongphanpharn, Chih-Huang Chou, Chung-Yu Guan, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, Nov). Plant microbial fuel cells with Oryza rufipogon and Typha orientalis for remediation of cadmium contaminated soil. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 24, 102030.
• Pei-Hsun Wu, Tsung-Min Hsieh, Hung-Yu Wu, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, Oct). Characterization of the immobilized algae-based bioreactor with external ceramic ultrafiltration membrane to remove nutrients from the synthetic secondary wastewater effluent. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 164, 105309.
• Van Toi Pham, Pei-Hsun Wu, Chung-Yu Guan, Chia-Chi Chang, Bo-Liang Liu, Ching-Yuan Chang, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, Sep). Biogas production and microbial communities in the anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge under hydrothermal pretreatment with air and a catalyst. BioEnergy Research, 14(3), 828-843. 
• Subed Chandra Dev Sharma, Jiangwei Li, Anyi Hu, Chao-Chin Chang, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, May). Integration of pre-colonized and mediator immobilized mixed culture for the improvement of pre-colonized and mediator immobilized mixed culture for the improvement of electricity production of microbial fuel cells. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 22, 101514.
• Chung-Yu Guan, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, Apr). Evaluation of plant microbial fuel cells for urban green roofs in a subtropical metropolis. Science of The Total Environment, 765, 142786.
• Chao-Chin Chang, Shiue-Lin Li, Anyi Hu, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, Mar). Long-term operation of bio-catalyzed cathodes within continuous flow membrane-less microbial fuel cells. Chemosphere, 266, 129059.
• Pin-Hsueh Wu, Yan Li, Pei-Hsun Wu, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, Feb). Microbial fuel cell-driven alkaline thermal hydrolysis for pretreatment of wastewater containing high concentrations of tetracycline in the cathode chamber. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9, 104659.
• Pei-Hsun Wu, Hsin-Yi Yeh, Pei-Hsin Chou, Wen-Wei Hsiao, Chang-Ping Yu (2021, Feb). Algal extracellular organic matter mediated photocatalytic degradation of estrogens. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 209, 111818.
• Chao-Chin Chang, Wade Kao, Chang-Ping Yu (2020, Oct). Assessment of voltage reversal effects in the serially connected biocathode-based microbial fuel cells through treatment performance, electrochemical and microbial community analysis. Chemical Engineering Journal, 397, 125368.
• Chung-Yu Guan, Season S Chen, Tzong-Huei Lee, Chang-Ping Yu, Daniel CW Tsang (2020, Jul). Valorization of biomass from plant microbial fuel cells into levulinic acid by using liquid/solid acids
• Yang Wu, Chia-Chi Chang, Chung-Yu Guan, Chao-Chin Chang, Jiang-Wei Li, Ching-Yuan Chang, Chang-Ping Yu (2019, Aug). Enhanced removal of ammonium from the aqueous solution using a high-gravity rotating packed bed loaded with clinoptilolite. Separation and Purification Technology , 221, 378- 384.
• Chung-Yu Guan, Anyi Hu, Chang-Ping Yu (2019, Jun). Stratified chemical and microbial characteristics between anode and cathode after long-term operation of plant microbial fuel cells for remediation of metal contaminated soils. Science of The Total Environment, 670, 585-594.
• Pei-Hsun Wu, Yi-Ching Cheng, Haon-Yao Chen, Ti-wen Chueh, Hui-Chen Chen, Li-Hsun Huang, Zhong-Xian Wu, Tsung-Min Hsieh, Chao-Chin Chang, Ping-Yi Yang, Cheng-Fang Lin, Chang-Ping Yu (2019, May). Using the entrapped bioprocess as the pretreatment method for the drinking water treatment receiving eutrophic source water. Environmental Pollution, 248, 57-65.
• Chung-Yu Guan, Yi-Ho Tseng, Daniel C.W. Tsang, Anyi Hu, Chang-Ping Yu (2019, Mar). Wetland plant microbial fuel cells for remediation of hexavalent chromium contaminated soils and electricity production. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 365, 137-145.
• Shiue-Lin Li, Yu-Jie Wang, Yu-Chun Chen, Shiu-Mei Liu, Chang-Ping Yu (2019, Mar). Chemical characteristics of electron shuttles affect extracellular electron transfer: Shewanella decolorationis NTOU1 simultaneously exploiting acetate and mediators. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, 399.

• Fernando Pacheco Torgal, J. A. Labrincha, M. V. Diamanti, C.-P. Yu, H. K. Lee. (edit) Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil Engineering. Springer International Publishing
  2015.
• Cuijie Feng, Subed Chandra Dev Sharma, Chang-Ping Yu*. Microbial Fuel Cells for Wastewater Treatment. In Biotechnologies and Biomimetics for Civil Engineering, 411-437. Springer International Publishing 2015.
• Qian Sun, Min Lv, Mingyue Li, Chang-Ping Yu*. Personal Care Products in the Aquatic Environment in China. In The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Springer International Publishing 2014.