Education

Biography

Research Interest

• Water and wastewater quality
• Biological treatment processes
• Environmental microbiology
• Renewable energy and resource recovery

Scientific Activities

Publications

1. Wu, L, Y. Yang, S. Chen, Z.J. Shi, M. Zhao, Z. Zhu, S. Yang, Y. Qu, Q. Ma, Z. He, J. Zhou, and Q. He. 2017. Microbial functional trait of rRNA operon copy numbers increases with organic levels in anaerobic digesters. ISME J. In press.
2. Wyckoff, K. N., S. Chen, A. J. Steinman, and Q. He. 2017. Impact of roadway stormwater runoff on microbial contamination in the receiving stream. J. Environ. Qual. In press.  
3. Chen, S., H. Cheng, J. Liu, T. C. Hazen, V. Huang, and Q. He. 2017. Unexpected competitiveness of Methanosaeta populations at elevated acetate concentrations in methanogenic treatment of animal wastewater. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 101(4): 1729-1738.
4. Zhang, X., X Liu, Q. He, W. Dong, X. Zhang,  F. Fan,  D. Peng, W. Huang, and H. Yin. 2016. Gene turnover contributes to the evolutionary adaptation of Acidithiobacillus caldus: Insights from comparative genomics. Front. Microbiol. 7: 1960.
5. Wu, L., Y. Yang, S. Chen, M. Zhao, Z. Zhu, S. Yang, Y. Qu, Q. Ma, Z. He, J. Zhou, and Q. He. 2016. Long-term successional dynamics of microbial association networks in anaerobic digestion processes. Water Res. 104: 1-10.
6. Nie, Q., W. Hu, T. Ai, B. Huang, X. Shu, and Q. He. 2016. Strength properties of geopolymers derived from original and desulfurized red mud cured at ambient temperature. Constr. Build. Mater. 125: 905-911.
7. Manka, B. N., J. M. Hathaway, R. A. Tirpak, Q. He, and W. F. Hunt. 2016. Driving forces of effluent nutrient variability in field scale bioretention. Ecol. Eng. 94: 622-628.
8. Chen, S., H. Cheng, K. N. Wyckoff, and Q. He. 2016. Linkages of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes populations to methanogenic process performance. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 43(6): 771-781.
9. Chen, S., and Q. He. 2016. Distinctive non-methanogen archaeal populations in anaerobic digestion. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 100(1): 419-430.
10. Zheng, M., C. He, and Q. He. 2015. Fate of free chlorine in drinking water during distribution in premise plumbing. Ecotoxicology 24(10): 2151-2155.
11. Chen, S., and Q. He. 2015. Persistence of Methanosaeta populations in anaerobic digestion during process instability. J. Ind. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 42(8): 1129-1137.
12. Chen, S., and Q. He. 2015. Enrichment and specific quantification of Methanocalculus in anaerobic digestion. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 120(6): 677-683.
13. Zhang, Z., H. Li, J. Hu, X. Li, Q. He, G. Tian, H. Wang, S. Wang, and B. Wang. 2015. Do microorganism stoichiometric alterations affect carbon sequestration in paddy soil subjected to phosphorus input? Ecol. Appl. 25(3): 866-879.
14. Bowers, B. F., B. Huang, Q. He, X. Shu, X. Jia, and B. C. Miller. 2014. Investigation of sequential dissolution of asphalt binder in common solvents by FTIR and binder fractionation. J. Mater. Civ. Eng.: 27(8): 04014233.
15. Zhang, Z., J. Shen, H. Wang, M. Liu, L. Wu, F. Ping, Q. He, H. Li, C. Zheng, and X. Xu. 2014. Attenuation of veterinary antibiotics in full-scale vermicomposting of swine manure via the housefly larvae (Musca domestica). Sci. Rep. 4: 6844.
16. Nie, Q., C. Zhou, X. Shu, Q. He, and B. Huang. 2014. Chemical, mechanical, and durability properties of concrete with local mineral admixtures under sulfate environment in Northwest China. Materials 7(5): 3772-3785.
17. Li, H., J. Hu, Z. Zhang, H. Wang, F. Ping, C. Zheng, H. Zhang, and Q. He. 2014. Insight into the effect of hydrogenation on efficiency of hydrothermal liquefaction and physico-chemical properties of biocrude oil. Bioresour. Technol. 163: 143-151.
18. Chen, S., Z. Zhu, J. Park, Z. Zhang, and Q. He. 2014. Development of Methanoculleus–specific real-time quantitative PCR assay for assessing methanogen communities in anaerobic digestion. J. Appl. Microbiol. 116(6): 1474-1481.
19. Wang, H., H. Li, Z. Zhang, J. D. Muehlbauer, Q. He, X. Xu, C. Yue, and D. Jiang. 2014. Linking stoichiometric homeostasis of microorganisms with soil phosphorus dynamics in wetlands subjected to microcosm warming. PLoS ONE 9(1): e85575.
20. Liu, M., Z. Zhang, Q. He, H. Wang, X. Li, and J. Schoer. 2014. Exogenous phosphorus inputs alter complexity of soil-dissolved organic carbon in agricultural riparian wetlands. Chemosphere 95: 572-580.
21. Zhang, Z., J. Li, H. Li, H. Wang, J. Zhu, and Q. He. 2013. Dynamic formation of zeolite synthesized from fly ash by alkaline hydrothermal conversion. Waste Manage. Res. 31(11): 1160-1169.
22. Wan, X.-F., J. L. Barnett, F. Cunningham, S. Chen, G. Yang, S. Nash, L.-P. Long, L. Ford, S. Blackmon, Y. Zhang, L. Hanson, and Q. He. 2013. Detection of African swine fever virus-like sequences in ponds in the Mississippi Delta through metagenomic sequencing. Virus Genes 46(3): 441-446.
23. Xu, C., R. Huang, L. Teng, D. Wang, C. L. Hemme, I. Borovok, Q. He, R. Lamed, E. A. Bayer, J. Zhou, and J. Xu. 2013. Structure and regulation of the cellulose degradome in Clostridium cellulolyticum. Biotechnol. Biofuels 6: 73.
24. Zhang, Y. and Q. He. 2013. Characterization of bacterial diversity in drinking water by pyrosequencing. Water Sci. Technol.-Water Supply 13(2): 358-367.
25. Jiang, H.-L., Q. He, Z. He, C. L. Hemme, L. Wu, and J. Zhou. 2013. Continuous cellulosic bioethanol fermentation by cyclic fed-batch co-cultivation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79(5): 1580-1589.
26. Zhu, Z., X. Wang, S. Dai, B. Huang, and Q. He. 2013. Fractional characteristics of coal fly ash for beneficial use. J. Mater. Civ. Eng. 25(1): 63-69.
27. Chen, S., E. M. Zamudio Cañas, Y. Zhang, Z. Zhu, and Q. He. 2012. Impact of substrate overloading on archaeal populations in anaerobic digestion of animal waste. J. Appl. Microbiol. 113(6): 1371-1379.
28. Zhou, A., Y. I. Chen, G. M. Zane, Z. He, C. L. Hemme, M. P. Joachimiak, J. K. Baumohl, Q. He, M. W. Fields, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, T. C. Hazen, and J. Zhou. 2012. Functional characterization of Crp/Fnr- type global transcriptional regulators in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 78(4): 1168-1177.
29. Hemme, C. L., M. W. Fields, Q. He, Y. Deng, L. Lin, Q. Tu, H. Mouttaki, A. Zhou, X. Feng, Z. Zuo, B. D. Ramsay, Z. He, L. Wu, J. Van Nostrand, J. Xu, Y. J. Tang, J. Wiegel, T. J. Phelps, and J. Zhou. 2011. Correlation of genomic and physiological traits of Thermoanaerobacter species with biofuel yields. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77(22): 7998-8008.
30. He, Q., C. L. Hemme, H. Jiang, Z. He, and J. Zhou. 2011. Mechanisms of enhanced cellulosic bioethanol fermentation by co-cultivation of Clostridium and Thermoanaerobacter spp. Bioresour. Technol. 102(20): 9586-9592.
31. Zhou, J., Q. He, C. L. Hemme, A. Mukhopadhyay, K. Hillesland, A. Zhou, Z. He, J. D. Van Nostrand, T. C. Hazen, D. A. Stahl, J. D. Wall, and A. P. Arkin. 2011. How sulfate reducing microorganisms cope with stress: lessons from systems biology. Nat. Rev. Microbiol. 9(6): 452-466.
32. Zhu, Z., M. K. Hsueh, and Q. He. 2011. Enhancing biomethanation of municipal waste sludge with grease trap waste as a co-substrate. Renew. Energy 36(6): 1802-1807.
33. He, Q., and K. Yao. 2011. Impact of alternative electron acceptors on selenium(IV) reduction by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans. Bioresour. Technol. 102(3): 3578-3580.
34. Zhang, Y., E. M. Zamudio Cañas, Z. Zhu, J. L. Linville, S. Chen, and Q. He. 2011. Robustness of archaeal populations in anaerobic co-digestion of dairy and poultry wastes. Bioresour. Technol. 102(2): 779-785.
35. Hemme, C. L., H. Mouttaki, Y.-J. Lee, L. Goodwin, S. Lucas, A. Copeland, A. Lapidus, T. G. del Rio, H. Tice, E. Saunders, T. Brettin, J. C. Detter, C. S. Han, S. Pitluck, M. L. Land, L. J. Hauser, N. Krypides, N. Mikhailova, Z. He, L. Wu, J. D. van Nostrand, B. Henrissat, Q. He, P. A. Lawson, R. S. Tanner, L. R. Lynd, J. Wiegel, M. W. Fields, A. P. Arkin, C. W. Schadt, B. S. Stevenson, M. J. McInerney, Y. Yang, H. Dong, R. L. Huhnke, J. R. Mielenz, S.-Y. Ding, M. E. Himmel, S. Taghavi, D. van der Lelie, E. M. Rubin, and J. Zhou. 2010. Sequencing of multiple Clostridial genomes related to biomass conversion and biofuels production. J. Bacteriol. 192(24): 6494-6496.
36. He, Q., Z. He, D. C. Joyner, M. Joachimiak, M. N. Price, Z. K. Yang, H.-C. B. Yen, C. L. Hemme, W. Chen, M. M. Fields, D. A. Stahl, J. D. Keasling, M. Keller, A. P. Arkin, T. C. Hazen, J. D. Wall, and J. Zhou. 2010. Impact of elevated nitrate on sulfate-reducing bacteria: A comparative study of Desulfovibrio vulgaris. ISME J. 4(11): 1386-1397.
37. Zhou, A., Z. He, A. M. Redding-Johanson, A. Mukhopadhyay, C. L. Hemme, M. P. Joachimiak, F. Luo, Y. Deng, K. S. Bender, Q. He, J. D. Keasling, D. A. Stahl, M. W. Fields, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, and J. Zhou. 2010. Hydrogen peroxide-induced oxidative stress responses in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Environ. Microbiol. 12(10): 2645-2657.
38. He, Z., A. Zhou, E. Baidoo, Q. He, M. P. Joachimiak, P. Benke, R. Phan, A. Mukhopadhyay, C. L. Hemme, K. Huang, E. J. Alm, M. W. Fields, J. Wall, D. Stahl, T. C. Hazen, J. D. Keasling, A. P. Arkin, and J. Zhou. 2010. Global transcriptional, physiological, and metabolite analyses of the responses of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough to salt adaptation. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 76(5): 1574-1586.
39. He, Q., and K. Yao. 2010. Microbial reduction of selenium oxyanions by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans. Bioresour. Technol. 101(10): 3760-3764.
40. Walker, C. B., Z. He, Z. K. Yang, J. A. Ringbauer, Q. He, J. Zhou, G. Voordouw, J. D. Wall, A. P. Arkin, C. Hazen, S. Stolyar, and D. A. Stahl. 2009. The electron transfer system of syntrophically grown Desulfovibrio vulgaris. J. Bacteriol. 191(18): 5793-5801.
41. He, Q., P. M. Lokken, S. Chen, and J. Zhou. 2009. Characterization of the impact of acetate and lactate on ethanolic fermentation by Thermoanaerobacter ethanolicus. Bioresour. Technol. 100(23): 5955-5965.
42. Zhang, Y., X. Zhang, H. Zhang, Q. He, Q. Zhou, Z. Su, and C. Zhang. 2009. Responses of soil bacteria to long-term and short-term cadmium stress as revealed by microbial community analysis. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 82 (3): 367-372.
43. Pereira, P. M., Q. He, F. M. A. Valente, A. V. Xavier, J. Zhou, I. A. C. Pereira, and R. O. Louro. 2008. Energy metabolism in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: insights from transcriptome analysis. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 93(4): 347-362.
44. Pereira, P. M., Q. He, A. V. Xavier, J. Zhou, I. A. C. Pereira, and R. O. Louro. 2008. Transcriptional response of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough to oxidative stress mimicking environmental conditions. Arch. Microbiol. 189(5): 451-461.
45. Butler, J. E., Q. He, K. P. Nevin, Z. He, J. Zhou, and D. R. Lovley. 2007. Genomic and microarray analysis of aromatics degradation in Geobacter metallireducens and comparison to a Geobacter isolate from a contaminated field site. BMC Genomics 8: 180.
46. Stolyar, S., Q. He, M. P. Joachimiak, Z. He, Z. K. Yang, S. E. Borglin, D. C. Joyner, K. Huang, E. Alm, C. Hazen, J. Zhou, J. D. Wall, A. P. Arkin, and D. A. Stahl. 2007. Response of Desulfovibrio vulgaris to alkaline stress. J. Bacteriol. 189(24): 8944-8952.
47. Bender, K. S., H.-C. B. Yen, C. L. Hemme, Z. Yang, Z. He, Q. He, J. Zhou, K. H. Huang, E. J. Alm, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, and J. D. Wall. 2007. Analysis of a ferric uptake regulator (Fur) mutant of Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73(17): 5389-5400.
48. Mukhopadhyay, A., A. M. Redding, M. P. Joachimiak, A. P. Arkin, S. E. Borglin, P. S. Dehal, R. Chakraborty, J. T. Geller, T. C. Hazen, Q. He, D. C. Joyner, V. J. J. Martin, J. D. Wall, Z. K. Yang, J. Zhou, and J. D. Keasling. 2007. Cell wide responses to low oxygen exposure in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. J. Bacteriol. 189(16): 5996-6010.
49. He, Q., K. H. Huang, Z. He, E. J. Alm, M. W. Fields, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, and J. Zhou. 2006. Energetic consequences of nitrite stress in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough inferred from global transcriptional analysis. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(6): 4370-4381.
50. Clark, M. E., Q. He, Z. He, K. H. Huang, E. J. Alm, X.-F. Wan, T. C. Hazen, A. P. Arkin, J. D. Wall, J.-Z. Zhou, and M.W. Fields. 2006. Temporal transcriptomic analysis as Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough transitions into stationary phase during electron donor depletion. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72(8): 5578-5588.
51. Chhabra, S. R., Q. He, K. H. Huang, S. P. Gaucher, E. J. Alm, Z. He, M. Z. Hadi, T. C. Hazen, J. D. Wall,
52. J. Zhou, A. P. Arkin, and A. K. Singh. 2006. Global analysis of heat shock response in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough. J. Bacteriol. 188(5): 1817-1828.
53. Mukhopadhyay, A., Z. He, E. J. Alm, A. P. Arkin, E. E. Baidoo, S. C. Borglin, W. Chen, T. C. Hazen, Q. He, H.-Y. Holman, K. H. Huang, R. Huang, D. C. Joyner, N. Katz, M. Keller, P. Oeller, A. Redding, J. Sun, J. D. Wall, J. Wei, Z. Yang, H.-C. Yen, J. Zhou, and J. D. Keasling. 2006. Salt stress in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough: An integrated genomics approach. J. Bacteriol. 188(11): 4068-4078.
54. He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2004. Acetate threshold concentrations suggest varying energy requirements during anaerobic respiration by Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 70(11): 6940- 6943.
55. He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2004. The generation of high biomass from chlororespiring bacteria using a continuous fed-batch bioreactor. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 65(4): 377-382.
56. He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2003. Characterization of Fe(III) reduction by halorespiring Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69(5): 2712-2718.
57. He, Q., and K. R. Mankin. 2002. Assessing removal kinetics of organic matter in rock-plant filters. Trans. ASAE 45(6): 1771-1778.
58. He, Q., and K. R. Mankin. 2002. Performance variations of COD and nitrogen removal by vegetated submerged-bed wetlands. J. Am. Water Resour. Assoc. 38(6): 1679-1689.
59. He, Q., and R. A. Sanford. 2002. Induction characteristics of reductive dehalogenation in the ortho- halophenol-respiring bacterium, Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans. Biodegradation 13(5): 307-316.
60. He, Q., and K. R. Mankin. 2001. Seasonal variations in hydraulic performance of rock-plant filters. Environ. Technol. 22(9): 991-999.

Books/Book Chapters

1. Zhu, Z. and Q. He. 2014. Characterization of elemental transport from fly ash: A column study. In Huang, B. and S. Zhao (eds), Pavement Materials, Structures, and Performance: pp. 131-139. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia.
2. He, Q., and J. Zhou. 2010. Bioremediation of heavy metals in soil and groundwater: Impact of nitrate as an inhibitor. In Q. He and S.-L. Shen (eds.), Geoenvironmental Engineering and Geotechnics: Progress in Modeling and Applications: pp. 167-180. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia.
3. He, Q., and S.-L. Shen (eds.), 2010. Geoenvironmental Engineering and Geotechnics: Progress in Modeling and Applications. American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, Virginia.