Research in the Guo Lab
Sensing and Removal of PFAS
PFAS is a class of synthetic organofluorine chemicals that are highly persistent and can be bioaccumulated and bring about potential adverse health impacts to human. We aim to develop PFAS detecting methods and efficient adsorbents with enhanced kinetics, selectivity, and capacity to realize trace-level PFAS removal (e.g., from contaminated drinking water). These two techniques together will serve as a powerful tool to ensure water quality and to protect public health.
Resource Recovery from Wastewater
Wastewater is more than just a burden in need of treatment. Recovery of nutrient elements, rare earth elements, or energy from wastewater is all sustainable resource management and is beneficial for potential water reuse. In the Guo Lab, we aim to develop functional materials to keep enhancing the resource recovery efficiencies with a deeper understanding of the recovery mechanism on the molecular level.
Onsite Water and Wastewater Treatment
Decentralized water and wastewater treatment is an important alternative for safe and reliable water management, especially for rural and developing communities. We focus on the development of efficient catalysts for advanced oxidation process (AOP) and the design of the treatment process coupling with other techniques to build up point-of-use water and wastewater treatment devices.