Yu (Rain) Miao

Selected Publications

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Graduate and Undergraduate student co-authors who are currently or formerly supervised by R. Miao are respectively denoted by superscripts “*”, “**” and “^”. Corresponding Author is marked with superscript “+”. Co-First Author is marked with superscript “#”

1. Kharel, M., Tian, M.**, Vu, T.*, Miao, Y., Zhang, W. “PFAS in plant-biosolids-soil systems: Distribution, fractionation, and effects on soil microbial communities”. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2025, 497, 139754.
2. Wang, S., Wang, S., Zhang, K., Jiang, Z., Chen, Z., Miao, Y.⁺, Huang, K., Hu, C., Wang, Zhu. “Nano Fe₃O₄-modified graphene enhancing the removal of sulfamethoxazole under anaerobic digestion and sulfate reduction conditions through improved direct interspecies electron transfer”. Bioresource Technology, 2025, 429, 132503
3. Wang, S., Jiang, Z., Zhao, L., Zhang, K., Chen, Z., Li, S., Miao, Y., Hu, C., Wang, Z. “Combined semi-continuous feeding and stripping: Improving volatile fatty acid production and sulfate reduction in a two-phase anaerobic sulfate reduction system”. Environmental Research, 2025, 276, 121485
4. Wang, S., Deng, Y., Zhang, K., Jiang, Z., Chen, Y., Miao, Y.⁺, Huang, K., Hu, C., Wang, Z. “Volatile fatty acids production and sulfur metabolism pathways altered in a two-phase anaerobic sulfate-reducing system due to high organic and sulfate loading rates”. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2025, 70, 106948
5. Gao, L., Wang, X., Wang, Y., Xu, X., Miao, Y., Shi, P., Jia, S. “Refractory wastewater shapes bacterial assembly and key taxa during long-term acclimatization”. Water Research, 2024, 265, 122246
6. Wang, S., Zhang, K., Miao, Y.⁺, Wang, Z. “The enhancement of anammox by graphene-based and iron-based nanomaterials in performance and mechanisms”. Npj Clean Water, 2024, 7 (1), 100
7. Gamlin, J., Caird, R., Sachdeva, N., Miao, Y., Walecka-Hutchison, C., Mahendra, S., De Long, S. “Developing a microbial community structure index (MCSI) as an approach to evaluate and optimize bioremediation performance”. Biodegradation, 2024, 35, 993-1006
8. Zhang, K., Deng, Y., Wang, S., Huang, K., Chen, Y., Jiang, Z., Miao, Y., Hu, C., Wang, Z. “Cross-feeding promotes strong ammonia resilience in the high-sulfate wastewater treatment system”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024, 447, 141603
9. Zhang, K., Miao, Y.⁺, Zou, J., Wang, S., Hu, C., Wang, Z. “The start-up of anammox system inoculated with sludge overwhelmingly dominated by Candidatus Competibacter: System performance and microbial community succession”. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2024, 57, 104605
10. Miao, Y.⁺, Zhou, T., Zheng, X., Mahendra, S. “Investigating Biodegradation of 1, 4-Dioxane by Groundwater and Soil Microbiomes: Insights into Microbial Ecology and Process Prediction”. ACS ES&T Water, 2023, 3c00185
11. Miao, Y., Colosimo, F., Mouser, P., De Long, S., Hanson Rhoades, A. “Editorial: Emerging Microbiological Processes and Tools that Shine in Pilot-and Field-Scale Environmental Engineering Applications”. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023, 14, 1222
12. Ramos, P., Chetrit, E., Yehuda, N., Kogan, D., Miao, Y., Nativ-Roth, E., Kushmaro, A., Berkovich, R., Mahendra, S., Gottlieb, M. “Physical and antimicrobial properties of chitosan/silver nanoparticle composite hydrogels: role of the crosslinker”. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2022, 11, 1, 133-143.
13. Ramos, P., Kwok, I.Y., Ngo, J., Zgonc, D., Miao, Y., Pornwongthong, P., Blotevogel, J., Mahendra, S. “A, B, Cs of 1,4-dioxane removal from water: Adsorption, biodegradation, and catalysis”. Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2022, 29, 100386.
14. Hung, W.C., Miao, Y., Truong, N., Jay, J., Mahendra, S., Jones, A. “Tracking antibiotic resistance through the environment near a biosolid Spreading Ground: resistome changes, distribution, and metal(loid) co-selection”. Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 153570.
15. Miao, Y., Heintz, M.B., Bell, C.H., Johnson, N.W., Polasko, A., Favero, D., Mahendra, S. “Profiling microbial community structures in biostimulation and bioaugmentation strategies for treating 1,4-dioxane contaminated groundwater”. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 124457.
16. Polasko, A.^#, Miao, Y.^#, Kwok, I., Park, K., Park, J.O., Mahendra, S. “Vinyl Chloride and 1,4-Dioxane Metabolism by Pseudonocardia dioxanivorans CB1190”. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2021, 2, 100039.
17. Chen, R.^#, Miao, Y.^#, Liu, Y., Zhang, L., Zhong, M., Adams, J.M., Dong, Y., Mahendra, S. “Identification of novel 1,4-dioxane degraders and related genes from activated sludge by taxonomic and functional gene sequence analysis”. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 125157.
18. Pica, N.E., Miao, Y., Johnson, N.W., Ramos, P., Mahendra, S., Blotevogel, Jens. “Bioelectrochemical treatment of 1,4-dioxane in the presence of chlorinated solvents: Design, process, and sustainability considerations”. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9 (8), 3172–3182.
19. Zhang, L., Johnson, N.W., Miao, Y., Liu, Y., Li, Z., Chen, R., Chen, H., Zhong, M., Li, Z., Dong, Y., Mahendra, S. “Biodegradation mechanisms of sulfonamides and corresponding antibiotics resistance genes by Phanerochaete chrysosporium – luffa fiber system at the transcriptome level”. Chemosphere, 2020, 266, 129194.
20. Li, J., Liang, Y., Miao, Y., Wang, D., Shi, P., Jia, S. “Metagenomic insights into aniline effects on microbial community and biological sulfate reduction pathways during anaerobic treatment of high-sulfate wastewater”. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 742, 140537.
21. Miao, Y., Johnson, N.W., Phan, T., Heck, K., Gedalanga, P.B., Zheng, X.R., Adamson, D., Newell, C., Wong, M.S., Mahendra, S. “Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction of Microbial Shifts in Coupled Catalysis and Biodegradation Treatment for 1,4-Dioxane and Co-contaminants”. Water Research, 2020, 173, 115540.
22. Horst, J.F., Bell, C.H., Lorenz, A., Heintz, M., Miao, Y., Saling, J., Favero, D., Mahendra, S. “Bioremediation of 1,4-dioxane: Successful demonstration of in situ and ex situ approaches”. Groundwater Monitoring & Remediation, 2019, 39 (4), 15-24.
23. Berger, A.W., Valenca, R., Miao, Y., Ravi, S., Mahendra, S., Mohanty, S. “Biochar increases nitrate removal capacity of woodchip biofilters during high-intensity rainfall”. Water Research, 2019, 165, 115008.
24. Li, J., Cai, M.H., Miao, Y., Luo, G., Li, W.T., Li, Y., Li, A.M. “Bacterial community structure and predicted function in an acidogenic sulfate-reducing reactor: effect of organic carbon to sulfate ratios”. Bioresource Technology, 2019, 293, 122020.
25. Miao, Y., Johnson, N.W., Gedalanga, P.B., Adamson, D., Newell, C., Mahendra, S. “Response and recovery of microbial communities subjected to oxidative and biological treatments of 1,4-dioxane and co-contaminants”. Water Research, 2019, 149, 74-85.
26. Miao, Y., Johnson, N.W., Heck, K., Guo, S.J., Powell, C.D., Phan, T., Gedalanga, P.B., Adamson, D.T., Newell, C.J., Wong, M.S., Mahendra, S. “Microbial responses to combined oxidation and catalysis treatment of 1,4-dioxane and co-contaminants in groundwater and soil”. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2018, 12 (5), 1-13.
27. Miao, Y., Zhang, X.X., Jia, S.Y., Liao, R.H., Li, A.M. “Comprehensive analyses of functional bacteria and genes in a denitrifying EGSB reactor under Cd(II) stress”. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018, 102 (19), 8551-8560.
28. Liao, R., Miao, Y., Li, J., Li, Y., Wang, Z., Du, J., Li, Y., Li, A., Shen, H. “Temperature dependence of denitrification microbial communities and functional genes in an expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating nitrate-rich wastewater”. RSC Advances, 2018, 8 (73), 42087-42094.
29. Zhao, L.D., Lu, X., Polasko, A., Johnson, N.W., Miao, Y., Yang, Z.M., Mahendra, S., Gu, B.H. “Co-contaminant effects on 1,4-dioxane biodegradation in packed soil column flow-through systems”. Environmental Pollution, 2018, 243, 573-581.
30. Miao, Y., Guo, X.C., Jiang, W., Zhang, X.X., Wu, B. “Mechanisms of microbial community structure and biofouling shifts under multivalent cations stress in membrane bioreactors”. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2017, 327, 89-96.
31. Miao, Y., Wang, Z., Liao, R.H., Shi, P., Li, A.M. “Assessment of phenol effect on microbial community structure and function in an anaerobic denitrifying process treating high concentration nitrate wastewater”. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 330, 757-763.
32. Jia, S.Y., Zhang, X.X., Miao, Y., Zhao, Y.T., Ye, L., Li, B., Zhang, T. “Fate of antibiotic resistance genes and their associations with bacterial community in livestock breeding wastewater and its receiving river water”. Water Research, 2017, 124, 259-268.
33. Gedalanga, P., Madison, A., Miao, Y., Richards, T., Hatton, J., DiGuiseppi, W.H., Wilson, J., Mahendra, S. “A multiple lines of evidence framework to evaluate intrinsic biodegradation of 1,4-dioxane”. Remediation Journal, 2016, 27 (1), 93-114.
34. Miao, Y., Liao, R.H., Zhang, X.X., Wang, Y., Wang, Z., Shi, P., Liu, B., Li, A.M. “Metagenomic insights into Cr(VI) effect on microbial communities and functional genes of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating high-nitrate wastewater”. Water Research, 2015, 76, 43-52.
35. Miao, Y., Liao, R.H., Zhang, X.X., Liu, B., Li, Y., Wu, B., Li, A.M. “Metagenomic insights into salinity effect on diversity and abundance of denitrifying bacteria and genes in an expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating high-nitrate wastewater”. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2015, 277, 116-123.
36. Guo, X.C.^#, Miao, Y.^#, Wu, B., Ye, L., Yu, H.Y., Liu, S., Zhang, X.X. “Correlation between microbial community structure and biofouling as determined by analysis of microbial community dynamics”. Bioresource Technology, 2015, 197, 99-105.
37. Shi, P., Ma, R., Zhou, Q., Li, A.M., Wu, B., Miao, Y., Chen, X., Zhang, X.X. “Chemical and bioanalytical assessments on drinking water treatments by quaternized magnetic microspheres”. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2015, 285, 53-60.
38. Jia, S.Y., He, X.W., Bu, Y.Q., Shi, P., Miao, Y., Zhou, H.P., Shan, Z.J., Zhang, X.X. “Environmental fate of tetracycline resistance genes originating from swine feedlots in river water”. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes, 2014, 49 (8), 624-631.
39. Liao, R.H., Li, Y., Wang, Z., Miao, Y., Shen, K., Shi, P., Ma, Y., Li, W.T., Li, A.M. “454 pyrosequencing analysis on microbial diversity of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor treating high NaCl and nitrate concentration wastewater”. Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 2014, 19 (1), 183-190.
40. Liao, R.H., Li, Y., Yu, X.M., Shi, P., Wang, Z., Shen, K., Shi, Q.Q., Miao, Y., Li, W.T., Li, A.M. “Performance and microbial diversity of an expanded granular sludge bed reactor for high sulfate and nitrate waste brine treatment”. Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2014, 26 (4), 717-725.
41. Wang, Z., Zhang, X.X., Huang, K.L., Miao, Y., Shi, P., Liu, B., Long, C., Li, A.M. “Metagenomic profiling of antibiotic resistance genes and mobile genetic elements in a tannery wastewater treatment plant”. PloS ONE, 2013, 8 (10).
42. Liao, R.H., Miao, Y., Hong, Y., Li, Y.M., Shen, Z.Y., Wang, Z.M. “Nitrate reduction using nanoscale zero valent iron supported by porous suspended ceramsite”. Advanced Materials Research, 2013, 726, 677-682.

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