Faculty Profile
Wendong Tao

Wendong Tao

Professor

422 Baker Lab

ResearchPage and info for prospective applicants

Research Areas

Ecological engineering and sustainable wastewater treatment (constructed wetland and similarly constructed ecosystems, anammox-based nitrogen removal processes, treatment mechanisms);

Environmental engineering and resource recovery from bioresidues (anaerobic digestion, ammonia recovery, struvite recovery, kinetics and microbial ecology of treatment systems, slow pyrolysis and biochar)

Current Graduate Advisees

Taye Hamid
tmhamid@syr.edu

Degree Sought: PHD
Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
Area of Study: Environmental Resources Engin

Aysha Iftikhar
ayiftikh@syr.edu

Degree Sought: PHD
Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
Area of Study: ESC Water & Wetland Resource Studies

Links
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Kalyani Mer
kmer01@syr.edu

Degree Sought: PHD
Graduate Advisor(s): Egiebor and Tao
Area of Study: Environmental Resources Engin

LinkedIn
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Graduate Research Topic
Production, Characterization, and Evaluation of Activated Biochar for Application in Water and Wastewater Treatment.

Favorite Quote
"The heavier the branches, the lower they bend. Only the ones without any fruit stay up in the air. The higher you rise in life, the lower you must bend and if you can't, you aren't successful enough." - Anamika Kamal Makhija

Pubudu Wickramasinghe Arachchilage
pwickram@syr.edu