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Wendong Tao

Wendong  Tao

Wendong Tao

Professor

422 Baker Lab

315-470-4928
wtao@esf.edu

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 HamidTaye Hamid
tmhamid@syr.edu

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

Aysha IftikharAysha Iftikhar
ayiftikh@syr.edu

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

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Kalyani MerKalyani Mer
kmer01@syr.edu

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

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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 ArachchilagePubudu Wickramasinghe Arachchilage
pwickram@syr.edu

  • Degree Sought: PHD
  • Graduate Advisor(s): Tao
  • Area of Study: Ecosystems: Land, Water and Air (ELWA)

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