April Gu

Assistant Professor
435 Snell Engineering Center
360 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
Tel: (617) 373 - 3631
Fax: (617) 373 - 4419
april@coe.neu.edu
Web site
Degree(s):
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering and Science, University of Washington, 2003
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University, 1997
B.S. Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, TsingHua University, 1993

April Gu

Areas of Research/Interest: Biological Water and Waste Water Treatment, Biological Nutrient Removal, Microbial Population Dynamics and Ecology in Natural and Engineered Biological Systems, Bioremediation.

Selected Publications:

  • Gu, A.Z., A. Saunders, J.B. Neethling, H.D. Stensel, and L.L. Blackall. (2008) Functionally Relevant Microorganisms to Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Performance At Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants in the US. (2007) Submitted to Water Environ. Res. In review.
  • Gu, A.Z. and J.B. Neethling. (2007) Investigation and Modeling UV-catalyzed Chlorine Decay in Disinfection Contact Basin at Full-Scale Wastewater Treatment Plants. Water Environ. Res. Vol. 80, No. (In press)
  • Gu, A.Z., Pedros, P. B., Kristiansen, A., Onnis-Hayden, A. and Schramm, A. (2007) Nitrifying Community Analysis In A Single Submerged Attached Growth Bioreactor For Treatment Of High-Ammonia Waste Stream. Water Environ. Res. Vol. 79, No.10,
  • McMahon K. D., Angenent, L. T., Gu, A.Z. and Nerenberg, R. (2007). Molecular methods in biological systems. Water Environ. Res. Vol. 79, No. 6, Literature Review.
  • He, S., A.Z. Gu, and K.D. McMahon. (2007) Progress towards explaining differences in distribution of Accumulibacter among full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal systems. Microbial Ecology. (In press)
  • Angenent, L. T., McMahon K. D., Gu A. Z. and Nerenberg R. (2006). Molecular methods in biological systems. Water Environment Research, Vol. 78, No. 6, Literature Review.
  • He, S., A.Z. Gu, and K.D. McMahon. “Fine-Scale Differences between Accumulibacter-Like Bacteria In Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Activated Sludge,” Water Science and Technology, Vol. 54, No. 1, 111-117 (2006).
  • Walker, C.B., A.Z. Gu, H.D. Stensel, and S.E. Strand. A Biological Method for Synthesizing 14C-Vinyl Chloride, J Label Compd Radiopharm, 47: 1-8 (2004).
  • Gu, A.Z., B. Hedulund, J. Staley, S. Strand, and H.D. Stensel, “Analysis and Comparison of the Microbial Community Structures of Two Enrichment Cultures Capable of Reductively Dechlorinating TCE and cis-DCE,” Environmental Microbiology, V6(1), 45-54 (2004).
  • Gu, A.Z., H.D. Stensel, J. Pietari, and S. Strand, “Vinyl Bromide as a Surrogate for Determining Vinyl Chloride Reductive Dechlorination Potential,” Environmental Science & Technology, 37(19) 4410-4416 (2003).
  • Basu, B., A.Z. Gu, and K. Shilinsky, “Application of Packed Scrubber for Air Emissions Control in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants,” Environmental Progress, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1997)

    External Affiliations:

  • Water Environment Federation (WEF)
  • International Water Association (IWA)
  • California Water Environment Federation (CWEA)
  • Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

    Honors/Awards:

  • Graduate School Merit Award, University of Washington, 1997-1998
  • Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence, TsingHua University, 1993
  • Pathfinder Award for Creativity, HDR Inc. 2006