Jun Hou
Name: Jun Hou
Position: Research fellow
Office address: College of Environment, Hohai University,1 Xikan Road, Nanjing, China, 210098
Email：hjy_hj@hhu.edu.cn，hhuhjyhj@126.com
Telephone：(86) 2583787332
Research Fields and Interests
Water environment protection and bioremediation, including theory and technology of river and lake water quality improvement, ecological engineering for aquatic ecosystem restoration. Recent studies are to improve understanding of the manufactured nanomaterials’ environmental behaviors and biological effects in multi-medium of aquatic ecosystem, especially focus on the interactions between manufactured nanoparticles and microbial aggregates such as periphytic biofilms, wastewater biofilms, activated sludge, surficial sediment as well as cyanobacterial bloom.
Education
2006 – 2010 Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2002 – 2005 Master in Environmental Engineering, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
1998 – 2002 Bachelor in Environmental Engineering, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Employment History
2017 – present, Research fellow, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2015 – present, The assistant dean of College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2015 – present, The Associate dean of Environmental engineering, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2013 – present, Associate research fellow, College of Environment, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
2005 – 2013, Research Assistant, College of Environment, Nanjing, Hohai University, Nanjing, China
Selected Publications
[1] Peifang Wang，Guoxiang You，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Chao Wang，Yi Xu，Lingzhan Miao，Tao Feng，Fei Zhang，Responses of wastewater biofilms to chronic CeO2 nanoparticles exposure: Structural, physicochemical and microbial properties and potential mechanism，Water research(IF= 6.942)，2018，133：208-217
[2] Songqi Liu, Chao Wang, Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Peifang Wang, Lingzhan Miao**, Xiulei Fan,Guoxiang You, Yi Xu，Effects of Ag and Ag2S nanoparticles on denitrification in sediments，Water research(IF= 6.942)，2018，137：28－36
[3] Lingzhan Miao, Peifang Wang*, Chao Wang , Jun Hou , Yu Yao , Jun Liu , Bowen Lv, Yangyang Yang, Guoxiang You , Yi Xu , Zhilin Liu , Songqi Liu，Effect of TiO2 and CeO2 nanoparticles on the metabolic activity of surficial sediment microbial communities based on oxygen microelectrodes and high-throughput sequencing，Water research(IF= 6.942)，2018，129：287-296
[4] Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Fei Zhang, Peifang Wang⁎, Chao Wang, Juan Chen, Yi Xu, Guoxiang You, Qing Zhou, Ziyu Li，Enhanced anaerobic biological treatment of chlorpyrifos in farmland drainage with zero valent iron，Chemical Engineering Journal (IF=6.216)，2018，336 ：352–360
[5] Bowen Lv, Chao Wang, Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Peifang Wang*, Lingzhan Miao, Guoxiang You, Yangyang Yang, Yi Xu, Towards a better understanding on aggregation behavior of CeO2 nanoparticles in different natural waters under flow disturbance，Journal of Hazardous Materials (IF= 6.065)，2018，343:235-244
[6] Yi Xu, Chao Wang, Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Peifang Wang, Lingzhan Miao, Guoxiang You，Strategies and relative mechanisms to attenuate the bioaccumulation and biotoxicity of ceria nanoparticles in wastewater biofilms，Bioresource Technology (IF=5.651)，2018，265：102–109
[7] Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Zijun Yang, Peifang Wang ⁎, Chao Wang, Yangyang Yang, Xun Wang，Changes in Microcystis aeruginosa cell integrity and variation in microcystin-LR and proteins during Tanfloc flocculation and floc storage，Science of The Total Environment (IF=4.900)，2018，626：264–273
[8] Yangyang Yang, Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Peifang Wang, Chao Wang, Lingzhan Miao, Yanhui Ao, Yi Xu,Xun Wang, Bowen Lv, Guoxiang You, Zijun Yang，Interpretation of the disparity in harvesting efficiency of different types of Microcystis aeruginosa using polyethylenimine (PEI)-coated magnetic nanoparticles，Algal Research (IF=3.994)，2018，29：257–265
[9] Yangyang Yang, Jun Hou⁎(corresponding author), Peifang Wang, Chao Wang, Lingzhan Miao, Yanhui Ao, Xun Wang,Bowen Lv, Guoxiang You, Zhilin Liu, Yongxu Shao，The effects of extracellular polymeric substances on magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles stability and the removal of microcystin-LR in aqueous environments，Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (IF=3.743)，2018，148：89–96
[10] Hou, J. *(corresponding author), Zhang, M., Wang, P. *, Wang, C., Miao, L., Xu, Y., You, G., LV, B.,Yang, Y., Liu, Z., Transport and long-term release behavior of polymer-coated silver nanoparticles in saturated quartz sand: The impacts of input concentration, grain size and flow rate, Water Research(IF= 6.942)，2017，127：86-95
[11] Guoxiang You, Peifang Wang*, Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Chao Wang, Yi Xu, Lingzhan Miao, Bowen Lv, Yangyang Yang, Zhilin Liu, Fei Zhang. Insights into the short-term effects of CeO2 nanoparticles on sludge dewatering and related mechanism, Water Research (IF= 6.942)，2017，118 ：93-103
[12] Yi Xu, Chao Wang, Jun Hou*( corresponding author)，Peifang Wang, Guoxiang You, Lingzhan Miao, Bowen Lv, Yangyang Yang Effects of cerium oxide nanoparticles on the species and distribution of phosphorusin enhanced phosphorus removal sequencing batch biofilm reactor，Bioresource Technology (IF=5.651)，2017，227: 393–397
[13] Guoxiang You, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou*( corresponding author)，Chao Wang, Yi Xu, Lingzhan Miao, Bowen Lv, Yangyang Yang, and Fei Zhang. The use of zero-valent iron (ZVI)-microbe technology for wastewater treatment with special attention to the factors influencing performance: A critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. (IF=5.790) , 2017, 47(10): 877–907
[14] Jun Hou, Mingzhi Zhang, Peifang Wang *, Chao Wang, Lingzhan Miao, Yi Xu, Guoxiang You, Bowen Lv, Yangyang Yang, Zhilin Liu. Transport, retention, and long-term release behavior of polymer-coated silver nanoparticles in saturated quartz sand: The impact of natural organic matters and electrolyte，Environmental Pollution (IF=5.099)，2017，229: 49-59
[15] Lingzhan Miao, Chao Wang, Jun Hou*(corresponding author), Peifang Wang*, Yanhui Ao, Yi Li, Yu Yao, Bowen Lv, Yangyang Yang, Guoxiang You, Yi Xu. Influence of silver nanoparticles on benthic oxygen consumption of microbial communities in freshwater sediments determined by microelectrodes, Environmental Pollution (IF=5.099), 2017, 224, 771-778
[16] Yi Xu，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang，Guoxiang You，Lingzhan Miao，Bowen Lv，Yangyang Yang，Fei Zhang，Application of zero valent iron coupling with biological process for wastewater treatment: a review. Rev Environ Sci Biotechnol. (IF=4.0), 2017，16：667–693
[17] Jun Hou，GuoxiangYou，YiXu，ChaoWang，PeifangWang，LingzhanMiao，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，YangyangYang，Long-term effects of CuO nanoparticles on the surface physicochemical properties of biofilms in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (IF=3.420), 2016, 100(22), 9629-9639
[18] Jun Hou，GuoxiangYou，YiXu，ChaoWang，PeifangWang，LingzhanMiao，Shanshan Dai，BowenLv，YangyangYang ，Antioxidant enzyme activities as biomarkers of fluvial biofilm to ZnO NPs ecotoxicity and the Integrated Biomarker Responses(IBR) assessment，Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (IF=3.743)，2016，133：10–17
[19] Jun Hou，GuoxiangYou，YiXu，ChaoWang，PeifangWang*，LingzhanMiao，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，YangyangYang，Impacts of CuO nanoparticles on nitrogen removal in sequencing batch biofilm reactors after short-term and long-term exposure and the functions of natural organic matter. Environmental Science and Pollution Research(IF=2.741), 2016, 23(21), 22116-22125
[20] Jun Hou，Yangyang Yang，Peifang Wang*，Chao Wang，Lingzhan Miao，Xun Wang， Bowen Lv，Guoxiang You，Zhilin Liu，Effects of CeO2, CuO, and ZnO nanoparticles on physiological features of Microcystis aeruginosa and the production and composition of extracellular polymeric substances. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF=2.741)，2016 ，DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-7387-5
[21] Jun Hou，Qianyuan Zhao，Peifang Wang*，Chao Wang，Lingzhan Miao，Chenglian Feng*，Keystone indices probabilistic species sensitivity distribution in the case of the derivation of water quality criteria for copper in Tai Lake，Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF=2.741)，2016，23:13047–13061
[22] Lingzhan Miao, Chao Wang, Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，et al，Aggregation and removal of Copper oxide (CuO) nanoparticles in wastewater environment and their effects on the microbial activities of wastewater biofilms，Bioresource Technology (IF=5.651)，2016，216 : 537–544
[23] Yi Xu，ChaoWang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，PeifangWang，GuoxiangYou，LingzhanMiao，BowenLv，YangyangYang，Influence of CeO2 NPs on biological phosphorus removal and bacterial community shifts in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor with the differential effects of molecular oxygen，Environmental Research (IF=3.835) ，2016，151: 21–29
[24] Guoxiang You，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang，Yi Xu，Chao Wang，Lingzhan Miao，Bowen Lv，YangyangYang，Hao Luo，Effects of CeO2 nanoparticles on sludge aggregation and the role of extracellular polymeric substances - Explanation based on extended DLVO，Environmental Research (IF=3.835) ，2016，151：698-705
[25] Lingzhan Miao，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，Yangyang Yang，Guoxiang You，Yi Xu，Response of wastewater biofilm to CuO nanoparticle exposure in terms of extracellular polymeric substances and microbial community structure, Science of The Total Environment (IF=4.900)，2016，10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.11.056
[26] Yi Xu，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Shanshan Dai，Peifang Wang*，Lingzhan Miao，Bowen Lv，Yangyang Yang，Guoxiang You，Effects of ZnO Nanoparticles and Zn2+ on Fluvial Biofilms and the Related Toxicity Mechanisms，Science of The Total Environment (IF=4.900)，2016，544：230-237
[27] Lingzhan Miao，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang *，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，Yangyang Yang，Guoxiang You，Yi Xu，Effect of alginate on the aggregation kinetics of copper oxide nanoparticles (CuO NPs): bridging interaction and hetero-aggregation induced by Ca2+，Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF=2.741)，2016，23: 11611–11619
[28] Bowen Lv, Chao Wang, Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，et al，Influence of Shear Forces on the Aggregation and Sedimentation Behavior of Cerium Dioxide (CeO2) Nanoparticles under Different Hydrochemistry Conditions，Journal of Nanoparticle Research (IF=2.020)，2016，18: 193
[29] Jun Hou，Lingzhan Miao*，Chao Wang，Peifang Wang，Yanhui Ao，Bowen Lv，Effect of CuO nanoparticles on the production and composition of extracellular polymeric substances and physicochemical stability of activated sludge flocs，Bioresource Technology (IF=5.651)，2015，176（2）：65-70
[30] Jun Hou，Guoxiang You，Yi Xu，Chao Wang，Peifang Wang*，Lingzhan Miao*，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，Effects of CeO2 nanoparticles on biological nitrogen removal in a sequencing batch biofilm reactor and mechanism of toxicity，Bioresource Technology (IF=5.651)，2015，191（17）：73-78
[31] Guoxiang You，Jun Hou*( corresponding author)，Yi Xu，Chao Wang，Peifang Wang，Lingzhan Miao*，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，Effects of CeO2 nanoparticles on production and physicochemical characteristics of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms in sequencing batch biofilm reactor，Bioresource Technology (IF=5.651)，2015，194：91-98
[32] Yanhui Ao*，Liya Xu，Peifang Wang*，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Jin Qian，Preparation of CdS nanoparticle loaded flower-like Bi2O2CO3 heterojunction photocatalysts with enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity，Dalton Transactions(IF=4.029)，2015，44，11321-11330
[33] Lingzhan Miao，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang，Yanhui Ao，Shanshan Dai，Bowen Lv，Effects of pH and natural organic matter (NOM) on the adsorptive removal of CuO nanoparticles by periphyton，Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF=2.741)，2015，22（10）：7696-7704
[34] Haixia Ding，Yi Li*，Jun Hou* (corresponding author)，Qing Wang，Yue Wu，Sorption behavior and modeling of endocrine-disrupting chemicals on natural sediments: role of biofilm covered on surface，Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF=2.741)，2015，22（2）：1380-1388
[35] Yanhui Ao∗，Liya Xu，Peifang Wang∗，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Jin Qian，Yi Li，Graphene and TiO2co-modified flower-like Bi2O2CO3: A novelmulti-heterojunction photocatalyst with enhanced photocatalyticactivity，Applied Surface Science(IF=3.387)，2015，355：411-418
[36] Lingzhan Miao，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，Yangyang Yang，Guoxiang You，Yi Xu，Enhanced stability and dissolution of CuO nanoparticles by extracellular polymeric substances in aqueous environment，Journal of Nanoparticle Research (IF=2.020)，2015，17：404
[37] Lingzhan Miao，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang*，Yanhui Ao，Yi Li，Bowen Lv，Yi Xu，Guoxiang You，Contributions of different fractions of extracellular polymeric substances from waste-activated sludge to Cu (II) biosorption. Desalination and Water Treatment (IF=1.631)，2015
[38] Jun Hou， Lingzhan Miao *， Chao Wang *， Peifang Wang， Yanhui Ao， Jin Qian， Shanshan Dai，Inhibitory effects of ZnO nanoparticles on aerobic wastewater biofilms from oxygen concentration profiles determined by microelectrodes，Journal of Hazardous Materials (IF= 6.065)，2014，276：164-170
[39] Lingzhan Miao，Chao Wang，Jun Hou*(corresponding author)，Peifang Wang，Jin Qian，Kinetics and Equilibrium Biosorption of Nano-ZnO Particles on Periphytic Biofilm under Different Environmental Conditions，Journal of Environmental Informatics (IF=5.562)，2014，23（2）：1-9
[40] Wang Chao，Miao Lingzhan，Hou Jun* (corresponding author)，Wang Peifang，Qian Jin，Dai Shanshan，The effect of flow velocity on the distribution and composition of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms and the detachment mechanism of biofilms，Water Science and Technology (IF=1.197)，2014，69（4）：825-832
Selected Research Projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Young Scholar of China (No. 51722902): Water environment protection and ecological restoration, 01/2018—12/2020, CNY1300,000 (As Principal Investigator)
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51479047): Study on the environmental behavior of artificial nanomaterials in aquatic ecosystem and its influence on the biofilms’ activity, 01/2015—12/2018, CNY840,000 (As Principal Investigator)
3. the Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41430751): The migration and transformation of arsenic and mercury and the mechanism of hydraulic regulation in different regions of shallow lakes in China, 01/2015—12/2019, CNY3600,000 (As 2nd Principal Investigator)
4. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51109058): Study on the process of biofilms attachment and alternation and its water purification activity in flowing waters, 01/2012—12/2014, CNY260,000 (As Principal Investigator)
5. the National Key Project of Research and Development Plan of China(No. 2016YFC0401709): Research on key Technologies of environmental flow allocation and protection of water conservancy projects, 07/2016-12/2020, CNY3100,000 (As Principal Investigator)
Awards and Honors
1. Peifang Wang, Chao Wang, Jun Hou(3/15), et al, Key technologies of constructing ecological water-saving irrigation district and its application. The first prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress, 2016.
2. Chao Wang, Peifang Wang, Jun Hou(3/6), et al, Multi-functional composite for comprehensive treatment of river and technology for improvement of water quality and their application. The second prize of National Award for Technological Invention, 2012.
3. Chao Wang, Peifang Wang, Dongmin Wu, …Jun Hou(9/9), Theories and technologies of urban water ecosystem construction and ecological restoration and its application. The second prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress, 2005.
4. Fengchang Wu, Peifang Wang, Chengxin Fan, …Jun Hou(10/10), Theories and technologies of lake sediments pollution control and its application. The second prize of National Award for Science and Technology Progress, 2013.
RECENT ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
1. Distinguished professor of jiangsu province 2018
2. The National Natural Science Funds for Excellent Young Scholar 2017
3. The Outstanding Youth Fund of Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu, China 2016
4. “333 project”talent project in Jiangsu Province, China (the third level) 2016
5. Youth talent plan of Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society 2015
6. Member, standing committee of IWA-YWP 2015
TEACHING EXPERIMENCE
1. Undergraduate Courses: Environmental planning and management
2. Graduate Courses: Water environment protection and bioremediation, Theory and technology of river and lake water quality control.
