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Faculty of Applied ScienceDepartment of Civil Engineering

Faculty

Assistant Professor

Dr. Ryan Ziels

Dr. Ryan Ziels joined UBC Civil Engineering as an Assistant Professor in February 2017. His research is in the area of resource recovery via biological waste treatment processes for the benefit of human and environmental health. Specifically, he seeks to advance the knowledge of microbial ecology within these engineered processes, leading to improved performance in the recovery of water, nutrients, bioenergy, and other resources. Currently, Dr. Ziels is investigating anaerobic treatment technologies for the recovery of biomethane, as well as microbial biotechnologies for nutrient removal.

Dr. Ziels received his PhD and MSE degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Washington, and his BS degree in Environmental Resources Engineering from Humboldt State University.

Research Area / Group

Environmental Engineering, Environmental Systems Engineering

Research Interests

Sustainable biological wastewater treatment, resource recovery, microbial ecology, multi-omics, anaerobic digestion, biological nutrient removal, microbial biotechnology.

Latest Publications

In Press

R. M. Ziels, Svensson, B. H., Sundberg, C., Larsson, M., Karlsson, A., and Yekta, S. S., “Microbial rRNA gene expression and co-occurrence profiles associate with biokinetics and elemental composition in full-scale anaerobic digesters”, Microbial biotechnology, In Press.

2018

R. M. Ziels, Sousa, D. Z., Stensel, H. D., and Beck, D. A., “DNA-SIP based genome-centric metagenomics identifies key long-chain fatty acid-degrading populations in anaerobic digesters with different feeding frequencies”, The ISME journal, vol. 12, no. 1. pp. 112-123, 2018.

2017

R. M. Ziels, Beck, D. A., and Stensel, H. D., “Long-chain fatty acid feeding frequency in anaerobic codigestion impacts syntrophic community structure and biokinetics.”, Water Research, vol. 117, pp. 218-229, 2017.

2016

R. M. Ziels, Karlsson, A., Beck, D. A., Ejlertsson, J., Yekta, S. S., Bjorn, A., Stensel, H. D., and Svensson, B. H., “Microbial community adaptation influences long-chain fatty acid conversion during anaerobic codigestion of fats, oils, and grease with municipal sludge”, Water research, vol. 103, pp. 372–382, 2016.

2015

M. J. Lust, Ziels, R. M., Strand, S. E., Gough, H. L., and Stensel, H. D., “Biodegradation kinetics of 17alpha-ethinylestradiol in activated sludge treatment processes”, Environmental Engineering Science, vol. 32, no. 7, pp. 637–646, 2015.

R. M. Ziels, Beck, D. A., Martí, M., Gough, H. L., Stensel, H. D., and Svensson, B. H., “Monitoring the dynamics of syntrophic β-oxidizing bacteria during anaerobic degradation of oleic acid”, FEMS microbiology ecology, vol. 91, no. 4, 2015.

2014

R. M. Ziels, Lust, M. J., Gough, H. L., Strand, S. E., and Stensel, H. D., “Influence of bioselector processes on 17α-ethinylestradiol biodegradation in activated sludge wastewater treatment systems.”, Environmental science & technology, vol. 48, no. 11, pp. 6160-6167, 2014.

Contact

rziels@civil.ubc.ca

T:

604.827.5211

Location:

CEME 2036