Dr. Wang’s research interests include:clogging in municipal solid waste landfills, leachate treatment with photocatalyst, sustainable landfill management and landfill mining, synergistic organic-waste treatment strategies, and the use of life-cycle analysis to evaluate environmental impacts of alternate solid waste management strategies.
 - Wang, Q., Wang, T., Noureen, L., Huang, K., Wang, X., Lei, R., Bai, X., Xu, Q*. 2023. Carbon dots/TiO2enhanced visible light-assisted photocatalytic of leachate: Simultaneous effects and Mechanism insights.Water Research, 245: 120659. 
- Wang, Q., Ko, J., Liu, F., Xu, Q*. 2021. Leaching characteristics of heavy metals in MSW and bottom ash co-disposal landfills.Journal of Hazardous Materials.416, 126042. 
- Wang, Q., Miao, Q., Wang, X., Wang, T., Xu, Q*. 2022. Role of surface physicochemical properties of pipe materials on bio-clogging in leachate collection systems from a thermodynamic perspective.Science of the Total Environment, 851: 158263. 
- Wang, Q., Ko, J., Wu, H., Liu, F., Xu, Q*. 2021. Impact of bottom ash co-disposed with municipal solid waste on geotextile clogging in landfills.Science of the Total Environment, 774, 145744. 
- Wang, Q., Liu, F., Xu, Q*. 2022. Insight into the effect of calcium on bio-clogging behavior via quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring.Chemosphere, 292, 133547. 
- Wang, Q., Ko, J., Liu, F., Xiong, W., Wang, X., Xu, Q*. 2021. Bio-clogging mitigation in the leachate collection system of municipal solid waste landfill using graphene oxide-coated geotextiles.Chemosphere, 268, 128779. 
- Wang, Q., Miao, Q., Liu, F., Wang, X., Xu, Q*. 2022. Coupled effect of microbiologically induced calcium carbonate and biofilms in leachate.Journal of Environmental Management, 324, 116350. 
- Wang, Q., Miao, Q., Huang, K., Lin, Y., Wang, T., Bai, X., Xu, Q*. 2023. Spatial-temporal clogging development in leachate collection systems of landfills: insight into chemical and biological clogging characteristics.Waste Management, 171, 163-172. 
- Wang, Q., Ko, J., Xu, Q*. 2021. Comparison of bio-clogging characteristics of geotextiles in MSW and bottom ash co-disposal landfills.Waste Management, 120, 459-466. 
- Wang, Q., Zhang, T., Wu, G., Xu, Q*. 2021. Deciphering acyl-homoserine lactones-mediated quorum sensing on geotextile bio-clogging in municipal solid waste and bottom ash co-disposal landfills.Waste Management, 124, 136-143. 
- Wang, Q., Duan, H., Miao, Q., Li, H., Liu, J., Wang, N., Xu, Q*. 2023. Environmental and economic impact assessment ofsynergistic organic-waste treatment strategies in eco-industrial parks: A pilot-scale case study in Shenzhen, China.Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 103, 107250. 
- Wang, Q., Bai, X., Miao, Q., Wang, T., Wang, X., Xu, Q*. 2023. Isolation and characterization of quorum quenching bacteria from municipal solid waste and bottom ash co-disposal landfills.Waste Management & Research, 41 (9), 1480-1485. 
- Ko, J.,Wang, Q., Yuan, T., Wu, H., Xu, Q*. 2019. Geotextile clogging at different stages of municipal solid waste landfills co-disposed with bottom ash.Science of The Total Environment, 687, 161-167. 
- Wu, H.,Wang, Q., Ko, J., Xu, Q*. 2018. Characteristics of geotextile clogging in MSW landfills co-disposed with MSWI bottom ash.Waste Management, 78, 164-172. 
- Noureen, L.,Wang, Q., Humayun, M., Shah, W., Xu, Q.*, Wang, X*. 2023.Recent advances in structural engineering of photocatalysts for environmental remediation.Environmental Research, 219, 115084. 
- Xiong, W., Guo, Z., Zhao, S.,Wang, Q., Xu, Q., Wang X*. 2019. Facile, cost-effective plasma synthesis of self-supportive FeSx on Fe foam for efficient electrochemical reduction of N2under ambient conditions.Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 7, 19977-19983. 
- Huang, D., Bai, X.,Wang, Q., Xu, Q*. 2021. Validation and optimization of key biochar properties through iron modification for improving the methane oxidation capacity of landfill cover soil.Science of the Total Environment, 793, 148551. 
- Huang, D., Xu, W.,Wang, Q., Xu, Q*. 2022. Impact of hydrogen sulfide on biochar in stimulating the methane oxidation capacity and microbial communities of landfill cover soil.Chemosphere, 286, 131650. 
- Noureen, L., Zaman, S., Shah, W.,Wang, Q., Humayun, M., Xu, Q.*, Wang, X*. 2023.Bifunctional photothermal membrane for high-temperature interfacial solar steam generation and off-grid sterilization.Chemical Engineering Journal, 473, 145122. 
- Bai, X., Huang, D., Chen, Y.,Wang, Q., Chen, Q., Wang, N., Xu, Q*. 2023. Exploration of Fe speciation preference for aerobic methane oxidation by using isotopic Fe-modified zeolites.Chemical Engineering Journal, 455, 140844. 
- Zhang, C., Shao, M., Wu, H., Wang, N., Wang, X.,Wang, Q., Xu, Q*. 2022. Mechanism insights into hydrothermal dewatering of food waste digestate for products valorization.Science of the Total Environment, 804, 150145. 
- Wang, Q.,Yang, F., Xu, Q*.2017. Effects of incineration bottom ash on geotextile scaling in landfills (in Chinese).Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering, 11(9), 5262-5266. 
- Wang, Q.,Miao, Q., He, P., Xu, Q*.2022. Mechanisms and challenges of leachate collection system clogging in municipal solid waste landfills: a review(in Chinese).Environmental Sanitation Engineering, 30 (2), 81-88. 
- Liu, F.,Wang, Q., Wu, H., Xu, Q*.2022. Effects of Na+in leachate on initial adsorption of biofilm (in Chinese).China Environmental Science, 42 (1), 213-219. 
- Liu, F.,Wang, Q., Wu, H., Xu, Q*. 2020.Inhibition of initial bio-clogging of graphene oxide coated geotextiles in landfills (in Chinese).China Environmental Science, 40 (2), 695-700. 
- Xiang, J., Wang, Q., Shao, M.,Wang, Q.,Wu, H., Xu, Q*. 2020. Assessment of beach plastic waste and its heavy metal pollution in Shenzhen(in Chinese).China Environmental Science, 40 (7), 3097-3105. 
- Du, Y., Ko, J., Huang, D.,Wang, Q.,Xiang, J., Wu, H., Xu, Q*. 2020. Gas extraction from the bottom of the simulated municipal solid waste landfill reactor for controlling air pollution (in Chinese).Chinese Journal of Environmental Engineering, 14(11), 3182-3191.