Prof. Na Wei

Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

nawei2@illinois.edu

Na Wei is currently an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Wei is leading the environmental molecular and synthetic biology laboratory. She received her B.S. Degree in Environmental Science and Engineering from Sichuan University, China, her PH.D. And M.S. Degrees in Environmental Engineering from Illinois. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and Energy Bioscience Institute at Illinois. She received NSF career award in 2017. Research in Wei’s lab is focused on understanding and manipulating microbial systems at the molecular level for beneficial applications towards environmental sustainability.

Research Interests

Environmental Engineering and Science

Research Areas

  • Renewable Biocatalysis for Water Reclamation and Reuse
  • Waste-to-energy/Value Biotransformation and Resource Recovery
  • Disease Control to Protect Public Health

Publications

Journals

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Principal Investigators

Prof. Yong-Su Jin

Director of Research (Future Foods); Illinois ARCS Professor of Food Microbiology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Wen Shan Yew

Associate Professor, Biochemistry

National University of Singapore
Prof. Michael Miller

Professor of Food Microbiology

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Vijay Singh

Founder Professor, Agricultural and Biological Engineering; Director, Integrated Bioprocessing Research Laboratory

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Jeremy Guest

Department Head, David C. Crawford Faculty Scholar; Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Christopher Rao

Ray and Beverly Mentzer Professor; Dept Head, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Ting Lu

Professor, Bioengineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Huimin Zhao

Steven L. Miller Chair, Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Prof. Yalin Li

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Rutgers University
Prof. Chueh Loo Poh

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

National University of Singapore
Prof. Matthew Chang

Associate Professor, Biomedical Engineering

National University of Singapore
Prof. Shao Quan Liu

Associate Professor, Food Science & Technology

National University of Singapore
Prof. Susanna Leong

Vice President, Applied Research; Professor

Singapore Institute of Technology
Prof. Won Jae Choi

Associate Professor; Deputy Cluster Director, Food Chemical and Biotechnology

Singapore Institute of Technology
Prof. In Young Hwang

Associate Professor, Food, Chemical and Biotechnology

Singapore Institute of Technology
Prof. Bin Cao

Associate Chair (Research); Associate Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Washington State University
Dr. Ee Lui Ang

Department Head, Strain Engineering

A*STAR Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation(A*STAR SIFBI)
Dr. Uttam Surana

Research Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Dr. Louise F.H. Funke

Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellow, Biomedical Engineering

National University of Singapore
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