Centre for Environmental Resilience

About Us

The center is aimed to create a living environment where urbanization and environmental preservation coexist harmoniously, where waste is transformed into resources, food security is ensured, and cities achieve net-zero waste and carbon emissions.

Mission

The mission of the center is to advance cutting-edge interdisciplinary research to address the complex and interconnected environmental pollution challenges posed by rapid urbanization, climate change, and resource constraints. Through innovative scientific discoveries and technological solutions, we aim to foster a sustainable environment conducive to food production, environmental pollutants remediation, waste upcycling, energy conservation, and climate change mitigation, striving towards net-zero waste generation and carbon emissions.

The research areas include environmental biotechnology, circular economy and waste upcycling, urban food security, water-food-energy-waste nexus, high throughput environmental genomics, net-zero solutions, resource resilience, urbanization and environmental policy.

Novel microorganisms and bioprocesses for pollution control, industrial pollutants treatment, and sustainable resource management

Technologies for converting municipal solid waste, IBA/IFA, and mixed waste in landfills into value-added products while minimizing environmental impact.

Omics-based approaches for discovering, characterizing, and tracking multi-tasking microbes in toxic and persistent pollutants remediation as well as disease causing microbes and virus

Solution for net-zero waste generation and carbon emissions in urban systems through innovative technologies and policies

Urban food and resource resilience to climate change, including sustainable infrastructure, disaster preparedness, circular economy, waste-to-resource transformation, and community engagement

Principle Investigators

	HE Jianzhong Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Biotransformation and fate of hazardous compounds; biodegradation of contaminants in engineered systems; bioremediation of soil, sediments, and groundwater; anammox process for nutrient removal in wastewater; biomass to bioenergy and value-added biochemical; environmental genetics and novel metabolism of microbes; environmental application of genomics. Contact Information: Tel: (65) 6516 3385 Email: ceehj@nus.edu.sg
	GIN Yew-Hoong Karina Professor Deputy Head (Research) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Rapid detection of pathogens and microorganisms, eutrophication, water quality monitoring and modelling of reservoir/catchment systems; development of analytical techniques for the detection of trace organic contaminants; study of fate processes of trace organics and pathogens in natural waters; sewage surveillance of infectious diseases and chemical markers. Contact Information: Telephone: (65) 6516 8104 Email: ceeginyh@nus.edu.sg
	Rajasekhar Balasubramanian Provost’s Chair Professor Deputy Head (Communication & Engagement) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Interest: Environmental Sustainability; urban air quality & indoor air quality; climate change: science, mitigation, adaptation and resilience; aerosol science & technology; air pollution control (industrial & vehicular emissions); environmental toxicology; waste-to-energy conversion. Contact Information: Tel: (65) 6516 5135 Email: ceerbala@nus.edu.sg
	HU Jiangyong Professor Group Coordinator (Environmental Engineering, Hydraulics and Hydrology, and Climate Change) \| Director of the Centre for Water Research, Director, Environmental Engineering Program Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Interest: Advanced oxidation process; emerging contaminants detection and removal; water disinfection technology; biofilm control; stormwater management; water treatment and reuse; water quality assessment. Contact Information: Tel: (65) 6516 4540 Email: ceehujy@nus.edu.sg
	ONG Ghim Ping Raymond Associate Professor Deputy Head (Research)\| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Pavement engineering and management; multimodal transport infrastructures (planning, design, operations and management). Contact Information: Tel: (65) 6516 3385 Email: ceeongr@nus.edu.sg
	Olivier Patrick LEFEBVRE Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Industrial wastewater treatment; environmental electrochemistry; advanced oxidation processes; technology transfer; water reuse. Contact Information: Tel: (65) 6516 2151 E-mail: ceelop@nus.edu.sg
	YU Liya Associate Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Urban air quality; aerosol sciences; physicochemical properties of airborne pollutants; transported peat-forest burning smoke. Contact Information: Email: liya.yu@nus.edu.sg
	HE Xiaogang Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Terrestrial hydrology; computational hydraulics and hydrodynamics; climate risk assessment; water-food-energy nexus; complex adaptive human-earth systems; nature-based climate solutions; sustainable groundwater management; stormwater management; machine learning applications in hydrometeorology. Contact Information: Email: ceehexg@nus.edu.sg
	GENG Guoqing Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Circulating waste/low-grade materials for sustainable construction; CO₂ mineralization in the built environment; durability of infrastructures. Contact Information: Email: ceegg@nus.edu.sg
	YU Iris Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Biomass conversion; food waste upcycling; microwave technology; green and sustainable chemistry; bio-based platform chemicals; catalysis Contact Information: Email: irisyu@nus.edu.sg
	LEI Jiarui, Gary Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering College of Design and Engineering National University of Singapore Research Interest: Environmental fluid mechanics; flow-vegetation interaction; nature-based solutions to coastal protection Contact Information: Email: jlei@nus.edu.sg

Facilities

Liquid and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/LC-MS) for analysis of harmful organic pollutants
Ion chromatography (IC) for analysis of cations and anions (e.g., ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, sulfate)
Total organic carbon (TOC) analyser for measurement of organic and inorganic carbon
A variety of bioreactors (e.g., anaerobic digester and membrane bioreactor) for waste treatment and valorization
A platform for the cultivation of microorganisms
Biomolecular analysis instruments and platforms (e.g., Applied Biosystems Real-Time PCR, PCR-DGGE, Fluorescence Microscope, Native-PAGE)
Bio-electrochemical systems for the treatment of waste and pollutants
Waste-to-chemical conversion systems

Mission

Principle Investigators

Facilities

Partners and Collaborators