We are looking for highly motivated PhD students and Postdoc
Welcome to the Environmental Molecular and Synthetic Biology Laboratory (Wei Research Group) in Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. The overarching theme of our research is to understand and manipulate microbial systems at the molecular level for beneficial applications towards environmental sustainability. Our research lies at the interface of environmental engineering and synthetic biology, with interests in
- Plastic degradation and upcycling
- Resource recovery from waste streams (e.g., recovery of rare earth elements, phosphorus recovery)
- Renewable biocatalysis for water reclamation and reuse
- Disease control to protect public health
