Bo Hu

Bo Hu
Professor
Director of the Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering undergraduate program
He/him/his
[email protected]
+1 612 625 4215

1390 Eckles Ave
St. Paul, MN 55108
United States

Dr. Bo Hu's Bioprocessing Group Website
Education
  • Ph.D. - Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University.
  • M.S. - Biochemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology.
  • B.S. - Chemical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology. 

Areas of Interest

Bioprocess development, Environmental remediation

Teaching

  • BBE 3002: Introduction to Engineering Design
  • BBE 3033: Material and Energy Balance in Energy Systems
  • BBE 3012 Transport Biological Process I
  • BBE 4013 Transport in Bio Processes II

Research

We are currently working on a NSF funded project to develop fungal fermentation of corn ethanol coproducts for better animal feeds; a USDA funded project to mitigate the hydrogen sulfide emission in dairy farms; and a USDA funded project to utilize food waste for dairy feed in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania.

Development of bioprocessing technologies to convert agricultural residue and waste materials to value-added chemicals and biofuels.

Select Publications

  • Fatemeh Heidari, Margareth Øverland, Jon Øvrum Hansen, Liv T Mydland, Pedro E Urriola, Chi Chen, Gerald C Shurson, Bo Hu, 2024. Enhancing the nutritional value of canola meal through solid culture with Pleurotus ostreatus, Animal Feed Science and Technology 309, 115893
  • Carlise Sorenson1, Lingkan Ding1, Carlos Zamalloa, Allison Arsenault, Nongmaithem Debeni Devi, Bo Hu. 2023. Illuminated septic tank – A microalgae assisted onsite wastewater treatment system. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11: 110768.
  • Sun, X., Dou, Z., Shurson, G., Hu, B., 2023. Fungal bioprocessing of wheat straw and fresh fruit and vegetable discards to produce cattle feed for enhanced sustainability. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 199, 107251.
  • Tanner Barnharst, Aravindan Rajendran, Xiao Sun, Bo Hu, 2023. Process optimization of aquaculture wastewater treatment using a mycoalgae biofilm, Algal Research, 70: 103020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103020
  • Xin Zhang, Aravindan Rajendran, Sarah Grimm, Xiao Sun, Hongjian Lin, Ruo He, Bo Hu, 2023. Screening of Calcium- and Iron-Targeted Phosphorus Solubilizing Fungi for Agriculture Production, Rhizosphere, 26:100689. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2023.100689
  • Lingkan Ding, Yuchuan Wang, Hongjian Lin, Leif van Leirop, Bo Hu, 2022. Facilitating solid-state anaerobic digestion of food waste via bio-electrochemical treatment, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 166: 112637.

Honors and Awards

  • Hongjian Lin, Weiwei Liu, Jing Gan, Yuchuan Wang, Bo Hu, ASABE Superior Paper Award, 2019
  • Hongjian Lin, Xin Zhang, Bo Hu. Second winner award for EPA/USDA Global Nutrient Recycling Challenge program 2016
  • Aravindan Rajendran, Jing Gan, Bo Hu, Tenth winner award for EPA/USDA Global Nutrient Recycling Challenge program 2016