Research Interests

Key technologies and mechanisms of microalgae environmental management, Algae ecology and cyanobacterial bloom prevention and control, Cultivation and metabolic regulation of functional microalgae

Biography

• 2020.05 - present, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Professor   

• 2010.12 - 2020.04, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Professor   

• 2007.11 - 2010.12, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Associate professor   

• 2006.03 - 2007.04, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia, postdoctoral research fellow   

• 2005.10 - 2007.10, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, postdoctoral research fellow   

• 2002.09 - 2005.07, School of life, Shandong University, major in Source and Environmental Microbiology, Ph.D.   

• 2002.07 - 2002.09, Research Centre for River Basin Environment, Gifu University, Japan, Visitor   

• 1999.09 - 2002.07, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, major in Environmental Engineering, M.S.   

• 1991.09 - 1993.07, University of Science and Technology, Shandong Province, Major in Environmental Engineering

Prizes and Awards

• 2021, Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of Shandong, 1/4      

• 2018, First Prize of Natural Science Academic Innovation Award of Shandong, 1/1      

• 2015, Awards of Ministerial and Provincial Scientific & Technological Progress      

• 2015, Second Prize of Science and Technology Award of Shandong, 1/12      

• 2013, The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars by NSFC      

• 2012, The Prize of New Century Excellent Talents in University, People’s Republic of China      

• 2010, First prize of Science and Technology Award of Shandong, 1/9                                        

Key Publications

1. Yang Zhao; Qianchen Sun; Tuo Zhao; Chenghao Miao; Haiyan Pei; Spirulina subsalsa polysaccharide: self-assembling hydrogel material for immunotherapy applications, Bioresource Technology, 2025, 435: 132830.

2. Shan Jiang; Shasha Zhang; Jielin Wei; Hangzhou Xu; Haiyan Pei; Phytoplankton community succession and cyanobacterial dominance shifts during South-to-North water diversion project: Insights from two impounding reservoirs, China, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2025, 301: 118481.

3. Hangzhou Xu; Aonan Yang; Xiaolong Ma; Wenjuan Wang; Yiming Pang; Haiyan Pei; Molecular mechanisms underlying sodium percarbonate treatment suppress the recovery and growth of Pseudanabaena sp. in early spring, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2024, 476: 135145.

4. Haiyan Pei; Ze Yu; Microalgae: a revolution for salt-affected soil remediation, Trends in Biotechnology, 2023, 41: 147-149.

5. Hangzhou Xu; Yiming Pang; Hehua Wang; Aonan Yang; Sihong Li; Haiyan Pei; Diatomaceous organic matter is overlooked but forms disinfection byproducts of high cytotoxicity during chlorination, Water Research, 2025, 279: 123409.

6. Rong Sun, Jielin Wei, Shasha Zhang, Haiyan Pei. The dynamic changes in phytoplankton and environmental factors within Dongping Lake (China) before and after the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Environmental Research, 2024, 246:118138.  

7. Ze Yu; Qingjie Hou; Mingyan Liu; Zhen Xie; Meng Ma; Huiying Chen; Haiyan Pei; From lab to application: cultivating limnetic microalgae in seawater coupled with wastewater for biodiesel production on a pilot scale, Water Research, 2023, 229: 119471.

8. Hangzhou Xu; Yiming Pang; Yizhen Li; Shasha Zhang; Haiyan Pei; Using sodium percarbonate to suppress vertically distributed filamentous cyanobacteria while maintaining the stability of microeukaryotic communities in drinking water reservoirs, Water Research, 2021, 197: 117111.

9. Qingjie Hou; Zhigang Yang; Shuaiqi Chen; Haiyan Pei; Using an anaerobic digestion tank as the anodic chamber of an algae-assisted microbial fuel cell to improve energy production from food waste, Water Research, 2020, 170: 115305.

10. Meng Ma, Liqun Jiang, Yuqing He, Jibo Hu, Haiyan Pei. Multi-faceted effects of NaCl on salt-tolerant microalgae Golenkinia sp. SDEC-16. Bioresource Technology, 2024, 406, 131016.  

11. Meng Ma, Liqun Jiang, Zhen Xie, Mingyan Liu, Huiying Chen, Ze Yu, Haiyan Pei. Phosphorus-supplemented seawater–wastewater cyclic system for microalgal cultivation: Production of high-lipid and high-protein algae. Bioresource Technology, 2024, 398:130512.  

12. Liqun Jiang, Siteng Yu, Huiying Chen, Haiyan Pei. Enhanced phycocyanin production from Spirulina subsalsa via freshwater and marine cultivation with optimized light source and temperature. Bioresource Technology, 2023, 378:129009.  

13. Zhen Xie, Xianguang Meng, Siteng Yu, Liqun Jiang, Haiyan Pei. Continuous extraction and application potential of value-added products from a promising microalga Coelastrella sp. SDEC-28 for green microalgae-based industry. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 428:139364.  

14. Meng Ma, Ze Yu, Liqun Jiang, Qingjie Hou, Zhen Xie, Mingyan Liu, Siteng Yu, Haiyan Pei. Alga-based dairy wastewater treatment scheme: Candidates screening, process advancement, and economic analysis. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 390:136105.  

15. Hangzhou Xu, Jing Zhang, Wenjuan Wang, Yizhen Li, Haiyan Pei. Moderate pre-ozonation coupled with a post-peroxone process remove filamentous cyanobacteria and 2-MIB efficiently: From bench to pilot-scale study. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2022, 424:127530.  

16. Liqun Jiang, Yizhen Li, Haiyan Pei. Algal–bacterial consortia for bioproduct generation and wastewater treatment. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021, 149:111395.  

17. Liqun Jiang, Siteng Yu, Haiyan Pei. Seawater-cultured Spirulina subsalsa as a more promising host for phycocyanin production than Arthrospira platensis. Algal Research, 2021, 60:102545.  

18. Xiaomeng Tian, Yizhen Li, Hangzhou Xu, Yiming Pang, Jing Zhang, Haiyan Pei. Fe2+ activating sodium percarbonate (SPC) to enhance removal of Microcystis aeruginosa and microcystins with pre-oxidation and in situ coagulation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 412:125206.

19.  Xiaomeng Tian, Yizhen Li, Hangzhou Xu, Yiming Pang, Jing Zhang, Haiyan Pei*. Fe2+ activating sodium percarbonate (SPC) to enhance removal of Microcystis aeruginosa and microcystins with pre-oxidation and in situ coagulation. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 412:125206.

20. Mingyan Liu, Ze Yu, Liqun Jiang, Qingjie Hou, Zhen Xie, Meng Ma, Siteng Yu, Haiyan Pei, Monosodium glutamate wastewater assisted seawater to increase lipid productivity in single-celled algae. Renewable Energy, 2021, 179: 1793－1802.

21. Zhen Xie, Haiyan Pei*, Lijie Zhang, Zhigang Yang, Changliang Nie, Qingjie Hou, Ze Yu, Accelerating lipid production in freshwater alga Chlorella sorokiniana SDEC-18 by seawater and ultrasound during the stationary phase. Renewable Energy, 2020, 161:448-456.