Biomedical wastewater treatment
Membrane bioreactors
Cellulosic biofuel production
Biological nutrient removal
Phosphorus recovery from waste streams
Anaerobic digestion of livestock manure
1. Ackerman J., Zvomuya F., Cicek N., Flaten D. “Evaluation of Manure-Derived Struvite as a Phosphorus Source for Canola” Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 93(3), 419-424, 2013.
2. Jordaan E.M., Rezania B., Cicek N. “Investigation of chemical-free nutrient removal and recovery from CO2-rich wastewater” Water Science and Technology, 67(10), 2195-2201, 2013.
3. Islam R., Ozmihci, S., Cicek N., Sparling, R., Levin D.B. “Enhanced cellulose fermentation and end‐product synthesis by Clostridium thermocellum with varied nutrient compositions under carbon-excess conditions” Biomass and Bioenergy, 48, 213-223, 2013.
4. Ackerman J., Zvomuya F., Cicek N., Flaten D. “Evaluation of Manure-Derived Struvite as a Phosphorus Source for Canola” Accepted for publication in Canadian Journal of Soil Science, 2012.
5. Carere R.C., Rydzak T., Verbeke, T.J., Cicek N, Levin D.B., Sparling R. “Linking genome content to biofuel production yields: A meta-analysis of major catabolic pathways among selected H2 and ethanol-producing bacteria” BMC Microbiology, 12, 295, 2012.
6. Sharma P.K., Fu J., Cicek N., Sparling R., Levin D.B. “ Kinetics of medium-chain-length polyhydroxyalkanoate production by a novel isolate of Pseudomonas putida LS46” Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 58, 982-989, 2012.
7. Ackerman J., Cicek N., Oleszkiewicz J.A. “Anaerobic fermentation of pig manure to increase phosphorus removal by struvite precipitation” Biological Engineering Transactions, 5(4), 177-189, 2012.
8. Jaroszynski L.W., Cicek N, Sparling R., Oleszkiewicz J.A., “Impact of free ammonia concentration on anammox rates in a moving bed biofilm reactor” Chemosphere, 88(2), 188-195, 2012.
9. Yang W., Zhou H., Cicek N. “Removal mechanisms of 17 beta-estradiol and 17 alpha-ethinylestradiol in membrane bioreactors” Water Science and Technology, 66 (6), 1263-1269, 2012
10. Paetkau M., Yang, W., Cicek N. “Ethinylestradiol Removal in a Conventional and a Simultaneous Nitrification-denitrification Membrane Bioreactor” Water Science and Technology, 64(12), 2333-2337, 2011.