Wenyu Gu

Wenyu Gu is a Tenure Track Assistant Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), affiliated with the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), the Institute of Environmental Engineering (IIE), and the MICROBE laboratory. She leads the Microbial Physiology and Resource Biorecovery Laboratory and holds a teaching role within the School of Sustainable Infrastructure Engineering (SSIE-ENS). She is also a member of the Doctoral Program Committee for Civil Engineering and Environment.

Her research centers on environmental microbiology, resource biorecovery, and sustainable water and wastewater treatment. She investigates microbial processes for recovering valuable resources from waste streams, contributing to circular economy approaches in environmental engineering.

She teaches the course Water and Wastewater Treatment and mentors several doctoral students in Environmental Sciences and Engineering.

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Wenyu Gu advises multiple PhD students and contributes to academic governance through her committee role. While no specific grants are listed, her position suggests active involvement in research funding and supervision.

She leads the Microbial Physiology and Resource Biorecovery Laboratory at EPFL, which focuses on innovative microbial solutions for environmental sustainability.