John Regan
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

- 220 Sackett
- jmr41@psu.edu
- 814-865-9436
Research Summary
Biological treatment processes, molecular microbial ecology, bioenergy production.
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Microbial Fuel Cells Cathodes Biofilms Anodes Fuel Cell Air Acids Drainage Biofilm Microorganisms Oxygen Wastewater Oxidation Electrodes Hydrogen Fermentation Reactor Fuel Cells Polarization Bioelectric Energy Sources Genes Electrons Denitrification Gases Microbial CommunityMost Recent Papers
Enumeration of exoelectrogens in microbial fuel cell effluents fed acetate or wastewater substrates
Kyoung Yeol Kim, Ruggero Rossi, John M. Regan, Bruce E. Logan, 2021, Biochemical Engineering Journal
Impact of cathodic electron acceptor on microbial fuel cell internal resistance
Kathryn Lawson, Ruggero Rossi, John M. Regan, Bruce E. Logan, 2020, Bioresource technology
Quantifying the factors limiting performance and rates in microbial fuel cells using the electrode potential slope analysis combined with electrical impedance spectroscopy
Ruggero Rossi, Derek Hall, Xu Wang, John Ragan, Bruce E. Logan, 2020, Electrochimica Acta
Organotrophic acid-tolerant microorganisms enriched from an acid mine drainage affected environment as inoculum for microbial fuel cells
Enzo Leiva-Aravena, Eduardo Leiva, Vasty Zamorano, Claudia Rojas, John Ragan, Ignacio T. Vargas, 2019, Science of the Total Environment on p. 639-646
Electrochemically active microorganisms from an acid mine drainage-affected site promote cathode oxidation in microbial fuel cells
Claudia Rojas, Ignacio T. Vargas, Mary Ann Bruns, John M. Regan, 2017, Bioelectrochemistry on p. 139-146
Kinetic study on anaerobic oxidation of methane coupled to denitrification
Hou Yu, Hiroyuki Kashima, John M. Regan, Abid Hussain, Elsayed Elbeshbishy, Hyung Sool Lee, 2017, Enzyme and Microbial Technology on p. 47-55
Evidence for polyphosphate accumulating organism (PAO)-mediated phosphorus cycling in stream biofilms under alternating aerobic/anaerobic conditions
Sheila M. Saia, Patrick J. Sullivan, John Ragan, Hunter J. Carrick, Anthony R. Buda, Nicholas A. Locke, M. Todd Walter, 2017, Freshwater Science on p. 284-296
Full cell simulation and the evaluation of the buffer system on air-cathode microbial fuel cell
Shiqi Ou, Hiroyuki Kashima, Douglas S. Aaron, John Ragan, Matthew M. Mench, 2017, Journal of Power Sources on p. 159-169
Step-feed strategy enhances performance of unbuffered air-cathode microbial fuel cells
Liang Zhang, Xun Zhu, Jun Li, Hiroyuki Kashima, Qiang Liao, John M. Regan, 2017, RSC Advances on p. 33961-33966
Modeling and validation of single-chamber microbial fuel cell cathode biofilm growth and response to oxidant gas composition
Shiqi Ou, Yi Zhao, Douglas S. Aaron, John M. Regan, Matthew M. Mench, 2016, Journal of Power Sources on p. 385-396
Most-Cited Papers
Electron transfer mechanisms, new applications, and performance of biocathode microbial fuel cells
Liping Huang, John M. Regan, Xie Quan, 2011, Bioresource technology on p. 316-323
Anode microbial communities produced by changing from microbial fuel cell to microbial electrolysis cell operation using two different wastewaters
Patrick D. Kiely, Roland Cusick, Douglas F. Call, Priscilla A. Selembo, John Ragan, Bruce Ernest Logan, 2011, Bioresource technology on p. 388-394
Long-term cathode performance and the microbial communities that develop in microbial fuel cells fed different fermentation endproducts
Patrick D. Kiely, Geoffrey Rader, John Ragan, Bruce Ernest Logan, 2011, Bioresource technology on p. 361-366
Influence of external resistance on electrogenesis, methanogenesis, and anode prokaryotic communities in microbial fuel cells
Sokhee Jung, John M. Regan, 2011, Applied and environmental microbiology on p. 564-571
Convergent development of anodic bacterial communities in microbial fuel cells
Matthew D. Yates, Patrick D. Kiely, Douglas F. Call, Hamid Rismani-Yazdi, Kyle Bibby, Jordan Peccia, John M. Regan, Bruce E. Logan, 2012, ISME Journal on p. 2002-2013
Nitrogen removal in a single-chamber microbial fuel cell with nitrifying biofilm enriched at the air cathode
Hengjing Yan, Tomonori Saito, John M. Regan, 2012, Water Research on p. 2215-2224
Characterization of microbial fuel cells at microbially and electrochemically meaningful time scales
Zhiyong Ren, Hengjing Yan, Wei Wang, Matthew M. Mench, John M. Regan, 2011, Environmental Science and Technology on p. 2435-2441
Impedance characteristics and polarization behavior of a microbial fuel cell in response to short-term changes in medium pH
Sokhee Jung, Matthew M. Mench, John M. Regan, 2011, Environmental Science and Technology on p. 9069-9074
Photoautotrophic hydrogen production by eukaryotic microalgae under aerobic conditions
Jae Hoon Hwang, Hyun Chul Kim, Jeong A. Choi, R. A.I. Abou-Shanab, Brian A. Dempsey, John Ragan, Jung Rae Kim, Hocheol Song, In Hyun Nam, Su Nam Kim, Woojung Lee, Donghee Park, Yongje Kim, Jaeyoung Choi, Min Kyu Ji, Woosik Jung, Byong Hun Jeon, 2014, Nature communications
Time-course correlation of biofilm properties and electrochemical performance in single-chamber microbial fuel cells
Zhiyong Ren, Ramaraja P. Ramasamy, Susan Red Cloud-Owen, Hengjing Yan, Matthew M. Mench, John M. Regan, 2011, Bioresource technology on p. 416-421