主要研究为废水生物处理与资源化领域，特别在废水生物脱氮除硫工艺和微生物燃料电池技术方面形成特色。主持国家自然科学基金、浙江省国际科技合作项目和浙江省自然科学基金等省部级以上科研项目多项，在《中国科学》、《Bioresource Technology》、《Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology》、《Journal of Power Sources》等国内外著名刊物上发表学术论文60余篇，授权专利10余项，研究成果获浙江省科学技术进步奖二等奖（4/9）。

浙江省生态学会微生物生态专业委员会委员

2022校卓越科研学者

《环境污染模拟与控制》

[1]   Chen BL, Qaisar M, Wang KQ, Li Wen, Cai J*. Response of simultaneous sulfide and nitrate removal process on acute toxicity of substrate concentration and salinity: single toxicity and combined toxicity. Science of the Total Environment,2022,286:1155639,  20220825.

[2]   Wang KQ, Qaisar M, Chen BL, Xiao JH, Cai J*. Metagenomic analysis of microbial community and metabolic pathway of simultaneous sulfide and nitrite removal process exposed to divergent hydraulic retention times. Bioresource technology, 2022, 354: 127186.

[3]   Wang KQ, Qaisar M, Chen BL, Liu SY, Wu YY, Zheng ZL, Cai J*. Strategy for rapid recovery of simultaneous sulfide and nitrite removal under high substrate inhibition. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 2022, 180: 108368.

[4]   Sun Y, Qaisar M, Chen BL, Wang KQ, Cai J*. Exploration and verification of the effect of S/N ratios on elemental sulfur generation in simultaneous sulfide and nitrate removal process. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, 2022, 8: 862-869.

[5]   Cai J, Sun Y, Qaisar M, Wang KQ, Chen BL. Revealing the effect of multiple nitrogen sources on sulfide oxidation by progressively changing nitrate to nitrite. Separation and Purification Technology, 2022, 283: 120226.

[6]   Wang KQ, Qaisar M, Chen BL, Cai J*. Response difference of simultaneous sulfide and nitrite removal process to different cooling modes. Bioresource technology, 2022, 346: 126001.

[7]   Cai J, Qaisar M, Ding AQ, Zhang JQ, Xing YJ, Li QB. Insights into Microbial Community in Microbial Fuel Cells Simultaneously Treating Sulfide and Nitrate under External Resistance. Biodegradation, 2021, 32(1): 73-85.

[8]   Sun Y, Qaisar M, Wang KQ, Lou JQ, Li QB, Cai J*. Production and characteristics of elemental sulfur during simultaneous nitrate and sulfide removal .Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28: 36226–36233.

[9]   Sun Y, Qaisar M, Wang KQ, Chen BL, Cai J*. Validation of effective role of substrate concentrations on elemental sulfur generation in simultaneous sulfide and nitrate removal process. Separation and Purification Technology, 2021, 268: 118698.

[10]  Cai J, Qaisar M, Sun Y, Wang KQ, Lou JQ, Wang RY. Coupled substrate removal and electricity generation in microbial fuel cells simultaneously treating sulfide and nitrate at various influent sulfide to nitrate ratios , Bioresource Technology,  2020, 306, 123174.

[11]  Cai J, Qaisar M, Ding AQ, Wang KQ, Sun Y, Wang RY. Microbial Fuel Cells Simultaneously Treating Sulfide and Nitrate under Different Influent Sulfide to Nitrate Molar Ratios. Energy & Fuels, 2020, 34(3): 3858-3866.

[12]  Cai J, Qaisar M, Sun Y. Effect of external resistance on substrate removal and electricity generation in microbial fuel cell treating sulfide and nitrate simultaneously. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, 27(1): 238-249.

[13]  Cai J, Zheng P, Qaisar M, Zhang JQ. Elemental sulfur recovery of biological sulfide removal process from wastewater: A review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2017, 47(21):2079–2099.

[14]  蔡靖, 陈碧龙, 刘思懿, 吴媛媛, 郑紫凌. 生物-电协同驱动型同步脱氮除硫工艺性能及功能菌群分析, 环境科学学报, 2022, 42(06):44-51.

[15]  蔡靖,王凯权,孙月,楼菊青,王如意,李强标.生物强化自发电化学氧化含硫废水及关键功能微生物研究[J].环境科学学报,2021,41(05):1840-1846.

[16]  孙月, 陈柯序, 王凯权, 楼菊青, 王如意, 李强标, 蔡靖. *亚硝酸盐型同步脱氮除硫工艺单质硫产率及特性研究.中国环境科学, 2021, 41(03), 1228-1233. 

[17]  蔡靖, 胡安辉.外阻对同步脱氮除硫燃料电池古菌群落的影响, 高校化学工程学报, 2020, 3: 823-830。

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