Dr. Po-Heng Lee (Henry)

Po-Heng (Henry) Lee's team specialises in resource recovery, greenhouse gas reduction, and enhancing human health through the application of anaerobic biotechnologies, including anaerobic sewage treatment, anaerobic digestion, fermentation, and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox).

His research and teaching have been primarily focused on transcending classical energetics limitations by exploring discrete (quantum and quantum-like) pathways within microbial metabolism and gene regulation.

His current research interests encompass two main areas:

1. Achieving superior antibiotics and nitrogen removal, producing value-added chemicals, and generating energy through the interactions between microbiomes and conductive materials under micro-aeration conditions.

2. Procrastination and optimisation of full-scale wastewater treatment plants using quantum computing.

   
   

Henry has developed state-of-the-art research techniques, including the use of quantum computing with the IBM Qiskit platform (such as Quantum Information Theory and Variational Quantum Eigensolver) and hybrid meta-omics approaches. These methods enable the manipulation of microbiomes to promote a healthier environment.

Henry's academic journey includes earning his PhD, MS, BS, and AAS degrees in Environmental Engineering from Iowa State University (2010), the USA, National Chiao Tung University (2003), National Ilan University (2001), and Hungkuang University (1999), Taiwan, respectively. He joined Imperial College London in 2019 after holding positions at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2012-2018) and Inha University, South Korea (2010-2012).

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