Biography
Ming Su is currently employed as a Professor at the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (RCEES, CAS), Beijing. His research focuses on water quality problems in drinking water bodies, with a focus on harmful algal blooms and associated taste & odor problems. Prior to this, He spent 6 years to complete his doctoral degree at RCEES, the research area was algal induced water quality problems in drinking water bodies. After the PhD, he was awarded a 2-year postdoctoral position in RCEES, for a specific project to investigate ecological niche identification, regulation and control strategies for odor-producing cyanobacteria in Miyun Reservoir, China. He was subsequently employed as an Assistant Professor till Jan. 2019 at RCEES, CAS.
Education
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering | Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Science
B.A. Environmental Science | Wuhan University
Ming’s Publications
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WR2023a: Tengxin Cao, Ming Su*, Min Yang*, et. al. Early warning of MIB episode based on gene abundance and expression in drinking water reservoirs. Water Research 2023;231:119667. 10.1016/j.watres.2023.119667.
How to know when MIB episode comes? / Gene may tell you. Try / qPCR with mic gene! -
WR2025: Tengxin Cao, Ming Su*, Min Yang*, et. al. Green Light Suppresses Cell Growth but Enhances Photosynthetic Rate and MIB Biosynthesis in PE-Containing Pseudanabaena. Water Research 2025;231:123336. 10.1016/j.watres.2025.123336.
Red light fuels the growth, / Green deepens the pigments’ hue, / MIB’s quiet rise. -
WR2024: Jiao Fang, Ming Su*, Min Yang*, et. al. Mitigating harmful cyanobacterial blooms in drinking water reservoirs through in-situ sediment resuspension. Water Research 2023;267:122509. 10.1016/j.watres.2024.122509.
Cyanobacterial bloom in source water? / No solution? Try / in-situ Sediment Resuspension -
HA2019: Zeyu Jia, Ming Su, Tingting Liu, Qingyuan Guo, Qi Wang, Michael Burch, Jianwei Yu*, and Min Yang*. Light as a regulator of MIB-producing Planktothrix in source water: mechanism and in-situ verification. Harmful Algae, Volume 88, 2019, Article 101658. 10.1016/j.hal.2019.101658
Light nurtures the deep, / Shadows hold their quiet sweep— / Cyanobacteria creep. -
WR2019: Tingting Liu, Jianwei Yu*, Ming Su, Zeyu Jia, Chunmiao Wang, Ye Zhang, Chunhua Dou, Michael Burch, and Min Yang*. Production and Fate of Fishy Odorants Produced by Two Freshwater Chrysophyte Species under Different Temperature and Light Conditions. Water Research 2019;157, 529–534. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.04.004
Fishy scents arise, / Cold waters whisper secrets— / Light and warmth decide. -
WR2022: Jinping Lu, Ming Su*, et. al. Driving forces for the growth of MIB-producing Planktothricoides raciborskii in a low-latitude reservoir. Water Research 2022;220:118670. 10.1016/j.watres.2022.118670.
MIB persists long / Warm reservoirs bloom anew / Odor challenges. -
WR2023b: Jinping Lu#, Ming Su#, Min Yang*, et. al. MIB-derived odor management based upon hydraulic regulation in small drinking water reservoirs: Principle and application. Water Research 2023;244:120485. 10.1016/j.watres.2023.120485.
Small reservoirs / Adjust HRT to halt / MIB odors. -
WR2013: Ming Su, Min Yang*, et al. Establishment of quantitative PCR methods for the quantification of geosmin-producing potential and *Anabaena* sp. in freshwater systems. Water Research 2013;47(10):3444-3454. 10.1016/j.watres.2013.03.043.
Geosmin presence felt, / PCR quickens the path, / Water's taste revealed. -
JES2014: Ming Su, Min Yang*, et al. Spatial and temporal variations of two cyanobacteria in the mesotrophic Miyun reservoir, China. Journal of Environmental Sciences 2014;26(2):289-298. 10.1016/S1001-0742(13)60433-7.
Cyanobacteria bloom, / In Miyun’s mesotrophic, / Depths of the water. -
Hydrobiologia2014: Ming Su, Min Yang*, et al. Importance of underwater light field in selecting phytoplankton morphology in a eutrophic reservoir. Hydrobiologia 2014;724:203–216. 10.1007/s10750-013-1739-2.
Light field in water, / Phytoplankton choose their form, / Seasonal changes. -
WR2015: Ming Su, Jianwei Yu*, Min Yang*, et al. MIB-producing cyanobacteria (Planktothrix sp.) in a drinking water reservoir: Distribution and odor producing potential. Water Research 2015;68:444-453. 10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.038.
Cyanobacter bloom, / Shallow waters' MIB, / Odor risks arise. -
STE2017: Ming Su, Wei An*, Min Yang*, et al. Reducing production of taste and odor by deep-living cyanobacteria in drinking water reservoirs by regulation of water level. Science of The Total Environment, Volume 574, Pages 1477-1483. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.08.134.
Cyanobacteria deep, / Water levels shifted steep, / Odor risks now asleep. -
STE2019: Ming Su, Min Yang*, et al. Succession and interaction of surface and subsurface cyanobacterial blooms in oligotrophic/mesotrophic reservoirs: A case study in Miyun Reservoir. Science of The Total Environment 649 (2019): 1553-1562. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.307.
Cyanobacteria grow, / Surface and subsurface dance, / Reservoirs transform. -
GeoHealth2020: Ming Su, Shushi Peng*, Zhaomin Dong*, et. al. A Warm Summer is Unlikely to Stop Transmission of COVID‐19 Naturally. GeoHealth 2020;4:e2020GH000292 10.1029/2020GH000292.
Elderly at risk, / Warmth won't halt the virus' march, / Policy slows time. -
JES2021: Ming Su, Min Yang* et. al. Ecological Niche and in-situ Control of MIB Producers in Source Water. Journal of Environmental Sciences 2021;110, 119–128. 10.1016/j.jes.2021.03.026
MIB lingers low, / Hidden where the light won’t go— / Waters whisper woes. -
WR2021: Ming Su, Min Yang*, et al. Identification of MIB producers and odor risk assessment using routine data: A case study of an estuary drinking water reservoir. Water Research 2021;192:116848. 10.1016/j.watres.2021.116848.
MIB detection done, / Estuary's risk forecasted, / Water treatment strain. -
npj Clean Water: Ming Su, Yiping Zhu, Tom Andersen, Xianyun Wang, Zhiyong Yu, Jinping Lu, Yichao Song, Tengxin Cao, Jianwei Yu, Yu Zhang, and Min Yang*. Light-Dominated Selection Shaping Filamentous Cyanobacterial Assemblages Drives Odor Problem in a Drinking Water Reservoir. npj Clean Water 2022;5:37. 10.1038/s41545-022-00181-2.
Light shapes their niche / Pseudanabaena reigns / Odors subside slow -
ER2023: Ming Su, Min Yang*, et. al. Biosynthesis of 2-methylisoborneol is regulated by chromatic acclimation of Pseudanabaena. Environmental Research 2023;221:115260. 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115260.
Green light promotes / MIB synthesis and PE / Odor risks increase -
ES&T2025: Ming Su#, Weiwei Li#, Changwei Lü, Min Yang, et. al. Effects of Oxygenation Resuspension on DOM Composition and Its Role in Reducing Dissolved Manganese in Drinking Water Reservoirs. Environmental Sciences & Technology 2025;59(21):10498-10509 10.1021/acs.est.5c00235.
Mud whispers iron, / oxygen sings it silent— / clean water follows. -
ER2022: MD. Suruzzaman, Yongjing Wang*, Ming Su*, et. al. Evaluation of the MIB-producing potential based on real-time qPCR in drinking water reservoirs. Environmental Research 2022;204:112308. 10.1016/j.envres.2021.112308.
Green light promotes / MIB synthesis and PE / Odor risks increase -
Ming Su, “Chapter 4: Environmental Behavior and Odor-Producing Characteristics of Typical Odor-Producing Algae,” Odor Problems in Drinking Water: Sources and Control, eds. Min Yang and Jianwei Yu and etc. (China Science Publishing & Media Ltd. (CPSM), 2021), pp. 120-161.https://www.ecsponline.com/goods.php?id=209533
Does drinking water smell? / Where does it come from? Check / odor-producing algae. -
Ming Su, “Chapter 5: Control Strategies for Odor-Producing Algae in Lake and Reservoir Water Sources,” Odor Problems in Drinking Water: Sources and Control, eds. Min Yang, Jianwei Yu, et al. (Beijing: Science Press, 2021), pp. 162-193.
Odor in drinking water— / How to prevent and control? / Look here for solutions.