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D-Index
89
Citations
26666
World Ranking
2190
National Ranking
787

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Baohua Gu is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and has an extensive record of research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their research work encompasses various topics such as mercury impact and mitigation studies, heavy metal exposure and toxicity, and climate change effects on permafrost. Other focused topics include heavy metals in the environment, methane hydrates and related phenomena, peatlands and wetlands ecology, as well as water treatment and disinfection.

The scientist has published numerous papers, with recent notable works including:

  • DemethylationThe Other Side of the Mercury Methylation Coin: A Critical Review, 2021, ACS Environmental Au
  • A novel GLP-1 and FGF21 dual agonist has therapeutic potential for diabetes and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, 2021, EBioMedicine
  • Molecular Dynamics Simulation of the Structures, Dynamics, and Aggregation of Dissolved Organic Matter, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Apical sodium-dependent bile acid transporter, drug target for bile acid related diseases and delivery target for prodrugs: Current and future challenges, 2020, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
  • Microbial Communities Associated with Methylmercury Degradation in Paddy Soils, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Baohua Gu frequently collaborates with several coauthors including:

  • Lijie Zhang
  • Xujun Liang
  • Eric M. Pierce
  • Yu-Rong Liu
  • Jiating Zhao

The scientist's publications are often found in key venues such as:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Baohua Gu's subfields of study within environmental science cover a broad spectrum, which includes health, toxicology and mutagenesis, atmospheric science, ecology, pollution, and molecular biology.

In recognition of their scientific contributions, Baohua Gu was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Adsorption and desorption of natural organic matter on iron oxide: mechanisms and models.

    Baohua. Gu;Juergen. Schmitt;Zhihong. Chen;Liyuan. Liang

  • Spectroscopic characterization of the structural and functional properties of natural organic matter fractions

    Jie Chen;Baohua Gu;Eugene J. LeBoeuf;Hongjun Pan

  • Adsorption and desorption of different organic matter fractions on iron oxide

    Baohua Gu;Jürgen Schmitt;Zhihong Chen;Liyuan Liang

  • GeoChip: a comprehensive microarray for investigating biogeochemical, ecological and environmental processes

    Zhili He;Terry J Gentry;Terry J Gentry;Christopher W Schadt;Liyou Wu;Liyou Wu

  • Free-standing optical gold bowtie nanoantenna with variable gap size for enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

    Nahla A Abu Hatab;Chun-Hway Hsueh;Abigail Gaddis;Scott T Retterer

  • Fluorescence spectroscopic studies of natural organic matter fractions.

    Jie Chen;Eugene J LeBoeuf;Sheng Dai;Baohua Gu

  • Reductive precipitation of uranium(VI) by zero-valent iron

    B. Gu;L. Liang;M. J. Dickey;X. Yin

  • Effects of engineered cerium oxide nanoparticles on bacterial growth and viability.

    Dale A. Pelletier;Anil K. Suresh;Gregory A. Holton;Catherine K. McKeown

  • Band gap narrowing of titanium oxide semiconductors by noncompensated anion-cation codoping for enhanced visible-light photoactivity.

    Wenguang Zhu;Wenguang Zhu;Xiaofeng Qiu;Violeta Iancu;Xing-Qiu Chen

  • Mercury reduction and complexation by natural organic matter in anoxic environments

    Baohua Gu;Yongrong Bian;Carrie L. Miller;Wenming Dong

  • Silver nanocrystallites: biofabrication using Shewanella oneidensis, and an evaluation of their comparative toxicity on gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria.

    Anil K. Suresh;Dale A. Pelletier;Wei Wang;Ji-Won Moon

  • Active transport, substrate specificity, and methylation of Hg(II) in anaerobic bacteria

    Jeffra K. Schaefer;Sara S. Rocks;Wang Zheng;Liyuan Liang

  • Biogeochemical dynamics in zero-valent iron columns: implications for permeable reactive barriers

    B. Gu;T. J. Phelps;L. Liang;M. J. Dickey

  • Performance evaluation of a zerovalent iron reactive barrier: Mineralogical characteristics

    Debra Helen Phillips;Baohua Gu;David B Watson;Yul Roh

  • Pilot-scale in situ bioremedation of uranium in a highly contaminated aquifer. 2. Reduction of u(VI) and geochemical control of u(VI) bioavailability.

    Wei-Min Wu;Jack Carley;Terry Gentry;Matthew A. Ginder-Vogel

  • Biofabrication of discrete spherical gold nanoparticles using the metal-reducing bacterium Shewanella oneidensis.

    Anil K Suresh;Dale A Pelletier;Wei Wang;Michael L Broich

  • Cytotoxicity induced by engineered silver nanocrystallites is dependent on surface coatings and cell types.

    Anil K Suresh;Dale A Pelletier;Wei Wang;Jennifer L Morrell-Falvey

  • Detection of alkaline phosphatase using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

    Chuanmin Ruan;Wei Wang;Baohua Gu

  • Extraction of oxidized and reduced forms of uranium from contaminated soils: effects of carbonate concentration and pH.

    Ping Zhou;Baohua Gu

  • The roles of natural organic matter in chemical and microbial reduction of ferric iron

    Jie Chen;Baohua Gu;Richard A. Royer;William D. Burgos

Frequent Co-Authors

Liyuan Liang
Liyuan Liang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David E. Graham
David E. Graham Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Jizhong Zhou
Jizhong Zhou University of Oklahoma
Stan D. Wullschleger
Stan D. Wullschleger Oak Ridge National Laboratory
David B. Watson
David B. Watson Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Neil C. Sturchio
Neil C. Sturchio University of Delaware
Craig S. Criddle
Craig S. Criddle Stanford University
Wei-Min Wu
Wei-Min Wu Stanford University
John Karl Böhlke
John Karl Böhlke United States Geological Survey
Philip M. Jardine
Philip M. Jardine University of Tennessee at Knoxville

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