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Environmental Sciences
Taiwan
2026

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
63
Citations
12589
World Ranking
2511
National Ranking
7

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Taiwan Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Taiwan Leader Award

Overview

Chang-Ping Yu is affiliated with National Taiwan University in Taiwan and specializes in the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on pollution, ecology, and environmental engineering. Their research encompasses a broad spectrum of topics related to environmental impacts, microbial ecology, and water treatment technologies.

The main subfields of study contributing to their work include:

  • Pollution
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Molecular Biology

Key research topics addressed by Chang-Ping Yu cover:

  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Microbial Fuel Cells and Bioremediation
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
  • Water Treatment and Disinfection

Chang-Ping Yu has published multiple papers in several frequently targeted scientific venues, which include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Notable recent publications by Chang-Ping Yu are:

  • Zero-valent iron-based technologies for removal of heavy metal(loid)s and organic pollutants from the aquatic environment: Recent advances and perspectives (2020) in Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Horizontal and vertical gene transfer drive sediment antibiotic resistome in an urban lagoon system (2020) in Journal of Environmental Sciences
  • Urban ponds as hotspots of antibiotic resistome in the urban environment (2020) in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Leachable Additives of Tire Particles Explain the Shift in Microbial Community Composition and Function in Coastal Sediments (2022) in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Spatial autocorrelation and temporal variation of contaminants of emerging concern in a typical urbanizing river (2022) in Water Research

Collaborative efforts are common in Chang-Ping Yu's research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Anyi Hu
  • Qian Sun
  • Bob Adyari
  • Liyuan Hou
  • Chung-Yu Guan

Best Publications

  • Green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using tea leaf extract and evaluation of their stability and antibacterial activity

    Qian Sun;Xiang Cai;Xiang Cai;Jiangwei Li;Min Zheng

  • Biodegradation potential of wastewater micropollutants by ammonia-oxidizing bacteria.

    Hyungkeun Roh;Nethra Subramanya;Fuman Zhao;Chang-Ping Yu

  • Strong impact of anthropogenic contamination on the co-occurrence patterns of a riverine microbial community.

    Anyi Hu;Feng Ju;Liyuan Hou;Jiangwei Li

  • Seasonal variation in the occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in a wastewater treatment plant in Xiamen, China

    Qian Sun;Min Lv;Anyi Hu;Xiaoyong Yang

  • Interactions of nanosilver with Escherichia coli cells in planktonic and biofilm cultures

    Okkyoung Choi;Chang-Ping Yu;G. Esteban Fernández;Zhiqiang Hu

  • 17β-estradiol-degrading bacteria isolated from activated sludge

    Chang-Ping Yu;Hyungkeun Roh;Kung-Hui Chu

  • Ecological risk assessment of pharmaceuticals in the receiving environment of pharmaceutical wastewater in Pakistan.

    Muhammad Ashfaq;Muhammad Ashfaq;Khujasta Nawaz Khan;Muhammad Saif Ur Rehman;Ghulam Mustafa

  • Seasonal and spatial variations of PPCP occurrence, removal and mass loading in three wastewater treatment plants located in different urbanization areas in Xiamen, China

    Qian Sun;Mingyue Li;Cong Ma;Xiangqiang Chen

  • In Situ Study of the Antibacterial Activity and Mechanism of Action of Silver Nanoparticles by Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy

    Li Cui;Pengyu Chen;Shaode Chen;Zhihua Yuan

  • Dissipation of antibiotics by microalgae: Kinetics, identification of transformation products and pathways

    Claude Kiki;Azhar Rashid;Yuwen Wang;Yan Li

  • Occurrence, fate, and mass balance of different classes of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in an anaerobic-anoxic-oxic wastewater treatment plant in Xiamen, China.

    Muhammad Ashfaq;Yan Li;Yuwen Wang;Wenjie Chen

  • Using material/substance flow analysis to support sustainable development assessment: A literature review and outlook

    Chu-Long Huang;Chu-Long Huang;Jonathan Vause;Hwong-Wen Ma;Chang-Ping Yu

  • Microbial degradation of steroidal estrogens

    Chang-Ping Yu;Rula A. Deeb;Kung-Hui Chu

  • Effect of nanoscale zero-valent iron and magnetite (Fe3O4) on the fate of metals during anaerobic digestion of sludge

    Fidèle Suanon;Qian Sun;Daouda Mama;Jiangwei Li

  • Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products along the West Prong Little Pigeon River in east Tennessee, USA.

    Chang-Ping Yu;Kung-Hui Chu

  • Application of nanoscale zero valent iron and iron powder during sludge anaerobic digestion: Impact on methane yield and pharmaceutical and personal care products degradation.

    Fidèle Suanon;Qian Sun;Mingyue Li;Xiang Cai

  • Influence of pretreated activated sludge for electricity generation in microbial fuel cell application.

    Mohd Zulkhairi Mohd Yusoff;Anyi Hu;Cuijie Feng;Toshinari Maeda

  • Fate and mass balance of bisphenol analogues in wastewater treatment plants in Xiamen City, China ☆

    Qian Sun;Yuwen Wang;Yan Li;Muhammad Ashfaq

  • Biodegradation of sulfamethoxazole in bacteria from three different origins.

    Sikandar I. Mulla;Anyi Hu;Qian Sun;Jiagwei Li

  • PPCPs in Jiulong River estuary (China): Spatiotemporal distributions, fate, and their use as chemical markers of wastewater

    Qian Sun;Yan Li;Mingyue Li;Muhammad Ashfaq

  • Interaction of Silver Nanoparticles With Pure Nitrifying Bacteria

    Zhihua Yuan;Jiangwei Li;Li Cui;Bin Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Anyi Hu
Anyi Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hwong-Wen Ma
Hwong-Wen Ma National Taiwan University
Zuliang Chen
Zuliang Chen Fujian Normal University
Nianzhi Jiao
Nianzhi Jiao Xiamen University
Zhiqiang Hu
Zhiqiang Hu University of Missouri
Ram Naresh Bharagava
Ram Naresh Bharagava Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University
Nengwang Chen
Nengwang Chen Xiamen University
Jian-Qiang Su
Jian-Qiang Su Chinese Academy of Sciences
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Thomas K. Wood
Thomas K. Wood Pennsylvania State University

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