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Overview

Hefa Cheng is affiliated with Peking University in China and has an extensive research portfolio primarily in the field of Environmental Science, with 250 publications. Their work encompasses several subfields, including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Pollution, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Water Science and Technology.

The main topics of Cheng's research explore diverse aspects of environmental science such as:

  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Frequent collaborators include Shu Tao, Guofeng Shen, Yuanan Hu, Huizhong Shen, and Gang Chen, with whom Cheng has co-authored numerous publications.

Cheng has contributed extensively to several journals and venues, with a significant number of publications in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • Sustainability

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Cheng encompass topics of environmental pollutants, their sources, and impacts, published between 2020 and 2023. Notable recent publications include:

  • "Residential solid fuel emissions contribute significantly to air pollution and associated health impacts in China" (2020) in Science Advances
  • "Quantitative source apportionment of heavy metal(loid)s in the agricultural soils of an industrializing region and associated model uncertainty" (2020) in Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Parabens as chemicals of emerging concern in the environment and humans: A review" (2021) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Toxic effects of cadmium on the physiological and biochemical attributes of plants, and phytoremediation strategies: A review" (2023) in Environmental Pollution
  • "A critical review of pollutant emission factors from fuel combustion in home stoves" (2021) in Environment International

The scope of Cheng's research highlights a focus on the environmental and health impacts of pollutants, the study of heavy metals in ecosystems, and the development of sustainability strategies related to energy and pollution management.

Best Publications

  • Municipal solid waste (MSW) as a renewable source of energy: Current and future practices in China

    Hefa Cheng;Yuanan Hu

  • Lead (Pb) isotopic fingerprinting and its applications in lead pollution studies in China: A review

    Hefa Cheng;Yuanan Hu

  • China Needs to Control Mercury Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Incineration

    Hefa Cheng;Yuanan Hu

  • The Challenges and Solutions for Cadmium-contaminated Rice in China: A Critical Review.

    Yuanan Hu;Hefa Cheng;Shu Tao

  • Assessing heavy metal pollution in the surface soils of a region that had undergone three decades of intense industrialization and urbanization

    Yuanan Hu;Xueping Liu;Jinmei Bai;Kaimin Shih

  • Volatile Flavor Compounds in Yogurt: A Review

    Hefa Cheng

  • Environmental and human health challenges of industrial livestock and poultry farming in China and their mitigation

    Yuanan Hu;Hefa Cheng;Shu Tao

  • Geochemical processes controlling fate and transport of arsenic in acid mine drainage (AMD) and natural systems.

    Hefa Cheng;Yuanan Hu;Jian Luo;Bin Xu

  • Quantifying the rural residential energy transition in China from 1992 to 2012 through a representative national survey

    S. Tao;M. Y. Ru;M. Y. Ru;W. Du;X. Zhu

  • Municipal solid waste (MSW) incineration fly ash as an important source of heavy metal pollution in China.

    Ping Wang;Yuanan Hu;Hefa Cheng

  • Heavy metal pollution caused by small-scale metal ore mining activities: A case study from a polymetallic mine in South China.

    Zehang Sun;Xiande Xie;Ping Wang;Yuanan Hu

  • Meeting China’s Water Shortage Crisis: Current Practices and Challenges

    Hefa Cheng;Yuanan Hu;Jianfu Zhao

  • Quantitative source apportionment of heavy metal(loid)s in the agricultural soils of an industrializing region and associated model uncertainty.

    Hu Yuanan;Kailing He;Zehang Sun;Gang Chen

  • Residential solid fuel emissions contribute significantly to air pollution and associated health impacts in China.

    Xiao Yun;Guofeng Shen;Huizhong Shen;Wenjun Meng

  • Parabens as chemicals of emerging concern in the environment and humans: A review.

    Fang Wei;Monika Mortimer;Hefa Cheng;Nan Sang

  • Pretreatment of wastewater from triazine manufacturing by coagulation, electrolysis, and internal microelectrolysis.

    Hefa Cheng;Weipu Xu;Junliang Liu;Huanjun Wang

  • Application of Stochastic Models in Identification and Apportionment of Heavy Metal Pollution Sources in the Surface Soils of a Large-Scale Region

    Yuanan Hu;Hefa Cheng

  • Leaching of heavy metals from abandoned mine tailings brought by precipitation and the associated environmental impact.

    Ping Wang;Zehang Sun;Yuanan Hu;Hefa Cheng

  • Impacts of air pollutants from rural Chinese households under the rapid residential energy transition

    Guofeng Shen;Muye Ru;Muye Ru;Wei Du;Xi Zhu

  • Municipal Solid Waste Fueled Power Generation in China: A Case Study of Waste-to-Energy in Changchun City

    Hefa Cheng;Yanguo Zhang;and Aihong Meng;Qinghai Li

  • Application of composted sewage sludge (CSS) as a soil amendment for turfgrass growth

    Hefa Cheng;Weipu Xu;Junliang Liu;Qingjian Zhao

  • Heavy metal pollution in sediments of a typical mariculture zone in South China

    Wenfeng Zhang;Xueping Liu;Hefa Cheng;Eddy Y. Zeng

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu Tao
Shu Tao Peking University
Guofeng Shen
Guofeng Shen Peking University
Xilong Wang
Xilong Wang Peking University
Junfeng Liu
Junfeng Liu Peking University
Eddy Y. Zeng
Eddy Y. Zeng South China University of Technology
Huizhong Shen
Huizhong Shen Southern University of Science and Technology
Yuanchen Chen
Yuanchen Chen Zhejiang University of Technology
Baoshan Xing
Baoshan Xing University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bengang Li
Bengang Li Peking University
Jianmin Ma
Jianmin Ma Peking University

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