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Hongqiang Ren

Hongqiang Ren

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
73
Citations
22586
World Ranking
1399
National Ranking
134

Overview

Hongqiang Ren is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and primarily conducts research in the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses significantly on pollution, health, toxicology, and mutagenesis, with additional contributions to water science and technology, molecular biology, and industrial and manufacturing engineering.

The scientist's research addresses critical topics such as wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, water treatment and disinfection, water quality monitoring and analysis, microbial community ecology and physiology, microbial fuel cells and bioremediation, and advanced oxidation water treatment.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Hongqiang Ren include Jinju Geng, Ke Xu, Bing Wu, Haidong Hu, and Qingmiao Yu.

Publications have been consistently featured in journals such as Water Research, The Science of The Total Environment, Bioresource Technology, Environment International, and the Journal of Hazardous Materials.

Notable recent papers include:

  • A review of the application of machine learning in water quality evaluation, 2022, Eco-Environment & Health
  • Microplastics release phthalate esters and cause aggravated adverse effects in the mouse gut, 2020, Environment International
  • Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Size-Dependent Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics on Immune and Secretory Cell Populations from Zebrafish Intestines, 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Microplastics enhance the developmental toxicity of synthetic phenolic antioxidants by disturbing the thyroid function and metabolism in developing zebrafish, 2020, Environment International
  • Enhanced reproductive toxicities induced by phthalates contaminated microplastics in male mice (Mus musculus), 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Uptake and Accumulation of Polystyrene Microplastics in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) and Toxic Effects in Liver.

    Yifeng Lu;Yan Zhang;Yongfeng Deng;Wei Jiang

  • Tissue accumulation of microplastics in mice and biomarker responses suggest widespread health risks of exposure.

    Yongfeng Deng;Yan Zhang;Bernardo Lemos;Hongqiang Ren

  • Accumulation of different shapes of microplastics initiates intestinal injury and gut microbiota dysbiosis in the gut of zebrafish.

    Ruxia Qiao;Yongfeng Deng;Shenghu Zhang;Marina Borri Wolosker

  • Microplastics induce intestinal inflammation, oxidative stress, and disorders of metabolome and microbiome in zebrafish.

    Ruxia Qiao;Cheng Sheng;Yifeng Lu;Yan Zhang

  • Comparative analysis of surface water quality prediction performance and identification of key water parameters using different machine learning models based on big data.

    Kangyang Chen;Hexia Chen;Chuanlong Zhou;Yichao Huang

  • Municipal wastewater treatment in China: Development history and future perspectives

    Jiuhui Qu;Hongchen Wang;Kaijun Wang;Gang Yu

  • Combined effects of polystyrene microplastics and natural organic matter on the accumulation and toxicity of copper in zebrafish.

    Ruxia Qiao;Kai Lu;Yongfeng Deng;Hongqiang Ren

  • Microplastics release phthalate esters and cause aggravated adverse effects in the mouse gut.

    Yongfeng Deng;Zehua Yan;Ruqin Shen;Meng Wang

  • Inactivation of antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater by chlorination, ultraviolet, and ozonation disinfection

    Yao Zhuang;Hongqiang Ren;Jinju Geng;Jinju Geng;Yingying Zhang

  • Physicochemical characteristics and microbial community evolution of biofilms during the start-up period in a moving bed biofilm reactor

    Yan Zhu;Yan Zhang;Hong-qiang Ren;Jin-ju Geng

  • Inactivation of antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater effluent by chlorination and sequential UV/chlorination disinfection.

    Yingying Zhang;Yao Zhuang;Jinju Geng;Hongqiang Ren

  • Pretreatment of ammonium removal from landfill leachate by chemical precipitation.

    Tao Zhang;Lili Ding;Hongqiang Ren

  • Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals Size-Dependent Effects of Polystyrene Microplastics on Immune and Secretory Cell Populations from Zebrafish Intestines

    Weiqing Gu;Su Liu;Su Liu;Ling Chen;Yuxuan Liu

  • Polyethylene imine modified hydrochar adsorption for chromium (VI) and nickel (II) removal from aqueous solution.

    Yuanji Shi;Tao Zhang;Hongqiang Ren;Andrea Kruse

  • Evidence that microplastics aggravate the toxicity of organophosphorus flame retardants in mice (Mus musculus).

    Yongfeng Deng;Yan Zhang;Ruxia Qiao;Melvin M. Bonilla

  • Reduction of antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater effluent by advanced oxidation processes.

    Yingying Zhang;Yao Zhuang;Jinju Geng;Hongqiang Ren

  • Ammonium nitrogen removal from coking wastewater by chemical precipitation recycle technology.

    Tao Zhang;Lili Ding;Hongqiang Ren;Xiang Xiong

  • Effect of conductive polymers coated anode on the performance of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and its biodiversity analysis.

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  • Microplastics enhance the developmental toxicity of synthetic phenolic antioxidants by disturbing the thyroid function and metabolism in developing zebrafish.

    Hua-Jin Zhao;Jian-Kang Xu;Ze-Hua Yan;Hong-Qiang Ren

  • Microbial community structure and function in aerobic granular sludge

    Juntao Xia;Lin Ye;Hongqiang Ren;Xu-Xiang Zhang

  • Characterization of microbial community and antibiotic resistance genes in activated sludge under tetracycline and sulfamethoxazole selection pressure.

    Yingying Zhang;Jinju Geng;Haijun Ma;Hongqiang Ren

  • Effect of mixing intensity on hydrolysis and acidification of sewage sludge in two-stage anaerobic digestion: Characteristics of dissolved organic matter and the key microorganisms.

    Si-jia Ma;Hai-jun Ma;Hai-dong Hu;Hong-qiang Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinju Geng
Jinju Geng Chongqing University
Lili Ding
Lili Ding Nanjing University
Xu-Xiang Zhang
Xu-Xiang Zhang Nanjing University
Tao Zhang
Tao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Gang Wu
Gang Wu Washington University in St. Louis
Tong Zhang
Tong Zhang University of Hong Kong
Wen-Tso Liu
Wen-Tso Liu University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sabry M. Shaheen
Sabry M. Shaheen Kafrelsheikh University
Jiashun Cao
Jiashun Cao Hohai University
Yinguang Chen
Yinguang Chen Tongji University

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