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Overview

Hongxia Yu is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and specializes primarily in Environmental Science. Their research encompasses various subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Molecular Biology, Pollution, Computational Theory and Mathematics, and Environmental Chemistry.

The main topics of study addressed in their work include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Estrogen and related hormone effects

Hongxia Yu has been published frequently in several notable scientific journals. The primary publication venues include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Water Research
  • Environment International
  • BMC Plant Biology
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Significant recent papers by Hongxia Yu include:

  • "Non-target and suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Chinese municipal wastewater treatment plants" (2020, Water Research)
  • "Transplacental Transfer of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Identified in Paired Maternal and Cord Sera Using Suspect and Nontarget Screening" (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "Suspect and non-target screening of pesticides and pharmaceuticals transformation products in wastewater using QTOF-MS" (2020, Environment International)
  • "Nontarget Discovery of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Atmospheric Particulate Matter and Gaseous Phase Using Cryogenic Air Sampler" (2020, Environmental Science & Technology)
  • "eDNA biomonitoring revealed the ecological effects of water diversion projects between Yangtze River and Tai Lake" (2021, Water Research)

Hongxia Yu collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Xiaowei Zhang
  • Si Wei
  • Wei Shi
  • Nanyang Yu
  • Jing Guo

Best Publications

  • Dynamic Hydrogels with an Environmental Adaptive Self-Healing Ability and Dual Responsive Sol–Gel Transitions

    Guohua Deng;Fuya Li;Hongxia Yu;Fuyong Liu

  • Occurrence of organophosphate flame retardants in drinking water from China.

    Jun Li;Nanyang Yu;Beibei Zhang;Ling Jin

  • Risk and toxicity assessments of heavy metals in sediments and fishes from the Yangtze River and Taihu Lake, China.

    Jie Fu;Xin Hu;Xiancong Tao;Hongxia Yu

  • Suspect and Nontarget Screening of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Wastewater from a Fluorochemical Manufacturing Park

    Yi Wang;Nanyang Yu;Xiaobin Zhu;Huiwei Guo

  • Perfluorinated compounds and total and extractable organic fluorine in human blood samples from China.

    Leo W. Y. Yeung;Yuichi Miyake;Sachi Taniyasu;Yuan Wang

  • Photocatalytic synthesis and photovoltaic application of Ag-TiO2 nanorod composites.

    Qipeng Lu;Zhenda Lu;Yunzhang Lu;Longfeng Lv

  • Non-Target and Suspect Screening of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Airborne Particulate Matter in China.

    Nanyang Yu;Huiwei Guo;Jingping Yang;Ling Jin

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in sediments and mussel tissues from Hong Kong marine waters.

    Ying Liu;Gene J. Zheng;Hongxia Yu;Michael Martin

  • The Fabrication of a Photoresponsive Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for the Photoregulated Uptake and Release of Caffeine

    Chenghin Gong;Michael Hon-Wah Lam;Hongxia Yu

  • Bioaccumulation, depuration and oxidative stress in fish Carassius auratus under phenanthrene exposure.

    Yuanyuan Sun;Hongxia Yu;Jingfei Zhang;Ying Yin

  • Organophosphate Flame Retardants and Plasticizers in Aqueous Solution: pH-Dependent Hydrolysis, Kinetics, and Pathways

    Guanyong Su;Robert J. Letcher;Hongxia Yu

  • Regional distribution of halogenated organophosphate flame retardants in seawater samples from three coastal cities in China.

    Mengyang Hu;Jun Li;Beibei Zhang;Qinglan Cui

  • Levels and body distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in freshwater fishes from the Yangtze River, China.

    Qiming Xian;Karri Ramu;Tomohiko Isobe;Agus Sudaryanto

  • Effects of tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate and triphenyl phosphate on receptor-associated mRNA expression in zebrafish embryos/larvae

    Chunsheng Liu;Qiangwei Wang;Kang Liang;Jingfu Liu

  • Non-target and suspect screening of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Chinese municipal wastewater treatment plants.

    Xuebing Wang;Nanyang Yu;Yuli Qian;Wei Shi

  • Synthesis of surface molecularly imprinted silica micro-particles in aqueous solution and the usage for selective off-line solid-phase extraction of 2,4-dinitrophenol from water matrixes.

    Wei Luo;Lihua Zhu;Chen Yu;Heqing Tang

  • Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of the Flame Retardant Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) Phosphate Inhibit Growth of Female Zebrafish and Decrease Fecundity

    Ya Zhu;Xufa Ma;Guanyong Su;Liqin Yu

  • Occurrence of thyroid hormone activities in drinking water from eastern China: contributions of phthalate esters.

    Wei Shi;Xinxin Hu;Fengxian Zhang;Guanjiu Hu

  • Suspect and non-target screening of pesticides and pharmaceuticals transformation products in wastewater using QTOF-MS.

    Xuebing Wang;Nanyang Yu;Jingping Yang;Ling Jin

  • Effects of Perfluorooctanoic Acid on Metabolic Profiles in Brain and Liver of Mouse Revealed by a High-throughput Targeted Metabolomics Approach

    Nanyang Yu;Si Wei;Meiying Li;Jingping Yang

  • Toxicogenomic Responses of Zebrafish Embryos/Larvae to Tris(1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) Phosphate (TDCPP) Reveal Possible Molecular Mechanisms of Developmental Toxicity

    Jie Fu;Jian Han;Bingsheng Zhou;Zhiyuan Gong

  • Bioaccumulation and ROS generation in liver of Carassius auratus, exposed to phenanthrene

    Ying Yin;Haixia Jia;Yuanyuan Sun;Hongxia Yu

  • Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Pearl River Delta sediments.

    Gene J. Zheng;Michael Martin;Bruce J. Richardson;Hongxia Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

John P. Giesy
John P. Giesy University of Saskatchewan
Xiaowei Zhang
Xiaowei Zhang Nanjing University
Michael H.W. Lam
Michael H.W. Lam City University of Hong Kong
Liansheng Wang
Liansheng Wang Nanjing University
Paul K.S. Lam
Paul K.S. Lam Hong Kong Metropolitan University
Jie Fu
Jie Fu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jichun Wu
Jichun Wu Nanjing University
Robert J. Letcher
Robert J. Letcher Carleton University
Gene J. Zheng
Gene J. Zheng City University of Hong Kong
Kedong Yin
Kedong Yin Sun Yat-sen University

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