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Sang Soo Lee

Sang Soo Lee

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
62
Citations
21674
World Ranking
2551
National Ranking
16

Overview

Sang Soo Lee is affiliated with Yonsei University in South Korea. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a strong emphasis on biomaterials, environmental chemistry, water science and technology, geochemistry and petrology, and pollution. Their scientific contributions encompass various topics related to heavy metals in the environment, mine drainage and remediation techniques, calcium carbonate crystallization and inhibition, electrostatics and colloid interactions, adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, radioactive element chemistry and processing, and coal and its by-products.

Their recent publications include the following works:

  • Ion correlations drive charge overscreening and heterogeneous nucleation at solid-aqueous electrolyte interfaces, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Carbonate Coprecipitation for Cd and Zn Treatment and Evaluation of Heavy Metal Stability Under Acidic Conditions, 2023, Environmental Science & Technology
  • Tunable Ion Transport with Freestanding Vermiculite Membranes, 2022, ACS Nano
  • Breakthrough innovations in carbon dioxide mineralization for a sustainable future, 2024, Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology
  • Macroscopic and microscopic behaviors of Mn(II) (ad)sorption to goethite with the effects of dissolved carbonates under anoxic conditions, 2020, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Frequent co-authors in Sang Soo Lee's research include:

  • Paul Fenter
  • Andrew G. Stack
  • Sabry M. Shaheen
  • Jacquelyn N. Bracco
  • Neil C. Sturchio

Sang Soo Lee has published extensively in several key venues within the environmental science domain. These include:

  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Goldschmidt Abstracts

The scope of Sang Soo Lee's work contributes to various domains related to environmental contaminants and material interactions. Research areas such as heavy metal cycling, remediation technologies, and mineral interactions under different environmental conditions are consistent themes throughout their output.

Best Publications

  • Biochar as a sorbent for contaminant management in soil and water: a review.

    Mahtab Ahmad;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Jung Eun Lim;Ming Zhang

  • Heavy metals in food crops: Health risks, fate, mechanisms, and management

    Prabhat Kumar Rai;Sang Soo Lee;Ming Zhang;Yiu Fai Tsang

  • Effects of pyrolysis temperature on soybean stover- and peanut shell-derived biochar properties and TCE adsorption in water.

    Mahtab Ahmad;Sang Soo Lee;Xiaomin Dou;Dinesh Mohan

  • Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

    Ali El-Naggar;Ali El-Naggar;Sang Soo Lee;Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq

  • Solid waste management: Scope and the challenge of sustainability

    Subhasish Das;S. H. Lee;Pawan Kumar;Pawan Kumar;Ki Hyun Kim

  • Benefits and limitations of biochar amendment in agricultural soils: A review

    Beluri Kavitha;Pullagurala Venkata Laxma Reddy;Bojeong Kim;Sang Soo Lee

  • Trichloroethylene adsorption by pine needle biochars produced at various pyrolysis temperatures.

    Mahtab Ahmad;Sang Soo Lee;Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Meththika Vithanage

  • Enhanced sulfamethazine removal by steam-activated invasive plant-derived biochar.

    Anushka Upamali Rajapaksha;Meththika Vithanage;Mahtab Ahmad;Dong Cheol Seo

  • Effects of soil dilution and amendments (mussel shell, cow bone, and biochar) on Pb availability and phytotoxicity in military shooting range soil.

    Mahtab Ahmad;Sang Soo Lee;Jae E. Yang;Hee Myong Ro

  • Speciation and phytoavailability of lead and antimony in a small arms range soil amended with mussel shell, cow bone and biochar: EXAFS spectroscopy and chemical extractions.

    Mahtab Ahmad;Sang Soo Lee;Jung Eun Lim;Sung Eun Lee

  • Nanoparticle-plant interaction: Implications in energy, environment, and agriculture.

    Prabhat Kumar Rai;Vanish Kumar;Sang Soo Lee;Nadeem Raza

  • Biochar-induced changes in soil properties affected immobilization/mobilization of metals/metalloids in contaminated soils

    Mahtab Ahmad;Mahtab Ahmad;Sang Soo Lee;Sung Eun Lee;Mohammad I. Al-Wabel

  • Impacts of biochar application on upland agriculture: A review.

    Kumuduni Niroshika Palansooriya;Yong Sik Ok;Yasser Mahmoud Awad;Sang Soo Lee

  • Review of nanomaterials as sorbents in solid-phase extraction for environmental samples

    Abdelmonaim Azzouz;Suresh Kumar Kailasa;Sang Soo Lee;Andrés J. Rascón

  • Influence of soil properties and feedstocks on biochar potential for carbon mineralization and improvement of infertile soils

    Ali El-Naggar;Ali El-Naggar;Ali El-Naggar;Sang Soo Lee;Yasser Mahmoud Awad;Yasser Mahmoud Awad;Xiao Yang;Xiao Yang

  • Effects of rapeseed residue on lead and cadmium availability and uptake by rice plants in heavy metal contaminated paddy soil

    Yong Sik Ok;Adel R.A. Usman;Sang Soo Lee;Samy A.M. Abd El-Azeem

  • Effects of natural and calcined oyster shells on Cd and Pb immobilization in contaminated soils

    Yong Sik Ok;Sang Eun Oh;Mahtab Ahmad;Seunghun Hyun

  • Pyrolysis process of agricultural waste using CO2 for waste management, energy recovery, and biochar fabrication

    Jechan Lee;Xiao Yang;Seong Heon Cho;Jae Kon Kim

  • Eggshell and coral wastes as low cost sorbents for the removal of Pb2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+ from aqueous solutions

    Mahtab Ahmad;Adel R.A. Usman;Sang Soo Lee;Sung Chul Kim

  • Veterinary antibiotics contamination in water, sediment, and soil near a swine manure composting facility

    Yasser M. Awad;Sung Chul Kim;Samy A.M. Abd El-Azeem;Kye Hoon Kim

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Mahtab Ahmad
Mahtab Ahmad Quaid-i-Azam University
Deok Hyun Moon
Deok Hyun Moon Chosun University
Ki-Hyun Kim
Ki-Hyun Kim Hanyang University
Meththika Vithanage
Meththika Vithanage University of Sri Jayewardenepura
Adel R.A. Usman
Adel R.A. Usman Assiut University
Nabeel Khan Niazi
Nabeel Khan Niazi University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Mohammad I. Al-Wabel
Mohammad I. Al-Wabel King Saud University
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jörg Rinklebe
Jörg Rinklebe University of Wuppertal

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