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Overview

Shen Yu is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China, with a focus on Environmental Science and Medicine. Their body of work spans numerous publications across these fields, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to environmental and health-related challenges.

The scientist's primary research areas include Environmental Science and Medicine, with significant subfields in Oncology, Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, and Plant Science. Their work covers several key topics:

  • Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Colorectal and Anal Carcinomas
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications

Shen Yu has been frequently published in several academic venues, reflecting a diverse dissemination of research findings. The most prominent journals and publication series include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Journal of Clinical Oncology
  • Journal of Optics

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Shen Yu are:

  • Multi-objective optimization for green-grey infrastructures in response to external uncertainties, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Antibiotics control in aquaculture requires more than antibiotic-free feeds: A tilapia farming case, 2020, Environmental Pollution
  • Highly effective and selective removal of lead ions by polymer-grafted silica-coated acid-resistant magnetic chitosan composites, 2023, Separation and Purification Technology
  • Why scale is vital to plan optimal Nature-Based Solutions for resilient cities, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • Anthropogenic metal loads in nearshore sediment along the coast of China mainland interacting with provincial socioeconomics in the period 1980-2020, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment

The scientific collaborations of Shen Yu include frequent partnerships with researchers such as Bing Hong, Min Zhou, Wenjian Meng, Guanjia Yu, and Haodong Wang. These collaborations contribute to the multidisciplinary nature of the scientist's work across environmental and medical sciences.

Best Publications

  • Continental-scale pollution of estuaries with antibiotic resistance genes

    Yong-Guan Zhu;Yi Zhao;Bing Li;Chu-Long Huang

  • Trace metal contamination in urban soils of China.

    Xiao-san Luo;Shen Yu;Yong-guan Zhu;Xiang-dong Li

  • Incorporating bioaccessibility into human health risk assessments of heavy metals in urban park soils.

    Xiao-San Luo;Jing Ding;Bo Xu;Yi-Jie Wang

  • Distribution, availability, and sources of trace metals in different particle size fractions of urban soils in Hong Kong: Implications for assessing the risk to human health.

    Xiao-san Luo;Shen Yu;Xiang-dong Li

  • Are the biogeochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus driven by the “FeIII–FeII redox wheel” in dynamic redox environments?

    Yichun Li;Shen Yu;James Strong;Hailong Wang

  • Heavy metal and organic contaminants in mangrove ecosystems of China: a review

    Zai-Wang Zhang;Xiang-Rong Xu;Yu-Xin Sun;Shen Yu

  • The mobility, bioavailability, and human bioaccessibility of trace metals in urban soils of Hong Kong

    Xiao-san Luo;Xiao-san Luo;Shen Yu;Xiang-dong Li

  • Inconsistency and comprehensiveness of risk assessments for heavy metals in urban surface sediments.

    G. B. Yu;Y. Liu;S. Yu;S. C. Wu

  • Legacy effects overwhelm the short-term effects of exotic plant invasion and restoration on soil microbial community structure, enzyme activities, and nitrogen cycling

    Kenneth J. Elgersma;Kenneth J. Elgersma;Joan G. Ehrenfeld;Shen Yu;Shen Yu;Torsten Vor;Torsten Vor

  • Transport of heavy metals in surface runoff from vegetable and citrus fields

    Z. L. He;Z. L. He;M. K. Zhang;D. V. Calvert;P. J. Stoffella

  • Losses of natural coastal wetlands by land conversion and ecological degradation in the urbanizing Chinese coast

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  • Urban phosphorus metabolism through food consumption: the case of China

    Gui-Lin Li;Xuemei Bai;Shen Yu;Hua Zhang

  • Contamination and source differentiation of Pb in park soils along an urban–rural gradient in Shanghai

    Hong-bo Li;Shen Yu;Gui-lin Li;Hong Deng

  • The effects of mariculture on heavy metal distribution in sediments and cultured fish around the Pearl River Delta region, south China.

    Peng Liang;Sheng-Chun Wu;Jin Zhang;Yucheng Cao

  • Relationship between heavy metal contents and clay mineral properties in surface sediments: Implications for metal pollution assessment

    Yueh-Min Chen;Yueh-Min Chen;Jin-bo Gao;Yong-Qiang Yuan;Jun Ma

  • Surface runoff phosphorus (P) loss in relation to phosphatase activity and soil P fractions in Florida sandy soils under citrus production

    S. Yu;Z.L. He;P.J. Stoffella;D.V. Calvert

  • Brominated flame retardants in mangrove sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, South China: Spatial distribution, temporal trend and mass inventory

    Zai-Wang Zhang;Yu-Xin Sun;Kai-Feng Sun;Xiang-Rong Xu

  • Urbanization gradient of selected pharmaceuticals in surface water at a watershed scale.

    Bing Hong;Qiaoying Lin;Shen Yu;Yongshan Chen

  • Mercury pollution in fish from South China Sea: Levels, species-specific accumulation, and possible sources

    Jinling Liu;Xiangrong Xu;Shen Yu;Hefa Cheng

  • Urbanization increased metal levels in lake surface sediment and catchment topsoil of waterscape parks.

    Hong Bo Li;Shen Yu;Gui Lin Li;Yi Liu

  • Root iron plaque formation and characteristics under N2 flushing and its effects on translocation of Zn and Cd in paddy rice seedlings (Oryza sativa).

    Bo Xu;Shen Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhenli He
Zhenli He University of Florida
Ming Hung Wong
Ming Hung Wong Education University of Hong Kong
Xiang-Rong Xu
Xiang-Rong Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Ma
Jun Ma Harbin Institute of Technology
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joan G. Ehrenfeld
Joan G. Ehrenfeld Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Peter J. Stoffella
Peter J. Stoffella University of Florida
Hefa Cheng
Hefa Cheng Peking University
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Catherine E. Lovelock
Catherine E. Lovelock University of Queensland

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