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Weiling Sun

Weiling Sun

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
46
Citations
6958
World Ranking
6167
National Ranking
625

Overview

Weiling Sun is affiliated with Peking University in China and specializes in environmental science with a focus on pollution and related ecological and toxicological effects. Their research portfolio comprises 148 publications centered on environmental science and further extends into subfields such as pollution, ecology, health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, and materials chemistry.

Their work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts
  • Microbial community ecology and physiology
  • Toxic organic pollutants impact
  • Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research
  • Environmental DNA in biodiversity studies
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal

Frequent co-authors in their research efforts include:

  • Jingrun Hu
  • Yitao Lyu
  • Jinren Ni
  • Xiuqi You
  • Si Li

Weiling Sun's research has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Water Research
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Chemosphere

Representative recent papers from 2021 to 2023 include:

  • Pollutants affect algae-bacteria interactions: A critical review (2021, Environmental Pollution)
  • Antibiotics in global rivers (2022, National Science Open)
  • Unraveling individual and combined toxicity of nano/microplastics and ciprofloxacin to Synechocystis sp. at the cellular and molecular levels (2021, Environment International)
  • Animal production predominantly contributes to antibiotic profiles in the Yangtze River (2023, Water Research)
  • Integration of target, suspect, and nontarget screening with risk modeling for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances prioritization in surface waters (2023, Water Research)

The scientist's research encompasses both fundamental and applied aspects of environmental science, focusing on the impact of contaminants such as antibiotics, nano/microplastics, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances on ecosystems and microbial communities.

Best Publications

  • A duodecennial national synthesis of antibiotics in China's major rivers and seas (2005-2016).

    Si Li;Wanzi Shi;Wei Liu;Huimin Li

  • Adsorption behavior of methylene blue onto titanate nanotubes.

    Lin Xiong;Lin Xiong;Ye Yang;Jiaxing Mai;Jiaxing Mai;Weiling Sun;Weiling Sun

  • Sorption of mercury (II) and atrazine by biochar, modified biochars and biochar based activated carbon in aqueous solution

    Guangcai Tan;Weiling Sun;Yaru Xu;Hongyuan Wang

  • Adsorption mechanisms of ibuprofen and naproxen to UiO-66 and UiO-66-NH2: Batch experiment and DFT calculation

    Weiling Sun;Weiling Sun;Haibo Li;Huimin Li;Si Li

  • Antibiotics in water and sediments of rivers and coastal area of Zhuhai City, Pearl River estuary, south China.

    Si Li;Wanzi Shi;Huimin Li;Nan Xu

  • Adsorption of sulfamethoxazole and 17β-estradiol by carbon nanotubes/CoFe2O4 composites

    Fei Wang;Weiling Sun;Weiyi Pan;Nan Xu

  • Antibiotics in global rivers

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  • Removal of Se(IV) and Se(VI) by MFe2O4 nanoparticles from aqueous solution

    Weiling Sun;Weiyi Pan;Fei Wang;Nan Xu

  • Value-added utilization of yak milk casein for the production of angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides

    Xue-Ying Mao;Jin-Ren Ni;Wei-Ling Sun;Peng-Peng Hao

  • Pollutants affect algae-bacteria interactions: A critical review.

    Xiuqi You;Nan Xu;Xi Yang;Weiling Sun

  • Comparison on aggregation and sedimentation of titanium dioxide, titanate nanotubes and titanate nanotubes-TiO2: Influence of pH, ionic strength and natural organic matter

    Wen Liu;Weiling Sun;Alistair G.L. Borthwick;Jinren Ni

  • Heterogeneous photocatalysis of methylene blue over titanate nanotubes: Effect of adsorption

    Lin Xiong;Weiling Sun;Ye Yang;Cheng Chen

  • Antibiotics in water and sediments of Danjiangkou Reservoir, China: Spatiotemporal distribution and indicator screening

    Si Li;Wanzi Shi;Mingtao You;Ruijie Zhang

  • Effect of carbon nanotubes on Cd(II) adsorption by sediments

    Weiling Sun;Bofeng Jiang;Fei Wang;Nan Xu

  • Animal production predominantly contributes to antibiotic profiles in the Yangtze River.

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  • Experimental and theoretical investigations on Se(IV) and Se(VI) adsorption to UiO-66-based metal–organic frameworks

    Jingmiao Wei;Wei Zhang;Weiyi Pan;Chaoran Li

  • Comparing the effects of different oxygen-containing functional groups on sulfonamides adsorption by carbon nanotubes: Experiments and theoretical calculation

    Jingmiao Wei;Weiling Sun;Weiyi Pan;Xiangquan Yu

  • Simultaneous removal of Cr(VI) and 4-chlorophenol through photocatalysis by a novel anatase/titanate nanosheet composite: Synergetic promotion effect and autosynchronous doping

    Wen Liu;Wen Liu;Wen Liu;Weiling Sun;Alistair G.L. Borthwick;Ting Wang

  • Adsorption of organic pollutants from coking and papermaking wastewaters by bottom ash.

    Wei-ling Sun;Yan-zhi Qu;Qing Yu;Jin-ren Ni

  • Unraveling individual and combined toxicity of nano/microplastics and ciprofloxacin to Synechocystis sp. at the cellular and molecular levels.

    Xiuqi You;Xiaoqiang Cao;Xuan Zhang;Jianhua Guo

  • Adsorption of Cu(II) and Cd(II) on titanate nanomaterials synthesized via hydrothermal method under different NaOH concentrations: Role of sodium content

    Wen Liu;Weiling Sun;Yunfei Han;Muhammad Ahmad

  • Comparison kinetics studies of Cu(II) adsorption by multi-walled carbon nanotubes in homo and heterogeneous systems: Effect of nano-SiO2

    Wei-Ling Sun;Jing Xia;Ying-Chun Shan

  • pH-dependent sulfonamides adsorption by carbon nanotubes with different surface oxygen contents

    Xiangquan Yu;Liping Zhang;Ming Liang;Weiling Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Jinren Ni
Jinren Ni Peking University
Wen Liu
Wen Liu Peking University
Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Alistair G.L. Borthwick University of Edinburgh
Ching-Hua Huang
Ching-Hua Huang Georgia Institute of Technology
Qing Chen
Qing Chen Peking University
Bo Lai
Bo Lai Sichuan University
Yong Liu
Yong Liu Peking University
Jianhua Guo
Jianhua Guo University of Queensland
Yu Bai
Yu Bai Peking University
Sam Fong Yau Li
Sam Fong Yau Li National University of Singapore

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