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Overview

Yan Wang is affiliated with Dalian University of Technology in China and has produced significant research contributions in the field of environmental science. Their work primarily focuses on various aspects of pollution, toxicology, and environmental safety, encompassing a broad spectrum within health and toxicology, materials chemistry, and industrial engineering.

Key research topics covered by Yan Wang include:

  • Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Air Quality and Health Impacts
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals

Yan Wang's publication record features research in highly regarded journals and environmental science venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Their recent scientific papers illustrate a range of environmental and chemical research topics:

  • Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for the delivery of agrochemicals: strategies towards sustainable agriculture (2022, Journal of Nanobiotechnology)
  • Oral berberine improves brain dopa/dopamine levels to ameliorate Parkinson's disease by regulating gut microbiota (2021, Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy)
  • Characteristics and risk assessment of organophosphate esters and phthalates in soils and vegetation from Dalian, northeast China (2021, Environmental Pollution)

Yan Wang has collaborated frequently with several researchers, indicating a network of co-authors actively engaged in similar areas of study. Key collaborators include:

  • Feng Tan
  • Nan Shen
  • Zihao Zhang
  • Xu Yue
  • Guoxiang Wang

The scientist's main domain of study is Environmental Science, with more than two hundred publications. Subfields include Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Pollution; Materials Chemistry; Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering; and Plant Science.

Best Publications

  • Stepwise decreases of the Huanghe (Yellow River) sediment load (1950–2005): Impacts of climate change and human activities

    Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Yoshiki Saito;J. Paul Liu

  • Heavy metal contamination in soils and vegetables near an e-waste processing site, south China

    Chunling Luo;Chuanping Liu;Yan Wang;Xiang Liu

  • Microplastic pollution in the surface waters of the Bohai Sea, China

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  • Synergetic activation of peroxymonosulfate by Co3O4 modified g-C3N4 for enhanced degradation of diclofenac sodium under visible light irradiation

    Huixin Shao;Xu Zhao;Yanbin Wang;Ran Mao

  • In situ, high-resolution imaging of labile phosphorus in sediments of a large eutrophic lake

    Shiming Ding;Chao Han;Yanping Wang;Lei Yao

  • Temporal and spatial variation characteristics of atmospheric emissions of Cd, Cr, and Pb from coal in China

    Hezhong Tian;Ke Cheng;Yan Wang;Yan Wang;Dan Zhao

  • Antibiotics in the coastal water of the South Yellow Sea in China: Occurrence, distribution and ecological risks.

    Juan Du;Hongxia Zhao;Sisi Liu;Huaijun Xie

  • Persistent organic pollutants carried on plastic resin pellets from two beaches in China

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  • Short- and Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Air and Soil of Subtropical Terrestrial Environment in the Pearl River Delta, South China: Distribution, Composition, Atmospheric Deposition Fluxes, and Environmental Fate

    Yan Wang;Jun Li;Zhineng Cheng;Qilu Li

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in soils and vegetation near an e-waste recycling site in South China: concentration, distribution, source, and risk assessment.

    Yan Wang;Zhongjing Tian;Haolin Zhu;Haolin Zhu;Zhineng Cheng

  • Characterization of PBDEs in soils and vegetations near an e-waste recycling site in South China

    Yan Wang;Chunling Luo;Jun Li;Hua Yin

  • Dynamics of phosphorus-iron-sulfur at the sediment-water interface influenced by algae blooms decomposition.

    Chao Han;Shiming Ding;Lei Yao;Qiushi Shen

  • Organochlorine pesticides in air and soil and estimated air–soil exchange in Punjab, Pakistan

    Jabir Hussain Syed;Riffat Naseem Malik;Di Liu;Yue Xu

  • Dispersal pattern of suspended sediment in the shear frontal zone off the Huanghe (Yellow River) mouth

    Houjie Wang;Zuosheng Yang;Yunhai Li;Zhigang Guo

  • Organophosphorus flame retardants and plasticizers in building and decoration materials and their potential burdens in newly decorated houses in China

    Yan Wang;Minmin Hou;Qiaonan Zhang;Xiaowei Wu

  • Enhanced Photoelectrocatalytic Decomplexation of Cu-EDTA and Cu Recovery by Persulfate Activated by UV and Cathodic Reduction

    Huabin Zeng;Shanshan Liu;Buyu Chai;Di Cao

  • Atmospheric Short-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in China, Japan, and South Korea

    Qilu Li;Jun Li;Yan Wang;Yue Xu

  • Gel-based coloration technique for the submillimeter-scale imaging of labile phosphorus in sediments and soils with diffusive gradients in thin films.

    Shiming Ding;Yan Wang;Di Xu;Chungang Zhu

  • Electrospinning Preparation of Nanostructured g-C3N4/BiVO4 Composite Films with an Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Performance

    Yan Wang;Jianyang Sun;Jiang Li;Xu Zhao

  • Screening of Atmospheric Short- and Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in India and Pakistan using Polyurethane Foam Based Passive Air Sampler

    Chakra Chaemfa;Yue Xu;Jun Li;Paromita Chakraborty

  • Evidence for Major Contributions of Unintentionally Produced PCBs in the Air of China: Implications for the National Source Inventory

    Shizhen Zhao;Kevin C. Jones;Jun Li;Andrew J. Sweetman

  • Anaerobic degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated biphenyls ethers (PBDEs), and microbial community dynamics of electronic waste-contaminated soil.

    Mengke Song;Chunling Luo;Fangbai Li;Longfei Jiang

  • Characterization and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls in soils and vegetations near an electronic waste recycling site, South China.

    Yan Wang;Chun-Ling Luo;Jun Li;Hua Yin

  • Characterization of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons deposition in PM2.5 and cloud/fog water at Mount Taishan (China)

    Peng-hui Li;Yan Wang;Yu-hua Li;Zai-feng Wang

  • Residual levels and health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in freshwater fishes from Lake Small Bai-Yang-Dian, Northern China

    Fu-Liu Xu;Wen-Jing Wu;Jun Jun Wang;Ning Qin

  • Influence of different types of coals and stoves on the emissions of parent and oxygenated PAHs from residential coal combustion in China

    Yan Wang;Yue Xu;Yingjun Chen;Chongguo Tian

  • A systematic review on aquaculture wastewater: Pollutants, impacts, and treatment technology

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  • PAHs distribution in precipitation at Mount Taishan: China. Identification of sources and meteorological influences.

    Yan Wang;Peng-hui Li;Hong-li Li;Xiao-huan Liu

  • DOM from mariculture ponds exhibits higher reactivity on photodegradation of sulfonamide antibiotics than from offshore seawaters.

    Jieqiong Wang;Jingwen Chen;Xianliang Qiao;Yan Wang

  • Dynamic probabilistic material flow analysis of nano-SiO2, nano iron oxides, nano-CeO2, nano-Al2O3, and quantum dots in seven European regions.

    Yan Wang;Bernd Nowack

Frequent Co-Authors

Chunling Luo
Chunling Luo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingwen Chen
Jingwen Chen Dalian University of Technology
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Xiangdong Li
Xiangdong Li Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Chongguo Tian
Chongguo Tian Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shiming Ding
Shiming Ding Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xu Zhao
Xu Zhao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chaosheng Zhang
Chaosheng Zhang University of Galway
Jabir Hussain Syed
Jabir Hussain Syed COMSATS University Islamabad

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