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Overview

Yang Deng is affiliated with Montclair State University in the United States and specializes in environmental science, with a focus on water science and technology. Their research contributions span a variety of subfields, including health, toxicology and mutagenesis, environmental chemistry, industrial and manufacturing engineering, and pollution.

The scientist's work emphasizes several key topics related to water treatment and environmental remediation. These include:

  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Water treatment and disinfection
  • Advanced photocatalysis techniques
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials
  • Wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal
  • Wastewater treatment and reuse
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation

Yang Deng has authored multiple papers published in leading journals. Recent publications include:

  • "Destruction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) with Advanced Reduction Processes (ARPs): A Critical Review," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Insights into heterotrophic denitrification diversity in wastewater treatment systems: Progress and future prospects based on different carbon sources," 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Review on electrochemical system for landfill leachate treatment: Performance, mechanism, application, shortcoming, and improvement scheme," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Impacts of pre-oxidation on the formation of disinfection byproducts from algal organic matter in subsequent chlor(am)ination: A review," 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Intensified Disinfection Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Poses Potential Risks to Water Quality and Safety," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology

Deng frequently collaborates with several researchers, with coauthors including:

  • Chuanping Feng
  • Nan Chen
  • Weiwu Hu
  • Guoxiang Wang
  • Junkui Cui

Major publication venues for Deng's work are:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Science & Technology

Best Publications

  • Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) in Wastewater Treatment

    Yang Deng;Renzun Zhao

  • Interactions between engineered nanoparticles (ENPs) and plants: phytotoxicity, uptake and accumulation

    Xingmao Ma;Jane Geiser-Lee;Yang Deng;Andrei Kolmakov

  • Treatment of landfill leachate by the Fenton process

    Yang Deng;James D. Englehardt

  • Destruction of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) with Advanced Reduction Processes (ARPs): A Critical Review.

    Junkui Cui;Panpan Gao;Panpan Gao;Yang Deng

  • Characterization of intracellular & extracellular algae organic matters (AOM) of Microcystic aeruginosa and formation of AOM-associated disinfection byproducts and odor & taste compounds.

    Lei Li;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng;Juanjuan Yao

  • Radical induced degradation of acetaminophen with Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles as heterogeneous activator of peroxymonosulfate.

    Chaoqun Tan;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng;Jing Deng

  • Ultraviolet (UV) light-activated persulfate oxidation of sulfamethazine in water

    Yu qiong Gao;Nai yun Gao;Yang Deng;Yi qiong Yang

  • Electrochemical oxidation for landfill leachate treatment.

    Yang Deng;James D. Englehardt

  • Sulfate radical-advanced oxidation process (SR-AOP) for simultaneous removal of refractory organic contaminants and ammonia in landfill leachate

    Yang Deng;Casey M. Ezyske

  • Heat-activated persulfate oxidation of diuron in water

    Chaoqun Tan;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng;Na An

  • Degradation of antipyrine by UV, UV/H2O2 and UV/PS

    Chaoqun Tan;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng;Yongji Zhang

  • Physical and oxidative removal of organics during Fenton treatment of mature municipal landfill leachate.

    Yang Deng

  • Zero-valent iron (ZVI) activation of persulfate (PS) for oxidation of bentazon in water

    Xingya Wei;Naiyun Gao;Changjun Li;Yang Deng

  • Thermally activated persulfate (TAP) oxidation of antiepileptic drug carbamazepine in water

    Jing Deng;Yisheng Shao;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng

  • Precursors of dichloroacetamide, an emerging nitrogenous DBP formed during chlorination or chloramination.

    Wen-Hai Chu;Nai-Yun Gao;Yang Deng;Stuart W Krasner

  • Phytotoxicity and uptake of nanoscale zero-valent iron (nZVI) by two plant species

    Xingmao Ma;Arun Gurung;Yang Deng

  • Disinfection byproduct formation during drinking water treatment and distribution: A review of unintended effects of engineering agents and materials

    Shunke Ding;Yang Deng;Tom Bond;Chao Fang

  • Degradation of antipyrine by heat activated persulfate

    Chaoqun Tan;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng;Wenlei Rong

  • Characterization of algal organic matters of Microcystis aeruginosa: biodegradability, DBP formation and membrane fouling potential.

    Shiqing Zhou;Yisheng Shao;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng

  • Effects of different algaecides on the photosynthetic capacity, cell integrity and microcystin-LR release of Microcystis aeruginosa

    Shiqing Zhou;Yisheng Shao;Naiyun Gao;Yang Deng

Frequent Co-Authors

Naiyun Gao
Naiyun Gao Tongji University
Xiaohua Gou
Xiaohua Gou Lanzhou University
Jing Deng
Jing Deng University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Dibyendu Sarkar
Dibyendu Sarkar Stevens Institute of Technology
Daqiang Yin
Daqiang Yin Tongji University
Fahu Chen
Fahu Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Michael R. Templeton
Michael R. Templeton Imperial College London
Chaohai Wei
Chaohai Wei South China University of Technology
Helena M. Solo-Gabriele
Helena M. Solo-Gabriele University of Miami
Rupali Datta
Rupali Datta Michigan Technological University

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