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Overview

Yi Li is a researcher affiliated with Hohai University in China, specializing in environmental science with a strong focus on microbial community ecology and physiology. This primary field has encompassed 222 publications, supported by significant work in related subfields such as ecology, pollution, molecular biology, environmental chemistry, and oceanography.

Their research themes cover a broad spectrum of environmental science topics, including:

  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Wastewater Treatment and Nitrogen Removal
  • Gut Microbiota and Health
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics

Frequent collaborators in Yi Li's work include Wenlong Zhang, Longfei Wang, Lihua Niu, Huanjun Zhang, and Jiahui Shang, with collaboration counts ranging between 12 and 51 joint works.

Yi Li's recent publications reflect the diversity and depth of research topics:

  • "The role of freshwater eutrophication in greenhouse gas emissions: A review," 2021, published in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "First Report on the Occurrence of N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) and 6PPD-Quinone as Pervasive Pollutants in Human Urine from South China," 2022, published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters

In addition to these, other notable papers associated with Yi Li's broader research network include:

  • "Nitrogen cycling processes and the role of multi-trophic microbiota in dam-induced river-reservoir systems," 2021, Water Research
  • "Microbial community coalescence: does it matter in the Three Gorges Reservoir?," 2021, Water Research
  • "Mechanistic strategies of microbial communities regulating lignocellulose deconstruction in a UK salt marsh," 2021, Microbiome

Yi Li's work has been published frequently in several key scientific venues, including:

  • Environmental Research (21 publications)
  • Water Research (20 publications)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (14 publications)
  • Journal of Environmental Management (10 publications)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (8 publications)

Best Publications

  • Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4)-based photocatalysts for water disinfection and microbial control: A review

    Chi Zhang;Yi Li;Danmeng Shuai;Yun Shen

  • Analysis and assessment of the nutrients, biochemical indexes and heavy metals in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China, from 2008 to 2013.

    Qiang Gao;Yi Li;Qingyuan Cheng;Mingxia Yu

  • New insights into the vertical distribution and microbial degradation of microplastics in urban river sediments.

    Lihua Niu;Yuanyuan Li;Yi Li;Qing Hu

  • Progress and challenges in photocatalytic disinfection of waterborne Viruses: A review to fill current knowledge gaps

    Chi Zhang;Yi Li;Danmeng Shuai;Yun Shen

  • The role of freshwater eutrophication in greenhouse gas emissions: A review.

    Yi Li;Jiahui Shang;Chi Zhang;Wenlong Zhang

  • Inactivation and reactivation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by chlorination in secondary effluents of a municipal wastewater treatment plant.

    Jing-Jing Huang;Hong-Ying Hu;Fang Tang;Yi Li

  • Monitoring and evaluation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in China.

    Jing-Jing Huang;Hong-Ying Hu;Sun-Qin Lu;Yi Li

  • Periphytic biofilm: An innovative approach for biodegradation of microplastics.

    Sadaf Shabbir;Muhammad Faheem;Naeem Ali;Philip G. Kerr

  • Towards more accurate life cycle assessment of biological wastewater treatment plants: a review

    Yiwen Zang;Yi Li;Chao Wang;Wenlong Zhang

  • Occurrence of endocrine disrupting compounds in aqueous environment and their bacterial degradation: A review

    Chi Zhang;Yi Li;Chao Wang;Lihua Niu

  • Responses of biofilm microorganisms from moving bed biofilm reactor to antibiotics exposure: protective role of extracellular polymeric substances.

    Longfei Wang;Yi Li;Li Wang;Mengjie Zhu

  • Plasmonic-based nanomaterials for environmental remediation /

    Dawei Wang;Suresh C. Pillai;Shih-Hsin Ho;Jingbin Zeng

  • Life cycle assessment of water supply alternatives in water-receiving areas of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project in China

    Yi Li;Wei Xiong;Wenlong Zhang;Chao Wang

  • Visible-light-driven photocatalytic inactivation of MS2 by metal-free g-C3N4: Virucidal performance and mechanism

    Yi Li;Chi Zhang;Danmeng Shuai;Saraschandra Naraginti

  • Homogeneous selection dominates the microbial community assembly in the sediment of the Three Gorges Reservoir

    Yi Li;Yu Gao;Wenlong Zhang;Chao Wang

  • Responses of bacterial community structure and denitrifying bacteria in biofilm to submerged macrophytes and nitrate.

    Songhe Zhang;Si Pang;Peifang Wang;Chao Wang

  • Optimal allocation of physical water resources integrated with virtual water trade in water scarce regions: a case study for Beijing, China.

    Quanliang Ye;Yi Li;La Zhuo;Wenlong Zhang

  • Nitrogen cycling processes and the role of multi-trophic microbiota in dam-induced river-reservoir systems.

    Nan Yang;Chi Zhang;Linqiong Wang;Yi Li

  • Electrochemical behavior of biochar and its effects on microbial nitrate reduction: Role of extracellular polymeric substances in extracellular electron transfer

    Kuppusamy Sathishkumar;Yi Li;Edmond Sanganyado

  • Growth kinetics and phenol biodegradation of psychrotrophic Pseudomonas putida LY1

    Yi Li;Jing Li;Chao Wang;Peifang Wang

  • Effects of CeO2 nanoparticles on production and physicochemical characteristics of extracellular polymeric substances in biofilms in sequencing batch biofilm reactor

    Guoxiang You;Jun Hou;Yi Xu;Chao Wang

  • Effect of water composition on TiO2 photocatalytic removal of endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) and estrogenic activity from secondary effluent

    Wenlong Zhang;Yi Li;Yaling Su;Kai Mao

Frequent Co-Authors

Peifang Wang
Peifang Wang Hohai University
Chao Wang
Chao Wang Hohai University
Chi Zhang
Chi Zhang Hohai University
Dawei Wang
Dawei Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jun Hou
Jun Hou Hohai University
Yanhui Ao
Yanhui Ao Hohai University
Guanghua Lu
Guanghua Lu Hohai University
Hong-Ying Hu
Hong-Ying Hu Tsinghua University
Fangang Meng
Fangang Meng Sun Yat-sen University
Gianluca Li Puma
Gianluca Li Puma Loughborough University

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