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Overview

You-Sheng Liu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has an extensive research portfolio focused primarily on environmental science. Their work includes a strong emphasis on pollution, health-related toxicology, molecular biology, ecology, and environmental chemistry as subfields of study.

The scientist has contributed significantly to topics centered on pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, toxic organic pollutants, analytical chemistry methods development, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, bacteriophages and microbial interactions, as well as microplastics and plastic pollution.

Frequent publication venues for their research include The Science of The Total Environment, Environment International, SSRN Electronic Journal, Water Research, and Journal of Hazardous Materials. These journals reflect the diversity and focus of their scholarly output in environmental science domains.

Coauthor collaborations have been an important aspect of their research activities, with frequent collaborators including Guang-Guo Ying, Jian-Liang Zhao, Li-Xin Hu, Liang-Ying He, and Fang-Zhou Gao.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by You-Sheng Liu include:

  • Microalgae-based technology for antibiotics removal: From mechanisms to application of innovational hybrid systems, 2021, Environment International
  • Co-metabolism of sulfamethoxazole by a freshwater microalga Chlorella pyrenoidosa, 2020, Water Research
  • Variation of antibiotic resistome during commercial livestock manure composting, 2020, Environment International
  • Occurrence and risks of 23 tire additives and their transformation products in an urban water system, 2022, Environment International
  • Occurrence, mass loads and risks of bisphenol analogues in the Pearl River Delta region, South China: Urban rainfall runoff as a potential source for receiving rivers, 2020, Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Comprehensive evaluation of antibiotics emission and fate in the river basins of China: source analysis, multimedia modeling, and linkage to bacterial resistance.

    Qian-Qian Zhang;Guang-Guo Ying;Chang-Gui Pan;You-Sheng Liu

  • Discharge of swine wastes risks water quality and food safety: Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from swine sources to the receiving environments.

    Liang-Ying He;Guang-Guo Ying;You-Sheng Liu;Hao-Chang Su

  • Occurrence and risks of triclosan and triclocarban in the Pearl River system, South China: from source to the receiving environment

    Jian-Liang Zhao;Guang-Guo Ying;You-Sheng Liu;Feng Chen

  • Persistence of antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial community changes in drinking water treatment system: From drinking water source to tap water.

    Hao-Chang Su;You-Sheng Liu;Chang-Gui Pan;Jun Chen

  • Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in wastewater treatment plants and drinking water treatment plants: Removal efficiency and exposure risk.

    Chang-Gui Pan;You-Sheng Liu;Guang-Guo Ying

  • Occurrence and removal of benzotriazoles and ultraviolet filters in a municipal wastewater treatment plant

    You-Sheng Liu;Guang-Guo Ying;Guang-Guo Ying;Ali Shareef;Rai S. Kookana

  • Spatial and seasonal distribution of selected antibiotics in surface waters of the Pearl Rivers, China

    Ji-Feng Yang;Guang-Guo Ying;Jian-Liang Zhao;Ran Tao

  • Removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from domestic sewage by constructed wetlands: Optimization of wetland substrates and hydraulic loading

    Jun Chen;Xiao-Dong Wei;You-Sheng Liu;Guang-Guo Ying

  • Removal of antibiotics from piggery wastewater by biological aerated filter system: Treatment efficiency and biodegradation kinetics.

    Jun Chen;You-Sheng Liu;Jin-Na Zhang;Yong-Qiang Yang

  • Dissemination of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Representative Broiler Feedlots Environments: Identification of Indicator ARGs and Correlations with Environmental Variables

    Liang-Ying He;You-Sheng Liu;Hao-Chang Su;Jian-Liang Zhao

  • Microalgae-based technology for antibiotics removal: From mechanisms to application of innovational hybrid systems.

    Qian Xiong;Li-Xin Hu;You-Sheng Liu;Jian-Liang Zhao

  • Class 1 and 2 integrons, sul resistance genes and antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from Dongjiang River, South China

    Hao Chang Su;Guang Guo Ying;Ran Tao;Ran Tao;Rui Quan Zhang

  • Removal of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes from domestic sewage by constructed wetlands: Effect of flow configuration and plant species

    Jun Chen;Guang-Guo Ying;Xiao-Dong Wei;You-Sheng Liu

  • Biotransformation of progesterone and norgestrel by two freshwater microalgae (Scenedesmus obliquus and Chlorella pyrenoidosa): transformation kinetics and products identification.

    Fu-Qiang Peng;Guang-Guo Ying;Bin Yang;Shan Liu

  • Determination of biocides in different environmental matrices by use of ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry

    Zhi-Feng Chen;Guang-Guo Ying;Hua-Jie Lai;Feng Chen

  • Biodegradation of three selected benzotriazoles under aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

    You-Sheng Liu;Guang-Guo Ying;Guang-Guo Ying;Ali Shareef;Rai S. Kookana

  • Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and artificial sweeteners (ASs) in surface and ground waters and their application as indication of wastewater contamination.

    Yuan Yuan Yang;Jian Liang Zhao;You Sheng Liu;Wang Rong Liu

  • Evaluation of triclosan and triclocarban at river basin scale using monitoring and modeling tools: Implications for controlling of urban domestic sewage discharge

    Jian-Liang Zhao;Qian-Qian Zhang;Feng Chen;Li Wang

  • Occurrence and a screening-level risk assessment of human pharmaceuticals in the Pearl River system, South China

    Jian Liang Zhao;Guang Guo Ying;You Sheng Liu;Feng Chen

  • China Must Reduce Its Antibiotic Use.

    Guang-Guo Ying;Guang-Guo Ying;Liang-Ying He;Andrew J. Ying;Qian-Qian Zhang

  • Suitability of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and artificial sweeteners (ASs) as wastewater indicators in the Pearl River Delta, South China.

    Yuan-Yuan Yang;Wang-Rong Liu;You-Sheng Liu;Jian-Liang Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Guang-Guo Ying
Guang-Guo Ying South China Normal University
Jian-Liang Zhao
Jian-Liang Zhao South China Normal University
Rai S. Kookana
Rai S. Kookana Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yong-Guan Zhu
Yong-Guan Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hans Peter H. Arp
Hans Peter H. Arp Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Paul J. Van den Brink
Paul J. Van den Brink Wageningen University & Research
Francis Martin
Francis Martin University of Lorraine
Xiang-Rong Xu
Xiang-Rong Xu Chinese Academy of Sciences

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