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Overview

Yu-Jun Wang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and specializes in Environmental Science, with a focus on Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Environmental Chemistry, and Artificial Intelligence.

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Heavy metals in environment
  • Adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal
  • Arsenic contamination and mitigation
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Environmental remediation with nanomaterials

Yu-Jun Wang has contributed extensively to several high-profile publication venues, including:

  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Frequent collaborators in their work include Dongmei Zhou, Cun Liu, Peixin Cui, Guodong Fang, and Fei Dang.

Recent publications demonstrate the breadth of Wang's research interests and include:

  • "Chemodiversity of Soil Dissolved Organic Matter," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Microorganisms-carbonaceous materials immobilized complexes: Synthesis, adaptability and environmental applications," 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Synergy between Iron and Selenide on FeSe2(111) Surface Driving Peroxymonosulfate Activation for Efficient Degradation of Pollutants," 2020, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Key knowledge gaps for One Health approach to mitigate nanoplastic risks," 2022, Eco-Environment & Health
  • "Mechanism of metal sulfides accelerating Fe(II)/Fe(III) redox cycling to enhance pollutant degradation by persulfate: Metallic active sites vs. reducing sulfur species," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline in aqueous solution by nanosized TiO2.

    Xiang-Dong Zhu;Yu-Jun Wang;Rui-Juan Sun;Dong-Mei Zhou

  • Heavy metals pollution in poultry and livestock feeds and manures under intensive farming in Jiangsu Province, China.

    Long Cang;Yu-jun Wang;Dong-mei Zhou;Yuan-hua Dong

  • Mechanistic understanding of polychlorinated biphenyls degradation by peroxymonosulfate activated with CuFe2O4 nanoparticles: Key role of superoxide radicals

    Wenxiu Qin;Guodong Fang;Yujun Wang;Dongmei Zhou

  • Adsorption and cosorption of tetracycline and copper(II) on montmorillonite as affected by solution pH.

    Yu-Jun Wang;De-An Jia;Rui-Juan Sun;Hao-Wen Zhu

  • Photogeneration of reactive oxygen species from biochar suspension for diethyl phthalate degradation

    Guodong Fang;Cun Liu;Yujun Wang;Dionysios D. Dionysiou

  • Chemodiversity of Soil Dissolved Organic Matter.

    Yang Ding;Zhenqing Shi;Qianting Ye;Yuzhen Liang

  • A scientometric review of biochar research in the past 20 years (1998–2018)

    Ping Wu;Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim;Bhupinder Pal Singh;Hailong Wang

  • Copper and Zn uptake by radish and pakchoi as affected by application of livestock and poultry manures.

    Dong-Mei Zhou;Xiu-Zhen Hao;Yu-Jun Wang;Yuan-Hua Dong

  • Zero-valent iron activated persulfate remediation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-contaminated soils: An in situ pilot-scale study

    Yue Song;Guodong Fang;Changyin Zhu;Fengxiao Zhu

  • Impacts of atmospheric particulate matter pollution on environmental biogeochemistry of trace metals in soil-plant system: A review

    Xiaosan Luo;Haijian Bing;Zhuanxi Luo;Yujun Wang

  • Toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles in the earthworm, Eisenia fetida and subcellular fractionation of Zn.

    Lian-Zhen Li;Dong-Mei Zhou;Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg;Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

  • Mechanisms of Interaction between Persulfate and Soil Constituents: Activation, Free Radical Formation, Conversion, and Identification

    Guodong Fang;Xiru Chen;Wenhui Wu;Cun Liu

  • Transformation of polychlorinated biphenyls by persulfate at ambient temperature

    Guo-Dong Fang;Dionysios D. Dionysiou;Dong-Mei Zhou;Yu Wang

  • Redox-Active Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups in Activated Carbon Facilitate Microbial Reduction of Ferrihydrite

    Song Wu;Guodong Fang;Yujun Wang;Yue Zheng

  • Effects of low-molecular-weight organic acids on Cu(II) adsorption onto hydroxyapatite nanoparticles.

    Yu-Jun Wang;Jie-Hua Chen;Jie-Hua Chen;Yu-Xia Cui;Yu-Xia Cui;Shen-Qiang Wang

  • Adsorption and cosorption of Cu(II) and tetracycline on two soils with different characteristics

    De-An Jia;De-An Jia;Dong-Mei Zhou;Yu-Jun Wang;Hao-Wen Zhu

  • Microorganisms-carbonaceous materials immobilized complexes: Synthesis, adaptability and environmental applications

    Ping Wu;Zeyu Wang;Amit Bhatnagar;Paramsothy Jeyakumar

  • Synergy between Iron and Selenide on FeSe2(111) Surface Driving Peroxymonosulfate Activation for Efficient Degradation of Pollutants.

    Guodong Fang;Teng Zhang;Teng Zhang;Hongbiao Cui;Dionysios D Dionysiou

  • Adsorption and cosorption of cadmium and glyphosate on two soils with different characteristics.

    Dong-Mei Zhou;Yu-Jun Wang;Long Cang;Xiu-Zhen Hao

  • Enhanced PCBs sorption on biochars as affected by environmental factors: Humic acid and metal cations

    Yu Wang;Lei Wang;Guodong Fang;H.M.S.K. Herath

  • Formation of Crystalline Zn-Al Layered Double Hydroxide Precipitates on γ-Alumina: The Role of Mineral Dissolution

    Wei Li;Kenneth J. T. Livi;Wenqian Xu;Matthew G. Siebecker

  • Subacute toxicity of copper and glyphosate and their interaction to earthworm (Eisenia fetida).

    Chui-Fan Zhou;Yu-Jun Wang;Cheng-Cheng Li;Rui-Juan Sun

Frequent Co-Authors

Dongmei Zhou
Dongmei Zhou Nanjing University
Hailong Wang
Hailong Wang Foshan University
Donald L. Sparks
Donald L. Sparks University of Delaware
Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim
Syed Tahir Ata-Ul-Karim Chinese Academy of Sciences
Dionysios D. Dionysiou
Dionysios D. Dionysiou University of Cincinnati
Mengqiang Zhu
Mengqiang Zhu University of Maryland, College Park
Yu Wang
Yu Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg
Willie J.G.M. Peijnenburg Leiden University
Hailin Zhang
Hailin Zhang Oklahoma State University
Baoshan Xing
Baoshan Xing University of Massachusetts Amherst

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