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Publications

2024
  • Liu K, Le Q, Wang C, Huang S, Sun A, He Y, Wanng WX, Lam JCH*. Chemically benign electrometallurgical treatment of waste printed circuit board (WPCB) in polyethylene glycol for metal recovery. ACS Sustain Resour Manag. 2024, 1(5), 868-878.
  • Wang C, Lu Ya, Zhou Y, Wang Z, Liao H, Zhou W*, He Y, Osman SM, An M*, Asakura Y*, Yamauchi Y, Wang L*, Yuan Z*. Salt-assisted construction of hydrophilic carbon nitride photocatalyst with abundant water molecular adsorption sites for efficient hydrogen production. Appl. Catal. B: Environ. & Energy. 2024, 350, 123902. 
  • He C, Stocchino A*, He Y, Leung KMY, De Leo F, YIN Z, JIN Y. Risk assessment of E-waste – Liquid Crystal Monomers re-suspension caused by coastal dredging operations. Sci Total Environ. 2024, 933, 173176.
  • Guo S, Lyu H*, Liu W, He Y, Tang J*. Self-motivated photoaging of microplastics by biochar-dissolved organic matter under different pyrolysis temperatures. Sci Total Environ. 2024, 915, 170043.
  • Chen ZL, Zhang H, Yi Y, He Y, Li P, Wang Y, Yan Z, He C, Shi Q, He D*. Dissolved organic matter composition and characteristics during extreme flood events in the Yangtze River Estuary. Sci Total Environ. 2024, 914, 169827.
  • Sun Ja, Rene ER, Tao Da, Lu Ya, Jin Qc, Lam CH, Leung KMY, He Y*. Degradation of organic UV filters in the water environment: A concise review on the mechanism, toxicity, and technologies. J. Hazard. Mater. 2024, 463, 132822.
  • Yan Z, Xin Y, Zhong X, Yi Y, Li P, Wang Y, Zhou Y, He Y, He C, Shi Q, Xu W, He D*. Evolution of dissolved organic nitrogen chemistry during transportation to the marginal sea: insights from nitrogen isotope and molecular composition analyses. Water Res. 2024, 249, 120942.
  • Lin Hc, Li Xb, Qin X, Cao Y, Ruan Y, Leung MKH, Leung KMY, Lam PKS, He Y*. Particle size-dependent and route-specific exposure to liquid crystal monomers in indoor airs: Implications for human health risk estimations. Sci Total Environ. 2024, 908, 168328.
  • Sun Ja, Lu Ya, Ruan Y, Lam JCH, Lam PKS, Wang T, Khim JS, He Y*. Estimation of the riverine input of organic ultraviolet filters (OUVFs) from the Pearl River Estuary to the South China Sea. Sci Total Environ. 2024, 907, 168147.
2023
  • Zhan Ya, Jin Qc, Lin Hc, Tao Da, Law YLb, He Y*. Occurrence, behavior, and fate of liquid crystal monomers in municipal water. Water Res. 2023, 247, 120784.
  • Lu Ya, Chow MKb, Sun Ja, Tao Da, Jin Qc, Ren Y, Wang WX, He Y*. Identification of transformation products of organic UV filters by photooxidation and their differential estrogenicity assessment. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57(44), 17110-17122.
  • Jin Qc, Fan Yb, Lu Ya, Zhan Ya, Sun Ja, Tao Da, He Y*. Liquid crystal monomers in ventilation and air conditioning dust: characteristics, sources analysis, and toxicity assessment. Environ. Int. 2023, 180, 108212.
  • Jin Qc, Yu Jb, Fan Ya, Zhan Ya, Tao Da, Tang J, He Y*. Release behavior of liquid crystal monomers from waste smartphone screens: occurrence, distribution and mechanistic modelling. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57(28), 10319-10330 (Supplementary cover).
  • Sun Ja, Rene ER, He Y, Ma W, Qiu B*. Carbon, iron, and polymer-based conductive materials for improving methane production in anaerobic wastewater treatment systems: a review on their direct interspecific electron transfer mechanism. Fuel. 2023, 342, 127703.
  • Jin Qc, Zhan Ya, Tao Da, Wang T, Khim JS, He Y*. Removing emerging e-waste pollutant DTFPB by synchronized oxidation-adsorption Fenton technology. J. Hazard. Mater. 2023, 445, 130578.
  • Luo M, Yang H, Wang K, Song F, He Y, Zhang Y, Zhong C. Coupling iron-carbon micro-electrolysis with persulfate advanced oxidation for hydraulic fracturing return fluid treatment. Chemosphere 2023, 313, 137415.
2022
  • Liu Y, Shi Q, Liu X, Wang L, He Y, Tang J*. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) enhanced polystyrene particles uptake by human colon adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cells. Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 848, 157640.
  • Ping S, Lin W, Ming R, He Y, Yin Y, Ren Y*. Toxic effects of four cardiovascular drugs on the development and epigenetics of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 846, 157360.
  • Li Y, He Y, Lam CH, Nah T*. Environmental photochemistry of organic UV filter Butyl methoxydibenzoylmethane: Implications for photochemical fate in surface waters. Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 839, 156145.
  • Tao Da, Jin Qc, Ruan Y, Zhang K, Jin L, Zhan Ya, Su G, Wu J, Leung KMY, Lam PKS, He Y*. Widespread occurrence of emerging e-waste contaminants - liquid crystal monomers in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary, China. J. Hazard. Mater. 2022, 437, 129377. 
  • Lin Hc, Lao J, Wang Q, Ruan Y*, He Y, Lee PKH, Leung KMY, Lam PKS*. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the atmosphere of waste management infrastructures: Uncovering secondary fluorotelomer alcohols, particle size distribution, and human inhalation exposure. Environ. Int. 2022, 167, 107434.
  • Zhong C*, Nesbø CL, von Gunten K, Zhang Y, Shao X, Jin R, Konhauser KO, Goss GG, Martin JW, He Y, Qian P-Y, Lanoil BD, Alessi DS*. Complex impacts of hydraulic fracturing return fluids on soil microbial community respiration, structure, and functional potentials. Environ. Microbiol. 2022, 24(9), 4108-4123.
  • Liao Z, Chen F, Deng Y, Wang K, von Gunten K, He Y, Zhong C*. Organic weighting hydraulic fracturing fluid: complex interactions between formate salts, hydroxy carboxylate acid, and guar. SPE J. 2022, 27(4), 2334-2351.
  • Ruan Y, Sun H*, Lu Ya, Zhang Y, Xu J, Zhu H, He Y. Evaluating phospholipid− and protein−water partitioning of two groups of chemicals of emerging concern: Diastereo- and enantioselectivity. J. Hazard. Mater. 2022, 430, 128499.
  • Wang X, Mou J, Qin Z, Hao T, Zheng L, Buhagiar J, Liu Y, Balamurugan S, He Y, Lin CSK*, Yang W, Li H*. Supplementation with rac-GR24 facilitates the accumulation of biomass and astaxanthin in two successive stages of Haematococcus pluvialis cultivation. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2022, 70(15), 4677-4689.
  • Lin W, Huang Z, Ping S, Zhang S, Wen X, He Y, Ren Y*. Toxicological effects of atenolol and venlafaxine on zebrafish tissues: bioaccumulation, DNA hypomethylation, and molecular mechanism. Environ. Pollut. 2022, 299, 118898.
  • Tao Da, Shi C, Guo W*, Deng Y, Peng Y, He Y, Lam PKS, He Y, Zhang K. Determination of As species distribution and variation with time in extracted groundwater samples by on-site species separation method. Sci. Total Environ. 2022, 808, 151913.
  • Jin Qc, Tao Da, Lu Ya, Sun Ja, Lam CH, Su G, He Y*. New insight on occurrence of liquid crystal monomers: a class of emerging e-waste pollutants in municipal landfill leachate. J. Hazard. Mater. 2022, 423 (Pt B), 127146. 
  • Wang Z, Mou J, Qin Z, He Y, Sun Z, Wang X, Lin CSK*. An auxin-like supermolecule to simultaneously enhance growth and cumulative eicosapentaenoic acid production in Phaeodactylum tricornutum. Bioresour. Technol. 2022, 345, 126564.
  • Wang X, Liu S, Wang Z, Hao T, Balamurugan S, Li D, He Y, Li H, Lin CSK*. A waste upcycling loop: two-factor adaptive evolution of microalgae to increase polyunsaturated fatty acid production using food waste. J. Clean. Prod. 2022, 331, 130018.
2021
  • Sun Ja, Yang Sb, Zhou G, Zhang K, Lu Ya, Jin Qc, Leung KMY, Lam PKS, He Y*. Release of microplastics from discarded surgical masks and their adverse impacts on the marine copepod Tigriopus japonicus. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2021, 8(12), 1065-1070 (Supplementary cover).
  • Lu Ya, Zhang Y, Cheng Z, Martin JW, Alessi DS, Goss GG, Ren Y, He Y*. Suspended solids-associated toxicity of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water on early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environ. Pollut. 2021, 287, 117614.
  • Zhong C*, Zolfaghari A, Hou D, Goss GG, Lanoil B, Gehman J, Tsang DCW, He Y, Alessi DS*. Comparison of the hydraulic fracturing water cycle in China and North America: a critical review. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55(11), 7167-7185.
  • He Y*, Patterson-Fortin L, Boutros J, Smith R, Goss GG. Removal of biological effects or organic pollutants in municipal wastewater by a novel advanced oxidation system. J. Environ. Manage. 2021, 280, 111855.
  • Wang Q, Ruan Y, Jin L, Zhang X, Li J, He Y, Wei S, Lam JCW, Lam PKS*. Target, nontarget, and suspect screening and temporal trends of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in marine mammals from the South China Sea. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55(2), 1045-1056.
2019
  • Funk SP, Duffin L, He Y, McMullen C, Sun C, Utting N, Martin JW, Goss GG, Alessi DS*. Assessment of impacts of diphenyl phosphate on groundwater and near-surface environments: Sorption and toxicity. J. Contam. Hydrol. 2019, 221, 50-57.
2018
  • He Y*, Zhang Y, Martin J, Alessi DS, Giesy JP, Goss GG. In vitro assessment of endocrine disrupting potential of organic fractions extracted from hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water. Environ. Int. 2018, 121(Pt 1), 824-831.
  • He Y*, Zhang Y, Folkerts EJ, Martin J, Goss GG. Developmental toxicity of organic extracts of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water to early life stage of zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environ. Sci. Technol. 2018, 52(6), 3820-3830 (Front cover).
2017
  • Folkerts EJ, Blewett TA, He Y, Goss GG*. Alterations to juvenile zebrafish (Danio rerio) fitness after acute embryonic exposure to sub-lethal exposures of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water. Aquat. Tox. 2017, 193, 50-59.
  • Folkerts EJ, Blewett TA, He Y, Goss GG*. Cardio-respirometry disruption in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos exposed to hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water. Environ. Pollut. 2017, 231, 1477-1487.
  • Quijada-Rodriguez AR, Schultz AG, Wilson JM, He Y, Allen GJP, Goss GG, Weigrauch D*. Ammonia-independent sodium uptake mediated by Na+ channels and NHEs in the freshwater ribbon leech Nephelopsis obscura. J. Exp. Biol. 2017, 220(18), 3270-3279.
  • Blewett B*, Delompre P, He Y, Folkerts EJ, Flynn SL, Alessi DS, Goss GG. Sublethal and Reproductive Effects of Acute and Chronic Exposure to Flowback and Produced Water from Hydraulic Fracturing on the water flea Daphnia magna. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51(5), 3032-3039.
  • He Y, Folkerts EJ, Zhang Y, Martin JW, Alessi DS, Goss GG*. Effects on biotransformation, oxidative stress, and endocrine disruption in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) exposed to hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2017, 51(2), 940-947.
  • Felix LC, Folkerts EJ, He Y, Goss GG*. Poly (acrylic acid) polymer coating mitigates hydroxyl radical-mediated effects of titanium dioxide nanoparticles in developing zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environ. Sci.: Nano. 2017, 4, 658-669.
  • He Y, Flynn SL, Folkerts EJ, Zhang Y, Ruan D, Alessi DS, Martin JW, Goss GG*. Chemical and toxicological characterizations of hydraulic fracturing flowback and produced water. Water Res. 2017, 114, 78-87.
2016
  • Lyu H, He Y, Tang J*, Hecker M, Liu Q, Jones PD, Codling G, Giesy JP. Effect of pyrolysis temperature on potential toxicity of biochar if applied to the environment. Environ. Pollut. 2016, 218, 1-7.
  • Blair SD, Matheson D, He Y, Goss GG*. Reduced salinity tolerance in the Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) is associated with rapid development of a gill interlamellar cell mass: implications of high-saline spills on native freshwater salmonids. Conserv. Physiol. 2016, 4(1), cow010.
2015
  • Leclair LA, Pohler L, Wiseman SB, He Y, Arens CJ, Giesy JP, Scully S, Wagner BD, van den Heuvel MR, Hogan NS*. In vitro assessment of endocrine disrupting potential of naphthenic Acid fractions derived from oil sands-influenced water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49(9), 5743-52.
2013
  • Wiseman SB*, He Y, Gamal-El Din M, Martin JW, Jones PD, Hecker M, Giesy JP. Transcriptional responses of male fathead minnows exposed to oil sands process-affected water. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2013 Mar;157(2):227-35.
2012
  • He Y, Patterson S, Wang N, Hecker M, Martin JW, El-Din MG, Giesy JP, Wiseman SB*. Toxicity of untreated and ozone-treated oil sands process-affected water (OSPW) to early life stages of the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas). Water Res. 2012, 46(19), 6359-6368.
  • He Y, Wiseman SB, Wang N, Perez-Estrada LA, El-Din MG, Martin JW, Giesy JP*. Transcriptional responses of the brain-gonad-liver axis of fathead minnows exposed to untreated and ozone-treated oil sands process-affected water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46(17), 9701-9708.
2011
  • He Y, Wiseman SB, Hecker M, Zhang X, Wang N, Perez LA, Jones PD, El-Din MG, Martin JW, Giesy JP*. Effect of ozonation on the estrogenicity and androgenicity of oil sands process-affected water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45(15), 6268-74.
  • Zhang X*, Chang H, Wiseman S, He Y, Higley E, Jones P, Wong CK, Al-Khedhairy A, Giesy JP, Hecker M. Bisphenol A disrupts steroidogenesis in human H295R cells. Toxicol. Sci. 2011, 121(2), 320-327.
2010
  • He Y, Wiseman SB, Zhang X, Hecker M, Jones PD, El-Din MG, Martin JW, Giesy JP*. Ozonation attenuates the steroidogenic disruptive effects of sediment free oil sands process water in the H295R cell line. Chemosphere. 2010, 80(5), 578-84.
2008
  • Yu K, He Y, Yeung LW, Lam PKS*, Wu RS, Zhou B*. DE-71-induced apoptosis involving intracellular calcium and the Bax-mitochondria-caspase protease pathway in human neuroblastoma cells in vitro. Toxicol. Sci. 2008, 104(2), 341-51.
  • Song R, He Y, Murphy MB, Yeung LW, Yu RM, Lam MH, Lam PKS*, Hecker M, Giesy JP, Wu RS, Zhang W, Sheng G, Fu J*. Effects of fifteen PBDE metabolites, DE71, DE79 and TBBPA on steroidogenesis in the H295R cell line. Chemosphere. 2008, 71(10), 1888-94.
  • He Y, Murphy MB, Yu RM, Lam MH, Hecker M, Giesy JP, Wu RS, Lam PKS*. Effects of 20 PBDE metabolites on steroidogenesis in the H295R cell line. Toxicol. Lett. 2008, 176(3), 230-238.
2007
  • Gulkowska A, He Y, So MK, Yeung LW, Leung HW, Giesy JP, Lam PKS, Martin M, Richardson BJ*. The occurrence of selected antibiotics in Hong Kong coastal waters. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 2007, 54(8), 1287-1293.
  • Ding L, Murphy MB, He Y, Xu Y, Yeung LW, Wang J, Zhou B*, Lam PKS, Wu RS, Giesy JP. Effects of brominated flame retardants and brominated dioxins on steroidogenesis in H295R human adrenocortical carcinoma cell line. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2007, 26(4), 764-72.

Patents

2024
  • He Y* and Jin Qc. Liquid crystal monomer (LCM) resultant ferric nanoparticles for enhancement of wastewater treatment (Appl. No.: 63/645,218). Filed on 10 May 2024 (PWG/PA/1703/3/2024 (US Pro).