Biography

Jun Zhou, PhD, Assistant Professor in Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He hold a bachelor degree from Anqing Normal University in 2010. In 2013 and 2016, He hold the Master and PhD degree from Guizhou University and Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, respectively. In July 2016, He started to work in Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences as an Assistant Professor. From November 2019, he is working as a postdoctoral fellow in University of Massachusetts Lowell.

His research combines soil remediation and surface-atmospheric exchange processes with terrestrial biogeochemistry to understand the fate of persistent pollutants (mainly heavy metals) in the biosphere. He mainly focuses on environmental chemistry and pollution of heavy metals, with a special emphasis on their dynamics between the terrestrial surface and atmosphere. Using dynamic flux chamber and micrometeorological methods, his research finds that the forests are large net sinks of atmospheric mercury and the atmospheric mercury deposition poses risk to organism in the forests. In the agricultural land, he found the newly deposited heavy metals from atmosphere have much higher bioavailability and contribution to the corps than original heavy metals in the soils. He is also interested in soil heavy metal remediation by applications of soil amendments and foliar resistance.

He has five projects as Principal Investigator (PI) and Co-PI. His studies have been extensively published in more than 30 scientific journal papers including Journal of Hazardous Materials, Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, etc. As the first or corresponding authors, more than 20 journal papers has been published. He is also the reviewer for more than 10 scientific journals.

Research Areas

Soil heavy metal remediation

Terrestrial surface-atmosphere heavy metals (e.g. Hg, Cd, Cu) exchange flux

Soil and crop contaminants analysis

Public Duties

Associate Guest Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Science.

Awards and Honours

Outstanding reviewer of Journal of Environmental Management

Selected Publications

[1]. Zhou Jun, Zhang, C., Du, B., Cui, H., Fan, X., Zhou, D., Zhou, J. Soil and foliar applications of silicon and selenium effects on cadmium accumulation and plant growth by modulation of antioxidant system and Cd translocation: Comparison of soft vs. durum wheat varieties. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 123546.

[2]. Zhou Jun, Zhang, C., Du, B., Cui, H., Fan, X., Zhou, D., Zhou, J. Effects of zinc application on cadmium (Cd) accumulation and plant growth through modulation of the antioxidant system and translocation of Cd in low- and high-Cd wheat cultivars. Environmental Pollution, 2020, 265, 115045.

[3]. Zhou Jun, Buyun Du, Lihai Shang, Zhangwei Wang, Hongbiao Cui, Xingjun Fan, and Jing Zhou. Mercury fluxes, budgets, and pools in forest ecosystems of China: A review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2020, 50: 1411-1450.

[4]. Zhou Jun, Buyun. Du, Hailong. Liu, Hongbiao Cui, Wenhui Zhang, Xingjun Fan, Jian Cui, and Jing Zhou. The bioavailability and contribution of the newly deposited heavy metals (copper and lead) from atmosphere to rice (Oryza Sativa L.). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 384: 121285.

[5]. Zhou Jun, Buyun Du, Yuanmei. Hu, J. Liang, H. Liu, X. Fan, L. Zhang, et al. A new criterion for the health risk assessment of se and pb exposure to residents near a smelter. Environmental Pollution, 2019, 244: 218-227.

[6]. Zhou Jun, Buyun Du, Zhangwei Wang, Wantong Zhang, Lei Xu, X Fan, X Liu, and Jing Zhou. Distributions and pools of lead (Pb) in a terrestrial forest ecosystem with highly elevated atmospheric pb deposition and ecological risks to insects. Science of the Total Environment, 2019, 647: 932-941.

[7]. Zhou Jun, Zhangwei Wang, and Xiaoshan Zhang. Deposition and fate of mercury in litterfall, litter, and soil in coniferous and broad-leaved forests. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2018, 123: 2590-2603.

[8]. Zhou Jun, Jiangni Liang, Yuanmei Hu, Wantong Zhang, Hailong Liu, Laiyong You, Wenhui Zhang, Min Gao, and Jing. Zhou. Exposure risk of local residents to copper near the largest flash copper smelter in China. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 630: 453-461.

[9]. Zhou Jun, Zhangwei Wang, Xiaoshan Zhang, and Yu Gao. Mercury concentrations and pools in four adjacent coniferous and deciduous upland forests in Beijing, China. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 2017, 122: 1260-74.

[10]. Zhou Jun, Zhangwei Wang, Xiaoshan Zhang, and Ting Sun. Investigation of factors affecting mercury emission from subtropical forest soil: a field controlled study in Southwestern China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2017, 176: 128-135.

[11]. Zhou Jun, Zhangwei Wang, Ting. Sun, Huan Zhang, and Xiaoshan Zhang. Mercury in terrestrial forested systems with highly elevated mercury deposition in Southwestern China: The Risk to Insects and Potential Release from Wildfires. Environmental Pollution, 2016, 212: 188-196.

[12]. Zhou Jun, Xiaofang Lang, Buyun Du, Hui Zhang, Hongyan Liu, Yiping Zhang, and Lihai Shang. Litterfall and nutrient return in moist evergreen broad-leaved primary forest and mixed subtropical secondary deciduous broad-leaved forest in China. European Journal of Forest Research, 2015, 135: 77-86.

[13]. Zhou Jun, Zhangwei Wang, Xiaoshan Zhang, and Jian Chen. Distribution and elevated soil pools of mercury in an acidic subtropical forest of Southwestern China. Environmental Pollution, 2015, 202: 187-95.

[14]. Zhou Jun, Hongyan. Liu, Buyun. Du, Lihai. Shang, Junbo. Yang, and Yusheng. Wang. Influence of soil mercury concentration and fraction on bioaccumulation process of inorganic mercury and methylmercury in rice (Oryza Sativa L.). Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2015, 22: 6144-6154.

[15]. Zhou Jun, Xinbin Feng, Hongyan Liu, Hui Zhang, Xuewu Fu, Zhengduo Bao, Xun Wang, and Yiping Zhang. Examination of total mercury inputs by precipitation and litterfall in a remote upland forest of Southwestern China. Atmospheric Environment, 2013, 81: 364-72.

[16]. Cui H., Shen, L., Yang, X., Zhang, S., Yi, Q., Meng, L., Zheng, X.*, Wang, Q., Zhou Jun*. Effects of hematite on the stabilization of copper, cadmium and phosphorus in a contaminated red soil amended with hydroxyapatite. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2020, 201, 110830.

[17]. Zhang Ligan*, Chen Zhang, Buyun Du, Bingxin Lu, Dongmei Zhou, Jing Zhou and Jun Zhou*. Effects of node restriction on cadmium accumulation in eight chinese wheat (Triticum Turgidum) cultivars. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 725: 138358.

[18]. Cui Hongbiao, Xue Zhang, Qiugang Wu, Shiwen Zhang, Lei Xu, Jing Zhou, Xuebo Zheng*, and Jun Zhou*. Hematite enhances the immobilization of copper, cadmium and phosphorus in soil amended with hydroxyapatite under flooded conditions. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 708: 134590.

[19]. Cui Hongbiao, H. Li, S. Zhang, Q. Yi, Jing. Zhou, Guodong Fang*, and Jun Zhou*. Bioavailability and mobility of copper and cadmium in polluted soil after phytostabilization using different plants aided by limestone. Chemosphere, 2020, 242: 125252.

[20]. Du Buyun, Jun Zhou*, Bingxin Lu, Chen Zhang, Demin Li, Jing Zhou, Shaojun Jiao, Keqiang Zhao, and Houhu Zhang*. Environmental and human health risks from cadmium exposure near an active lead-zinc mine and a copper smelter, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 720: 137585.

[21]. Hu Yuanmei, Jun Zhou*, Buyun Du, Hailong Liu, W. Zhang, Jiani Liang, W. Zhang, Laiyong. You, and Jing Zhou*. Health risks to local residents from the exposure of heavy metals around the largest copper smelter in China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2019, 171: 329-36.

[22]. Liu Hai-Long, Jun Zhou*, Min Li, Yuan-Mei Hu, Xiaoli Liu, and Jing Zhou*. Study of the bioavailability of heavy metals from atmospheric deposition on the soil-pakchoi (Brassica Chinensis L.) system. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019, 362: 9-16.

[23]. Du, Buyun, Jun Zhou*, Lingli Zhou, Xingjun Fan, and Jing Zhou. Mercury distribution in the foliage and soil profiles of a subtropical forest: process for mercury retention in soils. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2019, 205: 106337.

[24]. Du, Buyun, Jun Zhou*, and Jing. Zhou*. Selenium status of children in Kashin-beck disease endemic areas in Shaanxi, China: Assessment with mercury. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 2018, 2: 903-913.

Representive Projetcs

[1]. Natural Science Foundation of China: Soil Environmental Behaviors and Crop Accumulation Effects of Heavy Metals from Atmospheric Depositions in Typical Areas, ¥250K, 2019/01-2021/12, PI.

[2]. National Key Research and Development Program of China: Screening wheat varieties of low-Cd accumulation in North China, ¥400K, 2017/06-2021/12, Co-PI.

[3]. Key Scientific Research and Development Projects of Jiangxi Provence: Analysis of Soil Heavy Metal Sources in Typical Regions of Jiangxi Province, ¥1,500K, 2020/01-2022/12, Co-PI.