Biography

I hold a Ph.D. degree in Environmental science from the Nanjing University. I was a visiting scholar for one year at the University of California, Los Angeles. My research interests lie in the area of environmental functional materials with chemical contaminants. Currently, I am investigating the response of microbial communities to emerging contaminants. My laboratory pursues research projects employing environmental functional materials, microbiological, molecular biological and advanced oxidation technology to remove pollutants.

Research Areas

[1] Nanomaterials

[2] Biodegradation

[3] Advanced oxidative and catalytic process

Selected Publications

[1] Yun Liu, Nicholas W Johnson, Cun Liu, Ruihuan Chen, Ming Zhong, Yuanhua Dong, Shaily Mahendra#. Mechanisms of 1,4-Dioxane Biodegradation and Adsorption by Bio-zeolite in the Presence of Chlorinated Solvents: Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies. Environmental Science & Technology. 2019, 53(24): 14538-14547.

[2] Ruihuan Chen, Cun Liu, Nicholas W Johnson, Lan Zhang, Shaily Mahendra, Yun Liu#, Yuanhua Dong, Mengfang Chen. Removal of 1,4-dioxane by titanium silicalite-1: Separation mechanisms and bioregeneration of sorption sites. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2019, 371: 193-202.

[3] Lan Zhang, Ruihuan Chen, Yun Liu#, Yongjun Deng, Zhongpei Li, Yuanhua Dong. Influence of metal ions on sulfonamide antibiotics biochemical behavior in fiber coexisting system. Journal of Environmental Sciences-China. 2019, 80: 267-276.

[4] Michelle A. Myers, Nicholas W Johnson, Erick Zerecero Marin, Peerapong Pornwongthong, Yun Liu, Phillip B. Gedalanga, Shaily Mahendra#. Abiotic and bioaugmented granular activated carbon for the treatment of 1,4-dioxane-contaminated water. Environmental Pollution. 2018, 240: 916-924.

[5] Yun Liu#, Zehua Zhang, Ping Wang, Yuanhua Dong#. Surface charge modification of chloromethylated polystyrene beads with NaH for the removal of sulfamonomethoxine. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 2016, 65: 22-27. 

Representive Projetcs

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China, Study on the interface mechanism of immobilized microbials for 1,4-dioxane biodegradation. Principal Investigator (2019-2022).

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China, Design synthesis of the new cucurbituril-based polymer and its adsorption of antibiotics. Principal Investigator (2015-2018).

[3] National Key Research and Development Program of China, Drilling technology and equipment combined measurement for contaminated site. Co-Principal Investigator (2021-2023).

[4] Frontier Fields during the Thirteenth Five-Year Plan, Adsorption and biodegradation of 1,4-dioxane and COVCs from groundwater. Principal Investigator (2016-2018)

[5] Demonstration Project of the National Engineering Laboratory for Site Remediation Technologies, Removal of 1,4-dioxane and CVOCs by Heterogeneous Fenton catalyst based on Fe-ZSM-5. Principal Investigator (2020-2021)