Contact
| Name | Yuan Li |
| Position | Analytical Chemist – Post Doctor Research Assistant (PDRA) |
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| Phone Number | 07776634968 |
| Joined the ERI | May 20, 2016 |
| Job Description | After completing my four-year PhD project(2019.05), I continued my academic experience in the UK as a PDRA under the theme of Environmental Contamination and Ecological Health (ECEH), ERI. I have been assigned to conduct new research projects, teaching & supervision, and commercial work, associated with environmental quality monitoring & management and remediation technologies. My assignments include: 1) Environmental Pollution – development, optimization and validation of analytical methods for the determination of target compounds at trace levels in different environmental matrices (including sample pre-treatment process); 2) Environmental Remediation – exploration of sustainable remediation techniques for the removal of emerging pollutants, considering reaction and mass transfer modelling, mechanism interpretation, identification of transformation by-products (pathways), and biological toxicity assessment 3) Environmental Risk Assessment – evaluation of the environmental impact of emerging contaminants and identification of priority substances that potentially pose high risk to the environment. Besides, I have been involved with various commercial projects regarding the presence and distribution of heavy metals in different wildlife (tissue/plasma), and environmental quality monitoring of regulated chemicals in aquatic environments (e.g. fish farms). |
Qualifications
2014-2019 PhD degree, Environmental Science: University of Aberdeen 2011-2014 MSc degree, Environmental Engineering: State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences 2007-2011 BSc degree, Environmental Engineering: College of Municipal and Environmental Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University |
Publications
Yuan Li, Mark A. Taggart, Craig McKenzie, Zulin Zhang, Yonglong Lu, Sabolc Pap, Stuart Gibb. Utilizing low-cost natural waste for the removal of pharmaceuticals from water: Mechanisms, isotherms and kinetics at low concentrations. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2019, 227, 88-97 Li Yuan, Wei Dongbin, DU Yuguo. Oxidative Transformation of Levofloxacin by Manganese Oxide: Products, Pathways and Toxicity Assessment. Chemosphere, 2015, 119, 282-288 Yuan Li, Mark A. Taggart, Craig McKenzie, Zulin Zhang, Yonglong Lu, Sabolc Pap, Stuart Gibb. Development of a SPE-HPLC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of priority pharmaceuticals and endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) with high environmental potential risk in waters (Journal of Environmental Science-under review) Sabolc Pap, Mark A Taggart, Lisa Shearer, Yuan Li, Sanja Radovic, Maja Turk Sekulić, The removal of NSAIDs from wastewater by a P-ordered microporous material (Chemosphere-under review) Yuan Li, Mark A. Taggart, Craig McKenzie, Zulin Zhang, Yonglong Lu, Sabolc Pap, Stuart Gibb. The removal of emerging pharmaceutical contaminants by sustainable treatment process (in preparation) Li Yuan, Wei Dongbin, DU Yuguo. A Review on transformation mechanisms of typical organic pollutants by Manganese oxide [J]. Environmental Chemistry, 2013, 32 (7): pp 1288-1299 Li Yuan, Wei Dongbin, DU Yuguo. Transformation of levofloxacin in potassium permanganate oxidation system. Environmental Chemistry, 2014, 33 (12):pp 2019-2026 |
Profile
I have been working in the environmental science and engineering field for more than twelve years with over five years research experience in the UK. My research areas mainly focus on environmental fate and treatment techniques of emerging pollutants, especially pharmaceuticals. |