PI: Prof. Chenxi Wu, PhD   

Members: Jiantong Liu, Xiong Xiong, Hongyi Ao, Hongjuan Hu, Jia Jia 

General Introduction 

Research Group of Chemical Ecology is one of the earliest team to engage in environmental science research in China. Our group carried out extensive research on fields including eutrophication control in lakes and reservoirs, element background investigation, water environment studies in Antarctica, water pollution investigation and environmental impact assessment, environmental behavior and ecotoxicological effects of pollutants, ecological engineering on municipal and industrial wastewater treatment. Our works have received several national and ministerial level science and technology progress awards. Recently, our research interests include: environmental behavior and ecological effects of pollutants in freshwater ecosystem; methods and technologies of ecological restoration of deteriorated waters. Our focuses include the source, distribution and fate of nutrients, heavy metals, and emerging contaminants in freshwater ecosystem. Through studying the process and mechanism of pollutant transport and transformation in polluted water, we provide the theoretical basis and technical support for water pollution control and ecological restoration.   

Recent Publications (In the past three years) 

1. Chen X, Hu SH, Chen XF, Cheng HQ, Wu CX. 2024 Influence of different cyanobacterial treatment methods on phosphorus cycle in shallow lake microcosms. Journal of Environmental Management 354, 120245.  

2. Zhao E, Xiong X, Li X, Hu HJ, Wu CX. 2024 Effect of Biofilm Forming on the Migration of Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate from PVC Plastics. Environmental Science & Technology 58(14), 6326-6334.  

3. Liu Q, Jia J, Hu HJ, Li X, Zhao YH, Wu CX. 2024 Nitrogen and phosphorus limitations promoted bacterial nitrate metabolism and propagation of antibiotic resistome in the phycosphere of Auxenochlorella pyrenoidosa. Journal of Hazardous Materials 468, 133786.  

4. Han NP, Zhao QC, Wu CX. 2023 Threshold migration conditions of (micro) plastics under the action of overland flow. Water Research 242, 120253.  

5. Jia J, Liu Q, Wu CX. 2023 Microplastic and antibiotic proliferated the colonization of specific bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in the phycosphere of Chlorella pyrenoidosa. Journal of Hazardous Materials 455, 131618.  

6. Han NP, Ao HY, Mai Z, Zhao QC, Wu CX. 2023 Characteristics of (micro)plastic transport in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Science of the Total Environment 855, 158887. 

7. Wan Y, Chen X, Liu Q, Hu HJ, Wu CX, Xue Q. 2022 Informal landfill contributes to the pollution of microplastics in the surrounding environment. Environmental Pollution 293, 118586.  

8. Zhao E, Xu ZN, Xiong X, Hu HJ, Wu CX. 2022 The impact of particle size and photoaging on the leaching of phthalates from plastic waste. Journal of Cleaner Production 367, 133109. 

9. Han NP, Zhao QC, Ao HY, Hu HJ, Wu CX. 2022 Horizontal transport of macro- and microplastics on soil surface by rainfall induced surface runoff as affected by vegetations. Science of the Total Environment 831, 154989.  

10. Liu Q, Hu HJ, Xiong X, Zhao E, Wang KH, Wu CX. 2022 Urban natural wetland as a sink for microplastics: A case from Lalu Wetland in Tibet, China. Science of the Total Environment 828, 154399.