Niu Lab
Environmental Chemistry of Emerging Contaminants (EC2)
University of Cincinnati
Lab news:
Apr 2024: [New Member] Ayoung Choi joined the group as a visiting scholar; she will work on UV-AOP
Mar 2024: [New Funding!] We are funded by the Ohio Water Resources Centre to study stormwater
Mar 2024: [New Paper] Occurrence of trace contaminants in water treatment plant published in ACS ES&T Water
Mar 2024: [New Member] Haesung Lee joined the group as a visiting scholar; he will work on PFAS-microplastics interactions
Jan 2024: [New Paper] Pilot scale application of catalytic ozonation published in Journal of Chemical Environmental Engineering
Jan 2024: [New Member] Karen Noda Morishita joined the group as a PhD candidate; she will work on PFAS analysis
Dec 2023: [New Member] Zixi Fan joined the group as a PhD candidate; he will work on PFAS fate& transport
Dec 2023: Dr. Niu joined the Board of Directors of the Lake Erie Aquatic Research Network
Dec 2023: [New Funding!] We are funded by the USGS (Federal) to study PFAS in Ohio River
Nov 2023: [New Paper] a collaborative work on disinfection and DBP formation published in Chemosphere
We are hiring!!! please go to Opportunities page for more information
Upcoming Events:
May 2024: Lake Sampling Season – Lake Erie Center, Toledo, OH
Jun 2024: 13th IWA Micropol and Ecohazard Conference, Taipei
June 2024: 2024 National PFAS Conference, Ann Arbor, MI
Aug 2024: ACS National Meeting Fall, Denver, CO
Aug 2024: IWA World Water Congress & Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
Sep 2024: SETAC Asia-Pacific 14th Biennial Meeting, Tianjin, China
Oct 2024: 2024 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA
Oct 2024: 21st Annual Ohio Mass Spectrometry Symposium (OMSS 2024), Ohio Union, Columbus, Ohio, October 14-15.
Oct 2024: SETAC North America 45th Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX
Nov 2024: LEARN Annual Meeting, Tiffin, Ohio
Nov 2024: Water Quality Technology Conference, Schaumburg, IL
Mar 2025: Pittcon, Boston, MA
Mar 2025: ACS National Meeting Spring, San Diego, CA
The Environmental Chemistry of Emerging Contaminants (EC2) group at the University of Cincinnati study the nexus of water quality-emerging contaminants-community exposure. We are particularly interested in the occurrence, fate, remediation, and environmental impact of novel emerging contaminants in the natural environment, along water treatment trains, and in industrial processing. We also investigate the chemistry of water treatment, environmental interfaces, and sunlight. We aim to timely inform the scientific community and the public on the environmental risks, treatability and health impacts of chemicals we consume.
