EDUCATION:
2012.02—Present: Ph.D. Candidate, majoring in Environment Science (Environmental Chemistry), Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University (UK), predicted to gain to degree in January 2016(directed by Prof. Kevin C. Jones). Ph.D project: Fate of chemicals in Chinese waste-water treatment plants (WWTPs);
2009.09—Present: Ph.D. Candidate, majoring in Environment science and Engineering, School of Environment Studies, China University of Geosciences, predicted to gain to degree in June 2014(directed by Prof. Shihua Qi, it has been being paused at present). Ph.D Project: Environmental Geochemistry of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Kaidu-Peacock River System;
2005.09—2009.06: B.S., majoring in Hydrology and Water Resources (Hydrogeology), School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences. Thesis: Preliminary Study on Environmental Geochemistry of Organochlorine Pesticides in Quanzhou Bay, Fujian Province (directed by Prof. Shihua Qi).
VISITING AND EXCHANGE:
2011.10—2011.10: Academic Visitor, Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC) at Unilever Colworth UK, attended an International Workshop regarding chemical management activities in Europe and China, with a focus on the research priorities for new Chinese PhD Students (invited by Tom Morrow, Deputy Head of SEAC);
2011.03—2011.04: Visiting Scholar, Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Universita di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy, attended the field resraech in Campania and the urban geochemistry research (invited by Prof. Benedetto De Vivo and Prof. Vincenzo Morra).
EXPERIENCES IN RESEARCH PROGRAMMES:
2010.10—2012.02: Framework Development of Climate Change Adaptation Strategy in Xiangning City, Hubei Province, supported by World Wide Found (WWF) Beijing Office (key member);
2010.10—Present: Geochemistry of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Bosten Lake Region, China, National Innovative Experiment Projects, supported by the Ministry of Education of China (Vice-Director);
2010.10—2011.12: Prevention and Rememdation Plan of Soil Contamination in Hubei Province & Regional Design of Soil function in Hubei Province, Supported by Hubei Environmental Monitoring Central Station (key member);
2010.09—2012.02: Occurences and Chlorine Stable Isotopes of Organochlorine Pesticides in Soil by Continuous Emission, supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (main member; NSFC, No. 41073070);
2010.04—2010.06: Survey and Remediation of Heshan Contaminated Site in Wuhan City, supported by Wuhan Land Administration Centre (main member);
2010.03—2012.02: Long Range Transport of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Region of Basin—Mountain using Chlorine Stable Isotopes, supported by 47th Postdoctoral Scientific Funding of the People’s Republic of China (key member; No. 20100471205);
2010.01—2012.02: Long Range Transport Model for Persistent Organic Pollutants in the Region of Basin—Mountain, supported by Ph.D. Programs Foundation of Ministry of Education of China (key member; No. 20090145110004);
2009.08—2010.03: Survey and Assessment of Soil Heavy Metal Pollution in Daye City, Supported by Hubei Environmental Monitoring Central Station (PI Assistant);
2009.01—2010.10: Survey and Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticides residue in soil of Fujian Province, Supported by Fujian Institute of Geological Survey (main member);
2007.10—2009.05: Transfer and Transform of Persistent Organic Pesticide (POPs) in the Environmental Multimedia, National Innovative Experiment Projects, supported by the Ministry of Education of China (PI and was selected one of the Best Research Team in the final evaluation);
2007.06—2008.12: Residue, Ecological Risk Assessment & Environmental Quality Assessment of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) and Heavy Metals in the Peacock River in Xinjiang, China, supported by Undergraduate Scientific Research & Innovation Plan in 2007, China University of Geosciences (PI).
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
• Journal Articles
Lingzhi Tan, Shihua Qi, Jiaquan Zhang, Xinli Xing, Wei Chen, Yuan Zhang, Chenxi Wu. Removal of ppb-level DDTs from aqueous solution using organo-diatomite. Water Quality Research Journal of Canada , accepted(SCI & EI);
Jiaquan Zhang, Xinli Xing, Shihua Qi, Lingzhi Tan, Dan Yang, Wei Chen, Junhua Yang, Meihui Xu. Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in soils of the coastal areas along Sanduao Bay and Xinghua Bay, southeast China. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 2013, 125, 153-158 (SCI & EI);
Jiaquan ZHANG, Shihua QI, Xinli XING, Lingzhi TAN, Wei CHEN, Ying HU, Dan YANG, Chenxi WU. Concentrations and classification of HCHs and DDTs in soil from the lower reaches of the Jiulong River, China. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering. 2012, 6(2), 177–183 (SCIE, SCI IF= 0.754);
YANG Dan, QI Shi-Hua, ZHANG Jia-Quan, TAN Ling-Zhi, ZHANG Jun-Peng, ZHANG Yuan, XU Feng, XING Xin-Li, HU Ying, CHEN Wei, YANG Jun-Hua and XU Mei-Hui. Residues of Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs) in Agricultural Soils of Zhangzhou City, China. Pedosphere. 2012, 22(2), 178-189 (SCIE, SCI IF= 0.978);
Ying Hu, Shihua Qi, Chenxi Wu, Yanping Ke and Jing Chen, Wei Chen, Xiangyi Gong. Preliminary assessment of heavy metal contamination in surface water and sediments from Honghu Lake, East Central China. Frontiers of Earth Science. 2012, 6(1), 39-47 (SCIE).
Qi Song, Shihua Qi, Beibei Zhang, Wei Chen, Lu Xia, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaohui Zhang, Meng Liu, Jiaquan Zhang. Distribution and Pollution Assessment of Heavy Metals in Soil from Tonglvshan Mine of Daye City (Chinese Paper). Environmental Chemistry.2011, 30(9), 1672-1673.
Wei Chen, Mingming Jing, Jianwei Bu, Julia Ellis Burnet, Shihua Qi, Qi Song, Yibing Ke, Meng Liu, Jinjie Miao, Chen Yang. Organochlorine pesticides in the surface water and sediments of the Peacock River region in Xinjiang, China: a study in arid zone in Centre Asia. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2011, 177(1-4), 1-21. (SCIE & EI, SCI IF= 1.436);
Mingming Jing, Wei Chen, Tingting Zheng, Yuan Liao, Julia Ellis Burnet, Min Xu, Chen Yang, Lina Shen, Mingzhong Liang. Water geochemical variations in and around a karst dominated natural reserve area, southwestern China. Environmental Earth Sciences.2011, 64(4), 1051–1058.(SCI & EI, SCI IF= 0.678);
CHEN Wei, SONG Qi, LIU Meng, Ellis Burnet Julia, QI Shi-hua. Distribution and risk assessment of organichlorine pesticides in surface sediments from the Peacock River in Xinjiang, China (Chinese Paper with English Abstract). Environmental Chemistry. 2009; 28(2), 289-292;
JING Ming-ming, QI Shi-hua, CHEN Wei, BURNET Julia Eills, SONG Qi, KE Yi-bing, LIU Meng, MIAO Jin-jie. The Residues of Organochlorine Pesticides in the Peacock River Basin, Xingjiang (Chinese Paper with English Abstract). Environmental Pollution & Control.2008.12;
• Abstracts/Papers Presented in Conferences and Workshops
Wei Chen, Shihua Qi. Heavy Metals Contamination in Different Environmental Sectors in Mining and Smelting Areas of Daye, Central China (p198, Abstract, Poster). 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC Europe), Glasgow, UK, May 12-16, 2013;
Wei Chen, Chang-Er Chen, Hao Zhang, Kevin C. Jones, Oliver R. Price, Guang-Guo Ying, Nan Xu, Hong Li and Andrew J. Sweetman. A Passive Sampler for in situ Measurement of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Ingredients in Waters (p379, Abstract, Poster). 23rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC Europe), Glasgow, UK, May 12-16, 2013;
Wei Chen, Shihua Qi, Xiaohui Zhang, Chengkai Qu, Guoqiang Song. Heavy metals in the Soil-Crop Ecosystem around the Donggang and Xigang Rivers of Daye, China (p52, Abstract, Oral). 2012 Sino-European Symposium on Environment and Health (SESEH 2012), Galway, Ireland. August 20 - 25, 2012;
Wei Chen. Water quantity and quality of Bosten Lake in China: catchment sustainable management is needed (Abstract, Poster). Catchment Change Network International Conference: Stakeholders, next generation models, and risk in managing catchment change, and GLUE workshop: GLUE: 20 years on. Lancaster, UK. June 25-28, 2012;
Wei Chen, Shihua Qi, Yanping Ke, Xiaohui Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Jiaquan Zhang. Multiple contaminations and health risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides and heavy hetals around the region of Daye Smelter, China (p407, Abstract, Poster). 6th SETAC World Congress /SETAC Europe 22nd Annual Meeting, Berlin, Germany. May 20-24, 2012;
W. Chen, S. H. Qi, X. H. Zhang, Y. P. Ke, J. Yu, C. K. Qu, K. Diallo. Vertical Distribution of Arsenic (As), Lead (Pb) and Mercury (Hg) in Irrigated Soils along the Donggang and Xigang Canals of Daye City (p1087-p1088, Abstract, Poster). 8th International Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS2011) & 14th Beijing Conference and Exhibition on Instrumental Analysis (BCEIA 2011). Beijing, China. October 12~16, 2011;
Wei Chen, Xiaohui Zhang, Shihua Qi, Guoqiang Song, Xinli, Xing, Lingzhi Tan, Xianfeng Ma, Aimin Li. Distribution of heavy metals in Water from the Dongguang and Xigang Rivers in Daye of Hubei Province (p158). Sixth National Conference on Environmental Chemistry. Shanghai, China. September 21-24, 2011;
Meng Liu, Shihua Qi, Ronghua Wu, Beibei Zhang, Wei Chen. Temporal variation analysis of carbon flux of urban ecosystem in Xianning (p-p, Paper, Poster). International Workshop on Environment, New Energy Techniques and Applications (NETA 2011). Yichang, China. September 16- 18, 2011(ISBN 978-1-4244-8163-7, EI);
Wei Chen, Shihua Qi, Lu Xia, Xiaoyu Wang, Qi Song, Beibei Zhang, Meng Liu, Xiaohui Zhang, Jia Yu, Jiaquan Zhang. Vertical Distribution of Cadmium (Cd) in Irrigated Soils along the Donggang River and the Xigang River of Daye City (p121-p123, Paper, Poster). The First International Conference on Geomicrobial Ecotoxicology. Wuhan, China. May 30- June 2, 2011;
Wei Chen, Shihua Qi, Xiaoyu Wang, Lu Xia, Qi Song, Beibei Zhang, Meng Liu.. Heavy Metals in Shallow Groundwater from Some Sites in Daye City of China (p92-p97, Paper, Oral). Symposium on Sustainable Use of Groundwater Resources in Africa. Wuhan, China. October 8~10, 2010(ISBN 978-7-5625-2556-1);
Xing Xinli, Qi Shihua, Chen Wei, Zhang Junpeng, Zhang Yuan, Xu Feng, Yang Dan. Modeling the transfer tendency of α-HCH between surface-air interface by Fugacity Multimedia Model (p304, Abstract, Poster). The 6th International Conference on Interfaces against Pollution (IAP2010). Beijing, China. May 16~19, 2010;
Wei Chen, Julia Ellis Burnet, Jianwei Bu, Shihua Qi, Qi Song, Meng Liu. Particle Size Distribution of the sediments in the Peacock River and its Correlation with Concentrations of Organochlorine Pesticides (Abstract, Oral). 2009 Wuhan International Conference on the Environment (WICE2009). Wuhan, China. October 15~18, 2009;
Chen Wei, Bu Jianwei, Julia Ellis Burnet, Qi Shihua. Particle size distribution characteristics of the surface sediments in the Peacock River of Xinjiang, China (p762-p765, Chinese Paper with English Abstract). 2009 Annual Meeting of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Wuhan, China. June 27~30, 2009(ISBN 978-7-81124-810-4);
Wei Chen, Mingming Jing, Julia Ellis Burnet, Shihua Qi, Qi Song, Yibing Ke, Meng Liu, Jinjie Miao. Concentrations and Influencing Factors of Hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) in the Peacock River of Xinjiang, Northwest China (p104-p107, Paper, Oral). International Conference on Environmental Science and Information Application Technology (ESIAT2009), Wuhan, China. July 4~5, 2009 (ISBN 978-0-7695-3682-8, EI, ISTP);
CHEN Wei, BURNET Ellis Julia, QI Shihua, SONG Qi & LIU Meng. Residues and risk assessment of DDTs and HCHs in surface sediments from the Peacock River in Xinjiang, China (p417-p422, Paper, Poster). 2009 International Symposium on Environmental Science and Technology (ISEST2009). Shanghai, China. June 2~5, 2009 (ISBN 978-7-03-024459-8, ISTP);
W. Chen, J. E. Burnet, S. H. Qi，M. M. Jing, Q. Song, Y. B. Ke, M. Liu, and J. J. Miao. Evaluation of hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) in the water and sediments from the Peacock River in Xinjiang, China (p6, Abstract, Poster). 5th International Symposium on Persistent Toxic Substances (PTS2008). Beijing, China. September 21~14, 2008.
SELECTED SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS:
2011.05: Innovative Talent students of China University of Geosciences;
2010.05: Innovative Talent students of China University of Geosciences;
2009.12: Second Degree Award for outstanding scientific achievements by undergraduate students Hubei Province in 2009;
2009.11: Third Prize in Challenge Cup National Union of Students after-school academic science and technology contest entries;
2009.06: Grand Prize in Challenge Cup Hubei Province of Students after-school academic science and technology contest entries;
2008.12: Second Degree Award for outstanding scientific achievements by undergraduate students Hubei Province in 2008;
2008.05: Innovative Talent students of China University of Geosciences;
2006.10: Scholarship for Century Persons of Outstanding Ability (Social Work), China University of Geosciences.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
2013.01—Present: Young earth Scientists (YES) Network (member, Membership No. 3021);
2012.07—Present: Geochemical Society (student member, Membership No.: 183508);
2012.05—Present: International Society for Environmental Information Sciences (ISEIS, student member);
2012.02—Present: Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health (SEGH, student member);
2011.06—Present: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC, student member, Membership No. 197036);
2010.08—Present: International Association for Great Lakes Research (IAGLR, Membership No. #3997);
2010.06—Present: American Society of Limnology & Oceanography (ASLO, Membership No. 320907);
2009.03—Present: Chinese Environmental Scholars & Professional Network (CESPN, Membership No. R-00043);