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Liu, Y, D.C.O. Thornton, T.S. Bianchi, W.A. Arnold, M.R. Shields, J. Chen, and S.A. Yvon-Lewis, (2015), Dissolved organic matter composition drives the marine production of brominated very short-lived substances. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, doi: 10.1021/es505464k.
Liu, Y., S.A. Yvon-Lewis, D.C.O. Thornton, J.H. Butler, T.S. Bianchi, L. Campbell, L. Hu, R.W. Smith (2013), Spatial and temporal distributions of bromoform and dibromomethane in the Atlantic basin, and their relationship with ocean primary production, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20299.
Liu, Y., S.A. Yvon-Lewis, D.C.O. Thornton, L. Campbell, and T.S. Bianchi (2013), Spatial distribution of brominated very short-lived substances in the eastern Pacific, J. Geophys. Res. Oceans, 118, doi:10.1002/jgrc.20183.
Liu, Y., S.A. Yvon-Lewis, L. Hu, J.E. Salisbury, and J.E. O'Hern (2011), CHBr3, CH2Br2, and CHClBr2 in U.S. coastal waters during the Gulf of Mexico and East Coast Carbon cruise, J. Geophys. Res., 116, C10004, doi:10.1029/2010JC006729.
Rivas-Ubach A, Y. Liu, T.S. Bianchi, N. Tolić, C. Jansson, and L. Paša-Tolić (2018), Moving beyond the van Krevelen diagram: A new stoichiometric approach for compound classification in organisms, Analytical Chemistry 2018 90 (10), 6152-6160, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b00529 (Equal contribution with first author).
Tolić, N, Y. Liu, A. Liyu, Y. Shen, M.M. Tfaily, E.B. Kujawinski, K. Longnecker, L-.J. Kuo, E.W. Robinson, L. Paša-Tolić, N.J. Hess (2017), Formularity: Software for automated formula assignment of organic matter from ultra-high resolution mass spectra, Analytical Chemistry 2017 Dec 5;89(23):12659-12665. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b03318. Epub 2017 Nov 21
Liu, Y., H. K. White, R. L. Simister, D. Waite, S. L. Lyons, and E. B. Kujawinski (2020), Probing the Chemical Transformation of Seawater-Soluble Crude Oil Components during Microbial Oxidation, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4(5), 690-701.
Liu, Y, E.B. Kujawinski (2015), Chemical composition and potential environmental impacts of water-soluble polar crude oil components inferred from ESI FT-ICR MS. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0136376. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136376.
Wang, J.-J., Y. Liu, R. D. Bowden, K. Lajtha, A. J. Simpson, W.-L. Huang, and M. J. Simpson (2020), Long-Term Nitrogen Addition Alters the Composition of Soil-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4(2), 189-201.
Morrison, E.S., M.R. Shields, T.S. Bianchi, Y. Liu, S. Newman, N. Tolic, N. and R.K. Chu (2020), Multiple biomarkers highlight the importance of water column processes in treatment wetland organic matter cycling. Water research, 168, p.115153.
Ward, N.D., E.S. Morrison, Y. Liu, A. Rivas‐Ubach, T.Z. Osborne, A.V. Ogram, and T.S. Bianchi (2019), Marine microbial community responses related to wetland carbon mobilization in the coastal zone. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 4(1), pp.25-33.
Wu X, L. Wu, Y. Liu, P. Zhang, Q Li, J Zhou, N.J. Hess, T.C. Hazen, W. Yang, and R Chakraborty (2018), Microbial interactions with dissolved organic matter drive carbon dynamics and community succession. Front. Microbiol. 9:1234. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.01234.
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*Puthigai, S.K., Wildermann, N. E., Plotkin, P. T., Shields, M. R., & Liu, Y. (2025). Skin sampling as a proxy for screening per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposures in endangered sea turtles. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 218, 118110. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2025.118110
Aly, N. A.,Y.S., Luo, Y. S., Y. Liu, G. Casillas, T.J. McDonald, J.M. Kaihatu, et al. (2020). Temporal and Spatial Analysis of Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Surface Waters of Houston Ship Channel Following a Large-Scale Industrial Fire Incident. Environ Pollut, 265(Pt B), 115009. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115009
Chen, C.-H, S.-H. Yang, Y. Liu, P. Jamieson, L. Shan, and K.-H. Chu (2020), Accumulation and Phytotoxicity of Perfluorooctanoic Acid and 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoro-2-(Heptafluoropropoxy)Propanoate in Arabidopsis Thaliana and Nicotiana Benthamiana. Environmental Pollution 2020, 259, 113817.
Hwangbo, M., E.C. Claycomb, Y. Liu, T.E. Alivio, S. Banerjee, and K.H. Chu (2019), Effectiveness of zinc oxide-assisted photocatalysis for concerned constituents in reclaimed wastewater: 1, 4-Dioxane, trihalomethanes, antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB), and antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs). Science of the Total Environment, 649, pp.1189-1197.
Huang, P.J., M. Hwangbo, Z. Chen, Y. Liu, J. Kameoka, and K.H. Chu (2018), Reusable functionalized hydrogel sorbents for removing long-and short-chain perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) and GenX from aqueous solution. ACS Omega, 3(12), pp.17447-17455.