Publications

#cofirst author; *corresponding author; authors in bold are from EPL.

1. Peihua Li, Yanan Yang, Lin-Lan Zhuang*, Zhen Hu, Lijie Zhang, Shuhan Ge, Weiyi Qian, Wanqing Tian, Yinhu Wu, Hong-Ying Hu, Effects of chemical oxygen demand and chloramphenicol on attached microalgae growth: Physicochemical properties and microscopic mass transfer in biofilm. Bioresource Technology 2024, 399, 130561. DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.130561.

2. L. Zhao, E. Zaborowski, S. Bordoloi, N. Rajagopalan, B. Sharma, C. Baroi, W. Xing, L. Zhang, Characterization of novel polysulfide polymer coated fly ash and its application in mitigating diffusion of contaminants. Environmental Pollution 2024, 347, 123706. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123706.

3. Bin Pan*, Tianru Song, Ming Yue, Shengnan Chen, Lijie Zhang, Katriona Edlmann, Chelsea W Neil, Weiyao Zhu, Stefan Iglauer, Machine learning - based shale wettability prediction: Implications for H2, CH4 and CO2 geo-storage. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2023, 56, 1384-1390. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.12.298.

4. Fangyu Hu, Chengcheng Gao, Baoyu Wang, Ziming Ding, Lijie Zhang, Shuhe Wei, Jing An*, Effects of chicken manure-modified biochar on the adsorption capacity of tetracycline and abundance of antibiotic resistance genes in soil. Land Degradation & Development 2023. DOI: 10.1002/ldr.4983.

5. Xujun Liang#, Huan Zhong#, Alexander Johs#, Pei Lei#, Jin Zhang, Neslihan Taş, Lijie Zhang, Linduo Zhao, Nali Zhu, Xixiang Yin, Lihong Wang, Eddy Y Zeng, Yuxi Gao, Jiating Zhao*, Dale A Pelletier, Eric M Pierce, Baohua Gu*, Light-independent phytoplankton degradation and detoxification of methylmercury in water. Nature Water 2023. DOI: 10.1038/s44221-023-00117-1.  

6. Lijie Zhang#*, Christina S Kang-Yun#, Xia Lu, Jin Chang, Xujun Liang, Eric M Pierce, Jeremy D Semrau, Baohua Gu, Adsorption and intracellular uptake of mercuric mercury and methylmercury by methanotrophs and methylating bacteria. Environmental Pollution 2023. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121790.

7. Lijie Zhang#, Yongchao Yin#, Yanchen Sun, Xujun Liang, David E. Graham, Eric M. Pierce, Frank E. Löffler*, and Baohua Gu*, Inhibition of Methylmercury and Methane Formation by Nitrous Oxide in Arctic Tundra Soil Microcosms. Environmental Science & Technology 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.2c09457.

8. Xujun Liang, Alexander Johs, Macon J Abernathy, Jiating Zhao, Hongxia Du, Peijia Ku, Lijie Zhang, Nali Zhu, Xiangping Yin, Scott Brooks, Linduo Zhao, Ritimukta Sarangi, Eric M Pierce, Baohua Gu, High methylation potential of mercury complexed with mixed thiolate ligands by Geobacter sulfurreducens PCA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2023, 342, 74-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.12.008.

9. Xiuxiu Yan, Jing An, Lijie Zhang, Lingyan Zhang, Xu Zhou, Shuhe Wei, Ecotoxicological effects and bioaccumulation in Eichhornia crassipes induced by long-term exposure to triclosan. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 2022, 193, 90-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2022.10.013.

10. Xujun Liang, Nali Zhu, Alexander Johs, Hongmei Chen, Dale A Pelletier, Lijie Zhang, Xixiang Yin, Yuxi Gao, Jiating Zhao, Baohua Gu, Mercury Reduction, Uptake, and Species Transformation by Freshwater Alga Chlorella vulgaris under Sunlit and Dark Conditions. Environmental Science & Technology 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.1c06558.

11. Bin Pan, Teng Ni, Weiyao Zhu*, Yongfei Yang, Yang Ju, Lijie Zhang, Shengnan Chen, Jianwei Gu, Yajun Li*, Stefan Iglauer*, Mini review on wettability in the methane–liquid–rock system at reservoir conditions: implications for gas recovery and geo-storage. Energy & Fuels 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.2c00308.

12. Xixiang Yin#, Lihong Wang#, Xujun Liang#, Lijie Zhang, Jiating Zhao, Baohua Gu*, Contrary effects of phytoplankton Chlorella vulgaris and its exudates on mercury methylation by iron-and sulfate-reducing bacteria. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2022, 433. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.128835.

13. Lijie Zhang, Michael Philben, Neslihan Taş, Alexander Johs, Ziming Yang, Stan D. Wullschleger, David E. Graham, Eric M. Pierce, Baohua Gu*, Unravelling biogeochemical drivers of methylmercury production in an arctic fen soil and a bog soil. Environmental Pollution 2022, 118878. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118878.

14. Lin-Lan Zhuang, Mengting Li, Yingfei Li, Lijie Zhang, Xiaoli Xu, Haiming Wu, Shuang Liang, Chang Su, Jian Zhang*, The performance and mechanism of biochar-enhanced constructed wetland for wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering 2022, 45, 102522. DOI: 10.1016/j.jwpe.2021.102522.

15. Yaoling Zhang, Lijie Zhang, Xujun Liang, Quanying Wang, Xiangping Yin, Eric M Pierce, Baohua Gu*, Competitive exchange between divalent metal ions [Cu (II), Zn (II), Ca (II)] and Hg (II) bound to thiols and natural organic matter. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127388.

16. Christina S Kang-Yun#, Xujun Liang#, Philip Dershwitz, Wenyu Gu, Aloys Schepers, Andrew Flatley, Josef Lichtmannegger, Hans Zischka, Lijie Zhang, Xia Lu, Baohua Gu, Joshua C Ledesma, Daly J Pelger, Alan A DiSpirito, Jeremy D Semrau*, Evidence for methanobactin “Theft” and novel chalkophore production in methanotrophs: impact on methanotrophic-mediated methylmercury degradation. The ISME Journal 2021. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-021-01062-1.

17. Lijie Zhang, Xujun Liang, Quanying Wang, Yaoling Zhang, Xiangping Yin, Xia Lu*, Eric M Pierce, Baohua Gu*, Isotope exchange between mercuric [Hg (II)] chloride and Hg (II) bound to minerals and thiolate ligands: implications for enriched isotope tracer studies. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2021, 292, 468-481. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.10.013.

18. Quanying Wang#, Lijie Zhang#, Xujun Liang, Xiangping Yin, Yaoling Zhang, Wang Zheng*, Eric M Pierce, Baohua Gu*, Rates and dynamics of mercury isotope exchange between dissolved elemental Hg (0) and Hg (II) bound to organic and inorganic ligands. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54, (23), 15534-15545. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c06229.

19. Jared Zaporski, Megan Jamison, Lijie Zhang, Baohua Gu*, Ziming Yang*, Mercury methylation potential in a sand dune on Lake Michigan's eastern shoreline. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 729, 138879. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138879.

20. Xixiang Yin#, Lihong Wang#, Lijie Zhang, Hongmei Chen, Xujun Liang, Xia Lu, Alan A DiSpirito, Jeremy D Semrau, Baohua Gu, Synergistic effects of a chalkophore, methanobactin, on microbial methylation of mercury. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 2020, 86, (11), e00122-20. DOI: 10.1128/aem.00122-20.

21. Xuanhao Wu, Samantha Burnell, Chelsea W Neil, Doyoon Kim, Lijie Zhang, Haesung Jung, Young-Shin Jun*, Effects of phosphate, silicate, and bicarbonate on arsenopyrite dissolution and secondary mineral precipitation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2020, 4, (4), 515-525.

22. Michael Philben*, Lijie Zhang, Ziming Yang, Neslihan Taş, Stan D Wullschleger, David E Graham, Baohua Gu*，Anaerobic respiration pathways and response to increased substrate availability of Arctic wetland soils. Environmental Science: Process & Impacts 2020, 22, (10), 2070-2083. DOI: 10.1039/D0EM00124D.

23. Linduo Zhao, Yunzi Li, Lijie Zhang, Jianqiu Zheng, Eric M Pierce, Baohua Gu*, Mercury adsorption on minerals and its effect on microbial methylation. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2019, 3, (7), 1338-1345. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.9b00039.

24. Jing An, Lijie Zhang, Xia Lu, Dale A Pelletier, Eric M Pierce, Alexander Johs, Jerry M Parks, Baohua Gu*, Mercury Uptake by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans ND132: Passive or Active? Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, (11), 6264-6272. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b00047.

25. Xia Lu#*, Jiangtao Zhao#, Xujun Liang, Lijie Zhang, Yurong Liu, Xiangping Yin, Xiangkai Li, Baohua Gu*, The application and potential artifacts of zeeman cold vapor atomic absorption spectrometry in mercury stable isotope analysis. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2019, 6, (3), 165-170. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.9b00067.

26. Lijie Zhang#, Shan Wu#, Linduo Zhao, Xia Lu, Eric M Pierce, Baohua Gu*, Mercury sorption and desorption on organo-mineral particulates as a source for microbial methylation. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53, (5), 2426-2433. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b06020.

27. Lijie Zhang, Yaguang Zhu, Xuanhao Wu, Young-Shin Jun*, Effects of sulfate on biotite interfacial reactions under high temperature and high CO2 pressure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2019, 21, (12), 6381-6390. DOI: 10.1039/C8CP07368F.

28. Lijie Zhang, Young-Shin Jun*, The role of Fe-bearing phyllosilicates in DTPMP degradation under high-temperature and high-pressure conditions. Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52, (16), 9522-9530. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b02552.

29. Lijie Zhang, Doyoon Kim, Young-Shin Jun*, Effects of phosphonate structures on brine–biotite interactions under subsurface relevant conditions. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry 2018, 2, (9), 946-954. DOI: 10.1021/acsearthspacechem.8b00075.

30. Lijie Zhang, Doyoon Kim, Young-Shin Jun*, The effects of phosphonate-based scale inhibitor on brine–biotite interactions under subsurface conditions. Environmental Science & Technology 2018, 52, (10), 6042-6049. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.7b05785.

31. Young-Shin Jun*, Lijie Zhang, Yujia Min, Qingyun Li, Nanoscale chemical processes affecting storage capacities and seals during geologic CO2 sequestration. Accounts of Chemical Research 2017, 50, (7), 1521-1529. DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00654.

32. Lijie Zhang, Doyoon Kim, Yongman Kim, Jiamin Wan, Young-Shin Jun*, Effects of phosphate on biotite dissolution and secondary precipitation under conditions relevant to engineered subsurface processes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2017, 19, (44), 29895-29904. DOI: 10.1039/C7CP05158A.

33. Lijie Zhang, Yongman Kim, Haesung Jung, Jiamin Wan, Young-Shin Jun*, Lijie Zhang, Yongman Kim, Haesung Jung, Jiamin Wan, Young-Shin Jun. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2016, 3, (3), 92-97. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00359.

34. Lijie Zhang, Young-Shin Jun*, Distinctive reactivities at biotite edge and basal planes in the presence of organic ligands: implications for organic-rich geologic CO2 sequestration. Environmental Science & Technology 2015, 49, (16), 10217-10225. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01960.