文章發表 PUBLICATIONS 

Affiliated with NTOU (2020-present)

1. Madeline Olivia, Chen, P.W.Y., Huang, B., Liu, X, Liu, K., Shiu R.-F. * & Tsai, A.-Y.* 2025 “How marine snow shapes bacterial growth and mortality in the face of ocean warming” (Under Review)

2. Rodolfo A. Romarate II, Christine J.M. Pacilan, Hsu, T.-C., Shiu, R.-F.*& Bacosaa H.P. 2025 “Plasticization of the human respiratory system: mass concentration of inhaled suspended micro- and nanoplastics” (Under Review)

3. Shiu, R.-F.*, Gong, G.-C., Hsu, T.-C., Guo, P.-H. & Chin, W.-C. 2025 “Rapid-release capsules of nano-plastics in the aquatic environment: cigarette butts” (Under Revision)

4. Madeline Olivia, Wu, W.-H., Tsai, A.-Y., Hsu, H.-C., Gong, G.-C. & Shiu, R.-F.* 2025 “Microplastics affect marine snow formation and sinking to the ocean's interior” Water Research 124601 (SCI) (IF=12.4, 1/97=1% in Water Resources) [Paper Link ]

5. Perpetua, Z D., Albarico, FPJB, Capangpangan, R.Y., Shiu, R.-F., Lim, Y.C., Chen, C.W., Bacosa, H.P., & Dong, C.D. 2025. “Meso- and microplastics accumulation and ecological risks in Philippine urban and rural sandy beaches” Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (SCI) (IF=2.6,  22/119=18.5% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [Paper Link ]

6. Madeline Olivia, Shiu, R.-F., Patrichka, Chang,C.-M., Clara Natalie Annabel, Ni, C.-F., Chien, H., Slawomir Jack Giletycz, Tsai, A.-Y., 2025 “Relative importance of nanoflagellate grazing and viral lysis for heterotrophic bacterial and Synechococcus spp. mortality in a high-latitude fjord (Adventfjorden, Svalbard) during the summer” Polar Research (SCI) (IF=1.9,  32/65=49.2% in Oceanography) (Accepted)

7. Shiu, R.-F.* et al. 2025 “Risk-based integrated framework for evaluating effects of microplastics to aquatic ecosystems and human health” Environmental Research 121838 (SCI) (IF=7.7,  16/408=3.92% in Public, Environmental & Occupational Health)[ Paper Link ]

8. Lumilana D.R.T., Shiu, R.-F., Bacosa, H.P. 2025. Differentiating macroplastic and mesoplastic pollution on relatively clean beaches of central Philippines. Marine Environmental Research 107092 (SCI) (IF=3.0, 13/119=10.92% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [ Paper Link ]

9. Hsiao, H.-Y., Hsuan, Y., , Shiu, R.-F., Chin, W.-C. & Yen, T.-H. 2025. Microplastic and nanoplastic exposure and risk of diabetes mellitus. World Journal of Clinical Cases 13.3: 98110 (SCI) (IF:1.0, 170/329=51.7% in Medicine, General & Internal).

10. Vazquez C. I., Chang H.M., Gong, G.-C., Shiu, R.-F.* & Chin, W.-C.* 2024 “Impact of nanoplastics on microgel formation from effluent organic matter” Science of the Total Environment 954, 176209 (SCI) (IF=8.2, 31/358=8.66% in Environmental Sciences) [ Paper Link ]

11. Hernando, B.P., Perpetua, Zy D., Aron, J.B., Bondaug, J.S., Cui, V.T., Imperial, J. E., Monera, C.M., Villariaz, J-a., Gabriel, A.D., Mayol A.P. & Shiu, R.-F. 2024. “Mesoplastics in the sandy beaches of Iligan City: First documented evidence of mesoplastic pollution in the Philippines” Regional Studies in Marine Science 103574 (SCI) (IF=2.1, 36/119=30.25% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [ Paper Link ]

12. Marlina N., Hassan F., Chao, H.-R., Latif M., Yeh, C.-F., Horie Y., Shiu, R.-F., Hsieh, Y.-K. & Jiang, J.-J. 2024 "Organophosphate esters in water and air: A minireview of their sources, occurrence, and air–water exchange" Chemosphere 141874 (SCI) (IF=8.1, 32/358=8.9% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]  

13. Chen, P. W. Y., Annabel, C. N., Olivia, M., Chou, W.-C., Chen, J.-J., Shiu, R.-F., Mukhanov V., Natividad M., Shen, Y.-L., Tsai, A.-Y. 2024. Investigation of the growth and mortality of bacteria and Synechococcus spp. in unvegetated and seagrass habitats. Water 16(7), 939 (SCI) (IF=3.4, 38/103=36.9% in Water Resources) [ Paper Link ].

14. Chiang, C.-C., Yeh, Hsuan, Shiu, R.-F., Chin, W.-C. & Yen, T.-H. 2024. “Impact of microplastics and nanoplastics on liver health: Current understanding and future research directions”. World Journal of Gastroenterology 30(9): 1011-1017 (IF: 4.3, 29/143=20.3% in Gastroenterology & Hepatology) [ Paper Link ]

15. Chen, W.-Y., Olivia, M., Chou, W.-C., Shiu, R.-F., Mukhanov V. & Tsai, A.-Y. 2023 “Differences in bacterial growth and mortality between seagrass meadows and adjacent unvegetated areas” Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 11(10), 1979 (SCI) (IF=2.9, 4/16=25% in Engineering, Marine) [ Paper Link ]

16. Kumar, P., Tamayo, J., Shiu, R.-F., Chin, W.-C. & Gopinath, A. 2023 “Size dependent diffusion and dispersion of particles in mucin”  Polymers 15(15), 3241  (SCI) (IF=5, 16/86=18.6% in Polymer Science) [ Paper Link ].

17. Shiu, R.-F.*, Lee, H.-J., Hsu, H.-T. & Gong G.-C. 2023 “Suspended particulate matter-bound per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in a river-coastal system: Possible correlation with transparent exopolymer particles” Marine Pollution Bulletin 191, 114975 (SCI) (IF=5.3, 5/119=4.2% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [ Paper Link ]

18. Chang H.M., Vazquez C. I., Shiu, R.-F.* & Chin, W.-C.* 2022 “Temperature effects on effluent microgel formation” Polymers  14(22), 4870 (SCI) (IF=5, 16/86=18.6% in Polymer Science)[ Paper Link ].

19. Chyan, J.M., Lin, C.J., Yu, M.J., Shiu, R.-F.*, Huang, D.J., Lin, C.S. & Senoro D.B. 2022 “An innovative reuse of bottom ash from municipal solid waste incinerators as substrates of constructed wetlands” Chemosphere 307 (2), 135896 (SCI) (IF=8.1, 32/358=8.9% in Environmental Sciences)[ Paper Link ] .

20. Ni’am A.C., Hassan F., Shiu, R.-F. & Jiang, J.-J. 2022 “Microplastics in sediments of East Surabaya, Indonesia: Regional characteristics and potential risks” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(19), 12348 (SCI) (IF=4.614, 45/182=24.73% in Public, Environmental, & Occupational Health) [ Paper Link ].

21. Shiu, R.-F.*, Chen, L.-Y., Lee, H.-J., Gong, G.-C. & Lee, C. 2022 “New insights into the role of marine plastic-gels in microplastic transfer from water to the atmosphere via bubble bursting” Water Research 222, 118856 (SCI) (IF=12.8, 1/103=1% in Water Resources) [ Paper Link ].

22. Shiu, R.-F., Gong, G.-C., Fan, M.-D., Chow, C.-H. & Chin, W.-C. 2021 “Marine microplastics in the surface waters of “pristine” Kuroshio” Marine Pollution Bulletin 172, 112808 (SCI) (IF=5.3, 5/119=4.0% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [ Paper Link ].

23. Santschi, P.H., Chin, W.-C., Quigg, A., Xu, C., Kamalanathan, M., Lin, P. & Shiu, R.-F. 2021 “Marine gel interactions with hydrophilic and hydrophobic pollutants” Gels  7(3), 83 (SCI) (IF=4.6, 18/86=20.9% in Polymer Science) (invited review article) [ Paper Link ].

24. Tsai, Y.-Y.+, Vazquez C. I.+, Shiu, R.-F.+, Garcia A.K., Le C., Patel P., Sadqi M. & Chin, W.-C. 2021  “Effects of rock dust particles on airway mucus viscosity” Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering 26, 427–434 (SCI) (IF=3.2, 81/158=51.3% in Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology) (+Co-first authors) [ Paper Link ].

25. Chen, C.-S.+, Shiu, R.-F.+, Hsieh, Y.-Y., Xu C., Vazquez C. I., Cui, Y., Hsu, I. C., Quigg A., Santschi, P.H. & Chin, W.-C. 2021  “Stickiness of extracellular polymeric substances on different surfaces via magnetic tweezers” Science of the Total Environment 757, 143766 (SCI) (IF=8.2, 31/358=8.66% in Environmental Sciences) (+Co-first authors). [ Paper Link ]

26. Shiu, R.-F., Carlos I. Vazquez, Chiang, C.-Y., Chiu, M.-H., Chen, C.-S., Ni, C.-W., Gong, G.-C., Quigg A., Santschi, P.H. & Chin, W.-C. 2020 “Nano- and microplastics trigger protein-rich microbial extracellular polymeric substance release” Science of the Total Environment 748, 141469  (SCI) (IF=8.2, 31/358=8.66% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

27. Shiu, R.-F., Chiu, M.-H., Carlos I. Vazquez, Tsai, Y.-Y., Nicole R. Sanchez, Agnes Kagiri, Cynthia A. Garcia, Chanh H. Nguyen, Santschi P. H., Quigg A. & Chin, W.-C. 2020 “Protein to carbohydrate (P/C) ratio changes in microbial extracellular polymeric substances induced by oil and Corexit” Marine Chemistry 223, 103789 (SCI) (IF=3.0, 15/65=23.1% in Oceanography).  [ Paper Link ]

28. Shiu, R.-F., Vazquez Carlos I., Tsai, Y.-Y., Gabriela V. T., Chen, C.-S., Santschi P.H., Quigg A. & Chin, W.-C. 2020 “Nano-plastics induce aquatic particulate organic matter (microgels) formation” Science of the Total Environment 706, 10365681 (SCI) (IF=8.2, 31/358=8.66% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

Before joining NTOU

29. Lin, C.-J., Chyan, J.-M., Zhuang, W.-X., Vega F.A., Mendoza M. O., Senoro D. B., Shiu, R.-F., Liao, C.-H. & Huang, D.-J. 2020 “Application of an innovative front aeration and internal recirculation strategy to improve the removal of pollutants in subsurface flow constructed wetlands” Journal of Environmental Management 256, 109873 (SCI) (IF=8.0, 35/358=10.0% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

30. Shiu, R.-F., Jiang, J.-J., Kuo, H.-Y., Fang, M.-D., Liang, Y.-J., Tang, C.-C. & Lee, C.-L., 2019 “Alkylphenol ethoxylate metabolites in coastal sediments off southwestern Taiwan: Spatiotemporal variations, possible sources, and ecological risk” Chemosphere 225, 9-18 (SCI) (IF=8.1, 32/358=8.9% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

31. Chiu, M.-H., Carlos I. Vazquez, Shiu, R.-F., Clarence Le, Nicole R. Sanchez, Agnes Kagiri, Cynthia A. Garcia, Chanh H. Nguyen, Tsai, S.-M., Zhang, Saijin, Xu, Chen, Peter H. Santschi, Antonietta Quigg & Chin, W.-C., 2019 “Impact of exposure of crude oil and dispersant (Corexit) on aggregation of extracellular polymeric substances” Science of the Total Environment 657, 1535-1542 (SCI) (IF=8.2, 31/358=8.66% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

32. Shiu, R.-F., Lee, C.-L. & Chin, W.-C., 2018 “Reduction in the exchange of coastal dissolved organic matter and microgels by inputs of riverine organic matter” Water Research 131, 161-166 (SCI) (IF=12.8, 1/103=1% in Water Resources). [ Paper Link ]

33. Shiu, R.-F., Lee, C.-L., Hsieh, P.-Y., Chen, C.-S., Kang, Y.-Y., Chin, W.-C. & Tai, N.-H., 2018 “Superhydrophobic graphene-based sponge as a novel sorbent for crude oil removal under various environmental conditions” Chemosphere 207, 110-117 (SCI) (IF=8.1, 32/358=8.9% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

34. Shiu, R.-F. & Lee, C.-L., 2017 “Role of microgel formation in scavenging of chromophoric dissolved organic matter and heavy metals in a river-sea system” Journal of Hazardous Materials 328, 12-20 (SCI) (IF=13.6, 10/275=3.6% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

35. Shiu, R.-F. & Lee, C.-L., 2017 “Effects of anthropogenic surfactants on the conversion of marine dissolved organic carbon and microgels” Marine Pollution Bulletin 117 (1-2), 156-160 (SCI) (IF=5.8, 4/109=3.7% in Marine & Freshwater Biology). (Paper Link)

36. Lai, I.-C., Lee, C.-L., Ko, F.-C., Lin, J.-C., Huang, H.-C. & Shiu, R.-F., 2017 “Use of a numerical simulation approach to improve the estimation of air-water exchange fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a coastal zone” Marine Pollution Bulletin 120 (1-2), 259-267 (SCI) (IF=5.8, 4/109=3.7% in Marine & Freshwater Biology). [ Paper Link ]

37. Chyan, J.-M., Jhu, Y.-X., Chen, I.-M. & Shiu, R.-F., 2016 “Improvement of nitrogen removal by external aeration and intermittent circulation in a subsurface flow constructed wetland of landscape garden ponds” Process Safety and Environmental Protection 104B, 587-597 (SCI) (IF=7.8, 15/142=10.6% in Engineering, Chemical). [ Paper Link ]

38. Chyan, J.-M., Lu, C.-C., Shiu, R.-F. & Bellotindos, L. M., 2015 “Purification of landscape water by using an innovative application of subsurface flow constructed wetland” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-11 (SCI) (IF=5.8, 67/275=24.4% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

39. Shiu, R.-F., Chin, W.-C. & Lee, C.-L., 2014. “Carbonaceous particles reduce marine microgel formation” Scientific Reports 4:5856 (SCI) (IF=4.6, 22/73=30.1% in Multidisciplinary Sciences). [ Paper Link ]

40. Huang, C.-H., Hung, M.-Y., Chen, S.-H., Liou, R.-M., Chen, Y.-C., Huang, H.-S., Hsieh, Y.-K. & Shiu, R.-F., 2009 “Performance of three stage contact bioreactor for biodegradation of phenol” Chia-Nan Annual Bulletin 35, 273-285 (in Chinese).

1. 葉琮裕、楊宗翰、許瑞峯，2019，「實用環境化學：生態環境篇」，東華書局 (ISBN：9789574839810) 

2. 許瑞峯、方鉢淳、徐 甄、賴佳欣，2015，「以跨領域思維看南星計畫第二期環評」，海洋生物資源永續發展專書104-119，中山大學出版。

1. 許瑞峯，2025，「聯合國全球塑膠公約」專家意見，臺灣科技媒體中心（SMC）。[ Link ]

2. 許瑞峯，2025，「海洋微型塑膠的前世今生：微型塑膠是什麼？」，專題閱讀與研究：海洋議題，三民書局。 [ Link ] 

3. 許瑞峯，2023，「海洋微塑膠的前世今生」，海洋保育季刊，行政院海洋委員會海洋保育署。 [ Link ] 

4. 許瑞峯，2023，「自四面八方、鋪天蓋地而來！塑膠微粒的傳播、衝擊與海洋危機」，科學月刊第641期，14-19頁。

5. 許瑞峯，2023，「海洋塑膠微粒不斷增長」專家意見，臺灣科技媒體中心（SMC）。[ Link ]

6. 許瑞峯，2022，「淺談微量新興關切化合物和海洋深層水質特性」臺灣深層海水資源利用學會會刊 第六期，42-45頁。

7. 許瑞峯，2022，「歐洲的塑膠微粒可能聚集於北極海」專家意見，臺灣科技媒體中心（SMC）。[ Link ]

8. 龔國慶、許瑞峯，2020，「海洋塑膠中的塑膠生物圈對於海洋生態的影響」，新興科技媒體中心（科技部）。[ Link ]

1. 許瑞峯*，“Marine organic particle interactions with pollutants:microplastics and polyfluoroalkyl substances” 2023 Ocean Science Conference, Taichung, Taiwan, May 2-4, 2023.

2. 余泓睿、龔國慶、許瑞峯*，“臺灣周遭海域海洋雪之分佈和顆粒態有機碳通量概算” 2023 Ocean Science Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2-4, 2023.

3. Shiu, R.-F., 2022 “Role of marine gels in microplastic transfer in the water column and atmosphere” 2022 Ocean Science Conference, Taichung, Taiwan, Jun 7-10, 2022.

4. 龔國慶、許瑞峯、洪慶章、曹俊和 “西北太平洋海洋基礎生產力宿命與海洋生物幫浦長期觀測與研究” 2022 Ocean Science Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, Jun 7-10, 2022.

5.  Shiu, R.-F. & Gong, G.-C., 2021 “Transport of microplastics in the Northwest Pacific Region” 2021 Ocean Science Conference, Penghu, Taiwan, April 28-30, 2021.

6. Chen, H.-H., Shiu, R.-F. & Gong, G.-C., 2020 “Preliminary investigation of microplastics in the Kuroshio east of Taiwan” East China Sea Forum 2020, Okinawa, Japan, January 16-18, 2020.

7. Vazquez C. I., Tsai, Y.-Y., Shiu, R.-F., Villalpando G., Garcia C., J. Libang, A. Osman Z. Nyugen, C. Nyugen, A. Garcia & Chin, W.-C., 2019 “Effects of rock dust particles and nicotine on airway mucus rheological properties” The 20th University of California systemwide Bioengineering Symposium 2019, Merced, California, USA, June 26-29, 2019.

8. Tsai, Y.-Y., Vazquez C. I., Shiu, R.-F., Villalpando G., Garcia C., J. Libang, A. Osman Z. Nyugen, C. Nyugen, A. Garcia & Chin, W.-C., 2019 “Effects of rock dust on airway mucin swelling and aggregation” The 20th University of California systemwide Bioengineering Symposium 2019, Merced, California, USA, June 26-29, 2019.

9. Lee, C.-L., Shiu, R.-F., Jiang, J.-J., Kao, H.-Y., Fang, M.-D., Liang, Y.-J. & Tang, C.-C., 2019 “台灣西南沿海沉積物中烷基酚乙氧基化物及其代謝物之宿命及傳輸” 2019 Taiwan Geosciences Assembly, Taipei, Taiwan, May 14-17, 2019.

10. Lee, C.-L., Hsieh, M., Chung, W.Y., Peng, C.-Y., Huang, C.-H., Sheu, C.-C., Lai, C.-H., Shiu, R.-F., Huang, M.-S. & Huang, S.-K., 2018 “Personal exposure assessment of ambient air contaminants by a numerical simulation model” The 23th Congress of the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology 2018 (APSR 2018), Taipei, Taiwan, 29 November - 2 December 2018.

11. Shiu, R.-F., Lee, C.-L. & Chin, W.-C., 2018 “Dynamic exchanges of marine gel particles after inputs of extra riverine organic matter” The 14th International Conference for Sustainable Water Environment & 2018 Symposium on Environment and Ecology, Xiamen, China, June 9-11, 2018.

12. Lee, C.-L., Shiu, R.-F. & Chin, W.-C., 2018 “Extra riverine organic materials reduce marine dissolved and particulate organic matter exchange” 2018 Ocean Science Conference, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2-4, 2018.

13. Shiu, R.-F. & Lee, C.-L., 2017 ” Anthropogenic surfactants affect dynamics of marine organic carbon” 16th International Conference on Civil and Environmental Engineering (ICCEE 2017), Tainan, Taiwan, November 12-15, 2017.

14. Shiu, R.-F., Jiang, J.-J., Kuo, H.-Y. & Lee, C.-L., 2017 “Alkylphenols and their metabolites in coastal sediments off southwestern Taiwan: Spatiotemporal variations, possible sources and ecological risk” The 3rd International Conference on Emerging Contaminants (emcon forum 2017), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October 18-20, 2017.

15. Shiu, R.-F. & Lee, C.-L., 2017 “A new alternative route for CDOM and heavy metals removal in a River-Sea System” 2017 Ocean Science Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 4-5, 2017.

16. Shiu, R.-F. & Lee, C.-L., 2016 “Removal of chromophoric dissolved organic matter and heavy metals in a river-sea system: Role of aquatic microgel formation” 2016 American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, San Frncisico, USA, December 12-16, 2016.

17. Shiu, R.-F., Chin, W.-C. & Lee, C.-L., 2015 “Effects of carbon black nanoparticles on the spontaneous Aassembly of marine dissolved organic carbon into microgels” The 2st International Conference on Emerging Contaminants (emcon forum 2015), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October 4-7, 2015.

18. Shiu, R.-F., Chin, W.-C. & Lee, C.-L., 2015 “Carbonaceous nanoparticles reduce dissolved-particulate organic matter exchange in the marine system” 13th International Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, Japan, July 14-17, 2015.C

19. hyan, J.-M., Jhu, Y.-X., Chen, I.-M. & Shiu, R.-F., 2015 “Improvement of nitrogen removal by external aeration and intermittent circulation in a subsurface flow constructed wetland of landscape garden ponds” 8th Annual International Conference on Challenges in Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE), Sydney, Australia, September 28- October 02, 2015.

20. Shiu, R.-F., Chin, W.-C. & Lee, C.-L., 2015 “Effects of surrounding particles on the assembly of marine dissolved organic carbon” Ocean Sciences Conference, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, April 30- May 01, 2015.

21. Chyan, J.-M., Chen, I.-M., Lin, C.-J., Shiu, R.-F., Li, J.-L. & Lin, C.-J., 2009 “Assessment on Nitrogen Removal of Scenic Ponds by Subsurface Constructed Wetland” International Conference on Environmental Quality Concern, Control and Conservation, I-shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, May 22-23, 2009.