Affiliated with NTOU (2020-present)
Madeline Olivia, Chen, P.W.Y., Huang, B., Liu, X, Liu, K., Shiu R.-F. * & Tsai, A.-Y.* “How marine snow shapes bacterial growth and mortality in the face of ocean warming” (Under Review)
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)
Shiu, R.-F.*, Gong, G.-C., Hsu, T.-C., Guo, P.-H. & Chin, W.-C. “Rapid-release capsules of nano-plastics in the aquatic environment: cigarette butts” (Under Revision)
Hsu,T.-C., Ahmad, Gong, G-C, Jiang, J.-J., Bacosa H. P., Hsu, H.-C., Shiu, R.-F.* 2026 “Rivers as microplastics gatekeepers: Linking terrestrial inputs to coastal sediment sinks and sources” Marine Pollution Bulletin (Under Revision)
Solayman, H. M., Robby, M. D. A., Satriaji, F. V., Hossain, M. K., Kang, K., Abd Aziz, A., Shiu, R.-F. & Jiang, J. J. 2026 “Mapping global microplastic pollution: Integrating advanced detection and monitoring in aquatic ecosystems” Marine Pollution Bulletin 222, 118685 (SCI) (IF=4.9, 3/119=2.52% in Marine & Freshwater Biology)[Paper Link ]
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 ]
Romarate, R.A., Pacilan, C.J.M., Shiu, R.-F., Sinco, A.L., Torres, A.G., Tampus, A.D., Ochigue, P.C.D, Rodil, M.S.P., Bacosa, H.P. (2025). Microplastics in the air of Metro Manila, Philippines: Diurnal and seasonal dynamics and potential health risk. Journal of Hazardous Materials 140455 (SCI) (IF=11.3, 19/376=5.1% in Environmental Sciences). [ Paper Link ]
Jagadeesan, D., Solayman, H.M., Hsu, C.-J., Lu, W.-L., Shiu, R.-F., Lin, Y.-F., Jiang, J.-J. 2025 “Hierarchical Ultra Microporous Aluminum Based Metal Organic Aerogels for Water Purification: Kinetic, Isotherm, and Regeneration Insights into Diclofenac Adsorption” Water Research X 29, 100424 (SCI) (IF=8.2, 4/97=4.12% in Water Resources) [Paper Link ]
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 ]
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)
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 ]
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 ]
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).
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 ]
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 ]
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 . [ Paper Link ]
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 ]
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 ].
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=4.9, 3/119=2.52% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [ Paper Link ]
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 ].
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 [ Paper Link ].
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=12.4, 1/97=1% in Water Resources) [ Paper Link ].
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=4.9, 3/119=2.52% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [ Paper Link ].
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 ].
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 ].
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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=4.9, 3/119=2.52% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) (Paper Link)
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=4.9, 3/119=2.52% in Marine & Freshwater Biology) [ Paper Link ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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).
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)
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。
許瑞峯,2026,「大氣中的塑膠微粒濃度可能被錯估」專家意見,臺灣科技媒體中心(SMC)。[ Link ]
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 ]
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 ]
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 ]
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。
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 ]
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。
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 ]
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 ]
許瑞峯*,“Marine organic particle interactions with pollutants:microplastics and polyfluoroalkyl substances” 2023 Ocean Science Conference, Taichung, Taiwan, May 2-4, 2023.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.