Location:
Qingbin Yuan, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Email: [email protected]
ORCID: //orcid.org/0000-0001-5797-3653
Education
2011.09 – 2015.03 Tongji University, Municipal Engineering, Ph.D.
Professional Experience
2023.07 – Nanjing University, Environmental Science, Associate Professor
2021.05 – 2023.05 Nanjing University, Environmental Science, Postdoctoral Researcher
2018.09-2020.09 Rice University (USA), Civil and Environmental Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher
2015.09-2023.01 Nanjing Tech University, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Associate Professor
Research Interests
Detection of Biological contaminants, Geochemical Behavior, and Risk Prevention and Control
Antibiotic resistance in the environment
Applications of machine learning in the environment
Academic Service
Youth Editorial Board Member and Guest Editor for Eco-Environment & Health
Teaching
Environmental pollution and health
Selected Publications
(1)Yuan, Q.; Yu, P.; Cheng, Y.; Zuo, P.; Xu, Y.; Cui, Y.; Luo, Y.; Alvarez, P. J. J., Chlorination (but not UV disinfection) generates cell debris that increases extracellular antibiotic resistance gene transfer via proximal adsorption to recipients and upregulated transformation genes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, (23), 17166–17176.
(2)Yuan, Q.; Zhang, D.; Yu, P.; Sun, R.; Javed, H.; Wu, G.; Alvarez, P. J. J., Selective adsorption and photocatalytic degradation of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes by molecularly-imprinted graphitic carbon nitride. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, (7), 4621-4630.
(3)Guo M. T.#,*, Yuan Q. B.#, Yang J. Distinguishing effects of ultraviolet exposure and chlorination on the horizontal transfer of antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2015, 49 (9): 5771-5778
(4)He, Y.; Yuan, Q.*; Mathieu, J.; Stadler, L.; Senehi, N.; Sun, R.; Alvarez, P. J. J., Antibiotic resistance genes from livestock waste: occurrence, dissemination, and treatment. npj Clean Water 2020, 3, (1), 4.
(5)Yuan, Q.; Qu, S.; Li, R.; Huo, Z.-Y.; Gao, Y.; Luo, Y., Degradation of antibiotics by electrochemical advanced oxidation processes (EAOPs): Performance, mechanisms, and perspectives. Sci. Total Environ. 2023, 856, 159092.
(6)Liu, L.; Zou, X.; Gao, Y.; Li, H.; Cheng, Y.; Zhang, X.; Yuan, Q.*, Differential dose-response patterns of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes under sub-lethal antibiotic exposure. Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf. 2023, 260, 115070.
(7)Yuan, Q.; Sun, R.; Yu, P.; Cheng, Y.; Wu, W.; Bao, J.; Alvarez, P. J. J., UV-aging of microplastics increases proximal ARG donor-recipient adsorption and leaching of chemicals that synergistically enhance antibiotic resistance propagation. J Hazard Mat 2022, 127895.
(8)Cheng, Y.; Lu, J.; Fu, S.; Wang, S.; Senehi, N.; Yuan, Q.*, Enhanced propagation of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes in municipal wastewater by microplastics. Environ. Pollut. 2022, 292, 118284.
(9)Yuan, Q.-B.; Huang, Y.-M.; Wu, W.-B.; Zuo, P.; Hu, N.; Zhou, Y.-Z.; Alvarez, P. J. J., Redistribution of intracellular and extracellular free & adsorbed antibiotic resistance genes through a wastewater treatment plant by an enhanced extracellular DNA extraction method with magnetic beads. Environ. Int. 2019, 131, 104986.
(10)Yuan, Q.; Liang, Z.; Wang, S.; Zuo, P.; Wang, Y.; Luo, Y., Size-controlled mesoporous magnetic silica beads effectively extract extracellular DNA in the absence of chaotropic solutions. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 2022, 644, 128831.
