Location:
Mei Li, Ph.D.
Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Email: meili@hgbetting.com
Education
2001.9-2004.6 PhD in Botany, School of Life Sciences, Nanjing University, China
1990.9-1997.7 BSc & MSc, Department of Life Sciences, Liaoning Normal Univ., China
Professional Experience
2009.1-Associate Professor & Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, China
2012.7-2013.8 Academic Visitor, Department of Chemistry and Toxicology, University of Guelph, Canada
2009.7-2010.1 Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China
2008.6-2008.9 China-UK Science Networks and Scholarship from British Royal Society，School of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK
2004.6-2006.6Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of the Environment, Nanjing University, China
1997.9-2001.7Research Assistant & Lecturer, Department of Cultivation, Dalian Fishery College, China
Research Interests
Health risk evaluation for emerging environmental contaminants based on toxicogenomics methods
The interactions between the toxicity of environment pollutants and gut microbiota
Ecotoxicity effects and risk assessment of emerging environmental contaminants stress on model organisms as determined by biomics analysis
Academic Service
2014- Plos one, editorial board
2010- Member of Chinese Society of Toxicology
Teaching
《Environmental Toxicology》
《Experiment of Environmental Toxicology》
《Prospective and Method of Environmental Toxicology》
Selected Publications
HY Cui, YQ Chang, XF Jiang, M Li*. Triphenyl phosphate exposure induces kidney structural damage and gut microbiota disorders in mice under different diets. Environment International. 2020, 144: 106054.
Y Yang, P Liu, M Li*. Tri-n-butyl phosphate induced earthworm intestinal damage by influencing nutrient absorption and energy homeostasis of intestinal epithelial cells. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2020, 398: 122850.
YC Liao, XF Jiang, Y Xiao, M Li*. Exposure of microalgae Euglena gracilis to polystyrene microbeads and cadmium: Perspective from the physiological and transcriptional responses. Aquatic Toxicology. 2020, 228: 105650.
XF Jiang, YQ Chang, T Zhang, Y Qiao, G Klobucar, M Li*. Toxicological effects of polystyrene microplastics on earthworm (Eisenia fetida). Environmental Pollution. 2020, 259: 113896.
Y Xiao, XF Jiang, YC Liao, WG Zhao, P Zhao, M Li*. Adverse physiological and molecular level effects of polystyrene microplastics on freshwater microalgae. Chemosphere. 2020, 255: 126914.
XF Jiang, Y Yang, P Liu, M Li*. Transcriptomics and metabolomics reveal Ca2+ overload and osmotic imbalance-induced neurotoxicity in earthworms (Eisenia fetida) under tri-n-butyl phosphate exposure. Science of the Total Environment. 2020, 748: 142169.
P Liu, Y Yang, M Li*. Responses of soil and earthworm gut bacterial communities to heavy metal contamination. Environmental Pollution. 2020: 265: 114921.
YQ Chang, HY Cui, XF Jiang, M Li*. Comparative assessment of neurotoxicity impacts induced by alkyl tri‐n‐butyl phosphate and aromatic tricresyl phosphate in PC12 cells. Environmental Toxicology. 2020, 35: 1326-1333.
XF Jiang, H Chen, YC Liao, ZQ Ye, M Li*, G Klobucar. Ecotoxicity and genotoxicity of polystyrene microplastics on higher plant Vicia faba. Environmental Pollution. 2019, 25: 831-838.
Y Yu, B Wu*, LM Jiang, XX Zhang, HQ Ren, M Li*. Comparative analysis of toxicity reduction of wastewater in twelve industrial park wastewater treatment plants based on battery of toxicity assays. Scientific Reports. 2019, 9: 3751.
GC Chen, XF Jiang, CG Gu, C Sun*, M Li*. Bioaccessibility of BDE 47 in a simulated gastrointestinal system and its metabolic transformation mechanisms in Caco-2 cells. Chemosphere. 2019, 214: 408-417.
Y Xiao, P Zhao, Y Yang, M Li*. Ecotoxicity evaluation of natural suspended particles using the microalga, Euglena gracilis. Chemosphere. 2018, 206: 802-808.
Y Yang, Y Xiao, YQ Chang, YB Cui, G Klobučar, M Li*. Intestinal damage, neurotoxicity and biochemical responses caused by tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate and tricresyl phosphate on earthworm. Ecotoxicology & Environmental Safety. 2018, 158: 78-86.
JM Li, XW He, Y Yang, M Li*, CK Xu, R Yu. Risk assessment of silica nanoparticles on liver injury in metabolic syndrome mice induced by fructose. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 628-629: 366-374.
Y Yang, Y Xiao, M Li*, FN Ji, CW Hu, YB Cui. Evaluation of complex toxicity of carbon nanotubes and sodium pentachlorophenol based on earthworm coelomocytes test. Plos One, 2017, 12(1): e0170092.
