Location:
Aijun Miao, Ph.D.
Professor
Office: Rm B514, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
Website：//abel-nju.mysxl.cn/
Email: [email protected]
◢ Education
Doctor of Philosophy, 2002-2006, Department of Biology, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology,
Bachelor of Science, 1998-2002, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
◢ Professional Experience
Since 2015: Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
2009-2015: Associate Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
2006-2009: Postdoc, Texas A&M University at Galveston, USA
◢ Research Interests
Eco- and environmental toxicology; Ecological restoration of pollution; Biogeochemistry
◢ Academic Service
Committee member of the Hygiene and Toxicology Branch, Chinese Preventive Medicine Society; Committee member of Model Organism Toxicology Branch, Jiangsu Environmental Mutagen Society; Committee member of Jiangsu Oceanology and Limnology Society.
◢ Teaching
"Advanced Environmental Microbiology" (Graduate), "General Physiology" (Undergraduate)
◢ Scientific Research Projects
1. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project, 22176093, The Behavior and Effects of Silica Nanoparticles with Different Physicochemical Properties under Composite Conditions, 2022-01 to 2025-12, Host;
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Excellent Young Scientists Fund, 21822605, Nano-Environmental Chemistry, 2019-01 to 2021-12, Host;
3. Ministry of Science and Technology, Science and Technology Major Special Project for Water Pollution Control and Management, 2017ZX07204002, Key Technology R&D and Engineering Demonstration for Upstream Stagnant River Management and Ecological Purification in River Network Area, 2017-01 to 2020-6, Participate.
5. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General Project, 21677068, Environmental Behavior, Biological Effects, and Mechanisms of Composite Pollution of Engineered and Natural Inorganic Nanoparticles in the Aquatic Environment, 2017-01 to 2020-12, Host.
6. State Oceanic Administration, Special Scientific Research Project for Marine Public Welfare Industry, 201505034, Bio-ecological Effect Assessment Technology and Demonstration Application of Micro-nanoparticles in Near-Shore Waters, 2015-01 to 2018-12, Participate.
7. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Key Project, 21237001, Environmental Processes, Biological Effects and Mechanisms of Brominated Flame Retardant-Heavy Metal Complex Contamination in Soil, 2013-01 to 2017-12, Participate.
9. National Natural Science Foundation of China, General project, 41271486, Isotope Tracing of Engineered Nano-α-Fe2O3 Bioaccumulation and Toxic Effects in the Aquatic Environment, 2013-01 to 2016-12, Host.
10. Ministry of Science and Technology, Science and Technology Major Special Project for Water Pollution Control and Management, 2012ZX07101006, Integrated Research and Engineering Demonstration of Low Pollution Water Ecological Purification Technology, 2012-01 to 2015-12, Participate.
11. National Natural Science Foundation of China, Young Scientists Fund Project, 41001338, Interactions between Nanoparticles and Heavy Metal Ions in the Aquatic Environment and the Effects on Metal Bioavailability and Toxicity, 2011-01 to 2013-12, Host.
12. Department of Science and Technology of Jiangsu Province, Natural Science Foundation, BK2010371, Research on the Effect of Engineered Nanoparticles on the Bioavailability and Toxicity of Heavy Metals, 2010-01 to 2012-12, Host.
◢ Selected Publications
1. Liu Y-Y, Yu N-Y, Fang W-D, Tan Q-G, Ji R, Yang L-Y, Wei S*, Zhang X-W*, Miao A-J*. 2021. Photodegradation of carbon dots cause cytotoxicity. Nature Communications 12, 812.
2. Zhao Y-T, Yan S, Huang B, Yang L-Y, Wang P, Ding H-M*,Miao A-J*. 2020. Unbound natural organic matter competes with nanoparticles for internalization receptors during cell uptake. Environmental Science & Technology 54 (23), 15215-15224.
3. Liu Y-Y, Guo W-B, Zhao Y-T, Xu S, Yang L-Y, Miao A-J*. 2019. Algal foods reduce the uptake of hematite nanoparticles by downregulating water filtration in Daphnia magna. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (13), 7803-7811.
4. Huang B, Wei Z-B, Yang L-Y, Pan K*, Miao A-J*. 2019. Combined toxicity of silver nanoparticles with hematite or plastic nanoparticles toward two freshwater algae. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (7), 3871–3879.
5. Wang N-X, Liu Y-Y, Wei Z-B, Yang L-Y, Miao A-J*. 2018. Waterborne and dietborne toxicity of inorganic arsenic to the freshwater zooplankton Daphnia magna. Environmental Science & Technology 52 (15), 8912-8919.
6. Huang B, Yan S, Wei Z-B, Ji R, Xiao L, Miao A-J*, Wang P*. 2018. Label-free imaging of nanoparticle uptake competition in single cells by hyperspectral stimulated Raman scattering. Small 14 (10), 1703246.
7. Tan L-Y, Huang B, Shen X, Wei Z-B, Yang L-Y, Miao A-J*. 2017. Aggregation reverses the carrier effects of TiO2 nanoparticles on cadmium accumulation in the waterflea Daphnia magna. Environmental Science & Technology 51 (2), 932-939.
8. Tan L-Y, Huang B, Xu S, Wei Z-B, Yang L-Y, Miao A-J*. 2016. TiO2 nanoparticle uptake by the water flea Daphnia magna via different routes is calcium-dependent. Environmental Science & Technology 50 (14), 7799-7807.
9. Yang W-W, Wang Y, Huang B, Wang N-X, Wei Z-B, Luo J, Miao A-J*, Yang L-Y. 2014. TiO2 nanoparticles act as a carrier of Cd bioaccumulation in the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila. Environmental Science & Technology 48 (13), 7568-7575.
10. Wang Y, Miao A-J*, Luo J, Wei Z-B, Zhu J-J, Yang L-Y. 2013. Bioaccumulation of CdTe quantum dots in a freshwater alga Ochromonas danica: a kinetics study. Environmental Science & Technology 47 (18), 10601-10610.
11. Wang N-X, Li Y, Deng X-H, Miao A-J*, Ji R*, Yang L-Y. 2013. Toxicity and bioaccumulation kinetics of arsenate in two freshwater green algae under different phosphate regimes. Water Research 47 (7), 2497-2506.
12. Wang N-X, Zhang X-Y, Wu J, Xiao L, Yin Y, Miao A-J*, Ji R*, Yang L-Y. 2012. Effects of microcystin-LR on the metal bioaccumulation and toxicity in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Water Research 46 (2), 369-377.
◢ Patents
1. Miao Ai-Jun; Huang Bin; Li Jia-Meng; Tan Ling-Yan; Xiao Lin; Yang Liuyan, Preparation Method of Polyacrylate Nano α-Fe2O3, 2015-10-7, China, ZL201410269807.5.
2. Miao Ai-Jun; Zang Xiao-Mei; Wang Ying; Huang Bin; Xu Shen; Yang Liuyan, A CdSeTe@SiO2 Core-shell Nanomaterial and Its Preparation Method, 2018-8-28, China, ZL201610465725.7.
◢ Awards
Second Prize of Jiangsu Science & Technology Award
◢ Opportunities
If you are interested in our researches and want to join our group, please do not hesitate to contact us.
