JUN-JIAN WANG

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

• Prensent, Assistant Professor at School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
• 2017, Postdoc in Environmental Chemistry, University of Toronto
• 2015, Ph.D. in Plant & Environmental Sciences, Clemson University
• 2011, M.S. in Physical Geography, Peking University
• 2008, B.E. in Environmental Engineering, South China University of Technology

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Environmental Chemistry; Biogeochemistry; Organic Geochemistry

RESEARCH EXPERTISE

• Molecular characterization of natural organic matter
• Biomarker analyses (carbohydrates, terpenoids, cutin, suberin, lignin, PLFA, pyrogenic carbon, etc.)
• Source and fate of trace pollutants in environments
• Chemistry and analysis of drinking water disinfection byproducts
• Root chemistry, rhizospheric processes, and ecological implications
• Application of mass spectroscopy, fluorescence, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

PUBLICATIONS (Research Gate)

​2018

• Kong, D.L.*#, Wang, J.J.#, Yang, F. and Shao, P.S., Rhizosheaths stimulate short-term root decomposition in a semiarid grassland. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, Accepted
• Cao, C., Zhang, Q., Ma, Z. B., Wang, X. M., Chen, H.*, Wang, J. J.*, Fractionation and mobility risks of heavy metals and metalloids in wastewater-irrigated agricultural soils from greenhouses and fields in Gansu, China. Geoderma, 2018, 328, 1-9.
• Wang, J.J., Lafrenière, M., Lamoureux, S., Simpson, A.J., Gélinas, Y., Simpson, M.J.*, Differences in riverine and pond water dissolved organic matter composition and sources in Canadian High Arctic watersheds affected by active layer detachments. Environmental Science & Technology, 2018, 52 (3), 1062-1071. [full text]
• CAO C., LIU S.Q., MA Z.B., LIN Y., SU Q., CHEN H.*, WANG J.J.*, Dynamics of multiple elements in fast decomposing vegetable residues. Science of the Total Environment, 2018, 616-617, 614-621. [full text]

​2017

• WANG J.J., PISANI O., LIN L.H., LUN O.O.Y., LAJTHA K., BOWDEN R.D., SIMPSON A.J. and SIMPSON M.J.*, Long-term litter manipulation alters soil organic matter turnover in a temperate deciduous forest. Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 607–608, 865-875. [full text]
• ZHAND D., WANG J.J., NI H.G., ZENG H.*, Spatial-temporal and multi-media variations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in a highly urbanized river from South China. Science of the Total Environment, 2017, 581-582, 621-628. [full text]
• KONG D.L.*, WANG J.J., ZENG H., LIU M.Z., MIAO Y., WU H.F., KARDOL P., The nutrient absorption-transportation hypothesis: optimizing structural traits in absorptive roots. New Phytologist, 2017, 213, 1569-1572. [full text]

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2016

• CHOW A.T.*, PITT A.L., BALDWIN R.F., SUHRE D.O., WANG J.J., Water quality dynamics of ephemeral wetlands in the Piedmont ecoregion, South Carolina, USA. Ecological Engineering, 2016, 94, 555-563 [full text]
• WANG J.J., DAHLGREN R.A., ERSAN M.S., KARANFIL T., CHOW A.T.*, Temporal variations of disinfection byproduct precursors in wildfire detritus. Water Research, 2016, 99, 66-73. [full text]
• CAO C., CHEN X.P., MA Z.B., JIA H.H. and WANG J.J.*, Greenhouse cultivation mitigates metal-ingestion-associated health risks from vegetables in wastewater-irrigated agroecosystems. Science of the Total Environment, 2016, 560, 204-211. [full text]
• KONG D.L.*, WANG J.J., KARDOL P., WU H.F., ZENG H., DENG X.B., DENG Y., Economic strategies of plant absorptive roots vary with root diameter. Biogeosciences, 2016, 13, 415-424. [full text]
• WANG J.J., JIAO Y., RHEW R.C., CHOW A.T.*, Haloform formation in coastal wetlands along a salinity gradient at South Carolina, United States. Environmental Chemistry, 2016, 13(4) 745-756. [full text]
• ZHANG D., WANG J.J., ZENG H.*, Differentiation of soil polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons across urban density zones in Shenzhen, China: Mass inventory, source apportionments, and spatial risk assessment. Pedosphere, 2016, 26(5): 676-686. [full text]

2015

• WANG J.J., DAHLGREN R.A., CHOW A.T.*, Controlled burning of forest detritus altering spectroscopic characteristics and chlorine reactivity of water extractable organic matter: Effects of temperature and oxygen availability. Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49(24):14019-14027. [full text]
• WANG J.J., DAHLGREN R.A., ERSAN M.S., KARANFIL T., CHOW A.T.*, Wildfire altering terrestrial precursors of disinfection byproducts in forest detritus. Environmental Science & Technology, 2015, 49: 5921-5929. [full text]
• MAJIDZADEH H.#, WANG J.J.#(equal contribution), CHOW A.T.*, Prescribed fire altered dissolved organic matter and disinfection by-product precursors in forested watersheds - Part I. A Controlled Laboratory Study. Book chapter in “Recent Advances in Disinfection By-Products”, 2015, pp271-292. [full text]
• WANG J.J.*, THARAYIL N., CHOW A.T., SUSEELA V., ZENG H., Phenolic profile within the fine‐root branching orders of an evergreen species highlights a disconnect in root tissue quality predicted by elemental‐ and molecular‐level carbon composition. New Phytologist, 2015, 206: 1261-1273. (New Phytologist Editors' choice; commentary) [full text]
• YU X.B., HAWLEY-HOWARD J., PITT, A.L., WANG J.J., BALDWIN R.F., CHOW A.T.*, Water quality of small seasonal wetlands in the Piedmont Ecoregion, South Carolina, USA: Effects of land use and hydrological connectivity. Water Research, 2015, 73:98-108. [full text]
• DAI J.N., WANG J.J.*, CHOW A.T. CONNER W.H., Electrical energy production from foliar detritus in forested wetland using microbial fuel cell. Global Change Biology - Bioenergy, 2015, 7(2): 7: 244–252. [full text]

2014 and before

• WANG J.J., CHOW A.T.*, SWEENEY J., MAZET J., Trihalomethanes in marine mammal aquaria: Occurrence, source and health Risks. Water Research, 2014, 59:219-228. [full text]
• WANG J.J., LIU X., NG T.W., XIAO J.W., CHOW A.T.*, WONG P.K.*, Disinfection byproducts formation from chlorination of pure bacterial cells and pipeline biofilms. Water Research, 2013, 47(8):2701-2709. [full text]
• ZHOU J., WANG J.J., Baudon A., CHOW A.T.*, Improved fluorescence excitation-emission matrix regional integration to quantify spectra for fluorescent dissolved organic matter. Journal of Environmental Quality, 2013, 42(3):925-930. [full text]
• GUO Y.Y.#, WANG J.J.#(equal contribution), KONG D.L, GUO D.L., WANG Y.B., XIE Q.L., LIU Y.S.*, ZENG H.*, Fine root branch orders contribute differentially to uptake, allocation and return of potentially toxic metals. Environmental Science & Technology, 2013, 47(20), 11465-11472. [full text]
• CHOW A.T.*, DAI J.N., CONNER, W.H., HITCHCOCK D.R, WANG J.J., Dissolved organic matter and nutrient dynamics of a coastal freshwater forested wetland in Winyah Bay, South Carolina. Biogeochemistry, 2013, 112(1):571-587. [full text]
• WANG J.J., NG T.W., ZHANG Q., YANG X.B., DAHLGREN R.A., CHOW A.T.*, WONG P.K.*, Reactivity of C1 and C2 organohalogens formation – from plant Litter to bacteria. Biogeosciences, 2012, 9(10): 3721-3727. [full text]
• WANG J.J., GUO Y.Y., GUO D.L., YIN S.L., KONG D.L., LIU Y.S.*, ZENG H.*, Fine root mercury heterogeneity: Metabolism of lower-order roots as an effective route for mercury removal. Environmental Science & Technology, 2012, 46(2):769-777. [full text]
• WANG J.J., ZHAO H.W., ZHONG X.P., KONG S.F., LIU Y.S.*, ZENG H.*, Investigation of mercury levels in soil around a municipal solid waste incinerator in Shenzhen, China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2011, 64(4):1001-1010. [full text]

JOURNAL-REVIEWER FOR

• Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science; African Journal of Environmental Science and Technology; Chemosphere; Clean Technologies & Environmental Policy; Environmental Analytical Chemistry; Environmental Pollution; Environmental Science & Technology; Geoderma; Journal of Environmental Quality; Journal of Environmental Sciences; Journal of Hazardous Materials; Journal of Plant Ecology; Journal of Soils and Sediments; Journal of Vector Ecology; JSM Environmental Science & Ecology; Marine Chemistry; Organic Geochemistry; Science of the Total Environment; Scientia Horticulturae; Soil Science Society of America Journal; Water Air and Soil Pollution; Water Research.

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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Chemical Society (ACS); American Geophysical Union (AGU); American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA); Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP); European Geosciences Union (EGU); Geochemical Society (GS).