Publications

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​​(Google Scholar h-index=16 and Citations=1246, as of Apr 2025. †Graduate students, ‡Undergraduates, and §Postdocs from The HE Lab, # Equal contribution, * Corresponding author).

2025

31. Clouse, D. E., He, J., Wang, D., & Davis, V. A.* (2025). Tailored activated carbons from biomass components for aqueous PFAS adsorption. Materials Letters, 138050. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2025.138050

30. Jafarinejad, S., He, J., & Wang, D.* (2025). Regeneration of biochars (pristine and modified/engineered) and economic analysis of their use in the removal of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from water/wastewater. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 19(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-025-1940-8

2024

29. Liu, Y., Wang, W.*, and He, J. (2024). Microplastic effects on carbon cycling in terrestrial soil ecosystems: Storage, formation, mineralization, and microbial mechanisms. Science of The Total Environment, 176658. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176658

28. Jing, F., Li, H., He, J., Zhang, Q., Gao, X., & Zhou, D.* (2024). Application of biochar and selenium together at low dose efficiently reduces mercury and methylmercury accumulation in rice grains. Science of The Total Environment, 176579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.176579

Prior to GSU

27. Song, Z., He, J., Kouzehkanan, S. M. T., Oh, T. S., Olshansky, Y., Duin, E. C., ... & Wang, D.* (2024). Enhanced Sorption and Destruction of PFAS by Biochar-Enabled Advanced Reduction Process. Chemosphere, 142760.

26. Mi, N., Yang, M., Wang, X., Sun, Q., He, J., Deng, S., & Fan, T.* (2024). Cadmium sorption on γ-Al2O3 and goethite in the presence of silicate: insights from XRD and FTIR studies. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 1-9.​

25. He, J., Boersma, M., Song, Z., Krebsbach, S., Fan, D., Duin, E. C., & Wang, D.* (2024). Biochar and surfactant synergistically enhanced PFAS destruction in UV/sulfite system at neutral pH. Chemosphere, 141562.

24. Krebsbach, S., He, J., Oh, T.-S., and Wang, D.* (2023). Effects of Environmental Factors on the Sorption of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances by Biochars. ACS ES&T Water, doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00458.

23. Krebsbach, S., He, J., Adhikari, S., Olshansky, Y., Feyzbar, F., Davis, L.C., Oh, T.-S., and Wang, D.* (2023). Mechanistic understanding of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) sorption by biochars. Chemosphere, 138661.

22. Wang, M.; Yang, M.; Fan, T.; Wang, D.; He, J.; Wu, H.; Si, D.; Wang, M.; Wu, S.*; Zhou, D. (2023). Activating soil nitrification by co-application of peanut straw biochar and organic fertilizer in a rare earth mining soil. Science of The Total Environment, 866, 161506. 

​21. Olshansky, Y., Gomeniuc, A., Chorover, J., Abrell, L., Field, J.A., Hatton, J., He, J. and Sierra-Alvarez, R.* (2022). Tailored polyanilines are high affinity sorbents for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. ACS ES&T Water, 2(8), 1402-1410.

20. He, J.#, Gomeniuc, A.#, Olshansky, Y., Hatton, J., Abrell, L., Field, J.A., Chorover, J., and Sierra-Alvarez, R.* (2022). Enhanced removal of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances by crosslinked polyaniline polymers. Chemical Engineering Journal, 446, 137246.

19. Gunathilaka, G., He, J., H. Li, W. Zhang, and E. Ryser*. (2022). Behavior of silver nanoparticles in chlorinated lettuce wash water. Journal of Food Protection. 85(7), 1061-1068.

18. Ahmed, R., Hamid, A.K., Krebsbach. S.A., He, J.* and Wang, D.* (2022). Critical review of microplastics removal from the environment. Chemosphere, 293, 133557.

17. He, J., Zhang, L., He, S.Y., Ryser, E., Li, H., and Zhang, W.* (2021). Stomata facilitate foliar sorption of silver nanoparticles by Arabidopsis thaliana. Environmental Pollution, 292, 118448.

16. He, J., Li, Y., Qi, H., Li, H., Zhang, W*. (2020). Biochar amendment changed soil-bound fractions of silver nanoparticles and ions but not their uptake by radish at an environmentally-relevant concentration. Biochar, 2, 307-317.

15. Li, Y.B., He, J., Qi, H.N., Li, H., Boyd, S.A. and Zhang, W.* (2020). Impact of biochar amendment on the uptake, fate and bioavailability of pharmaceuticals in soil-radish systems. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 398, 122852.

14. He, J., Wang, D.J.*, Fan, T.T. and Zhou, D.M.* (2020). Cotransport of Cu with graphene oxide in saturated porous media with varying degrees of geochemical heterogeneity. Water, 12, 444.

13. Broadwater, D., Bates, M., Jayaram, M., Young, M., He, J., Raithel, A. L., ... & Lunt, S. Y.* (2019). Modulating cellular cytotoxicity and phototoxicity of fluorescent organic salts through counterion pairing. Scientific Reports, 9, 1-11.

12. He, J., Zhang, Y.Z., Guo, Y., Rhodes, G., Yeom, J., Li, H. and Zhang, W.* (2019). Photocatalytic degradation of cephalexin by ZnO nanowires under simulated sunlight: Kinetics, influencing factors, and mechanisms. Environment International, 132, 105105.

11. He, J., Wang, D.J.*, Zhang, W. and Zhou, D.M.* (2019). Deposition and release of carboxylated graphene in saturated porous media: Effect of transient solution chemistry. Chemosphere, 235, 643-650.

10. He, J., Wang, D.J. and Zhou, D.M.* (2019). Transport and retention of silver nanoparticles in soil: Effects of input concentration, particle size and surface coating. Science of The Total Environment, 648, 102-108.

9. Sun, Q., Liu, C., Alves, M. E., Ata-Ul-Karim, S. T., Zhou, D. M., He, J., ... and Wang, Y. J.* (2018). The oxidation and sorption mechanism of Sb on δ-MnO2. Chemical Engineering Journal, 342, 429-437.

8. He, J., Wang, D.J., Fang, H., Fu, Q.L. and Zhou, D.M.* (2017). Inhibited transport of graphene oxide nanoparticles in granular quartz sand coated with Bacillus subtilis and Pseudomonas putida biofilms. Chemosphere, 169, 1-8.

7. Fu, Q. L., He, J., Blaney, L. and Zhou, D. M.* (2016). Sorption of roxarsone onto soils with different physicochemical properties. Chemosphere, 159, 103-112.

6. Fu, Q.L., He, J., Blaney, L. and Zhou, D.M.* (2016). Roxarsone binding to soil-derived dissolved organic matter: insights from multi-spectroscopic techniques. Chemosphere, 155, 225-233.

5. Fu, Q.L., He, J., Gong, H., Blaney, L. and Zhou, D.M.* (2016). Extraction and speciation analysis of roxarsone and its metabolites from soils with different physicochemical properties. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 16(5), 1557-1568.

4. Fan, T.T., Wang, Y.J.*, Li, C.B., He, J., Gao, J., Zhou, D.M.*, Friedman, S.P. and Sparks, D.L. (2016). Effect of organic matter on sorption of Zn on soil: Elucidation by Wien effect measurements and EXAFS spectroscopy. Environmental Science & Technology, 50(6), 2931-2937.

3. He, J., Li, C.C., Wang, D.J. and Zhou, D.M.* (2015). Biofilms and extracellular polymeric substances mediate the transport of graphene oxide nanoparticles in saturated porous media. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 300, 467-474.

2. Wang, D.J., Ge, L.Q., He, J., Zhang, W., Jaisi, D.P. and Zhou, D.M.* (2014). Hyperexponential and nonmonotonic retention of polyvinylpyrrolidone-coated silver nanoparticles in an Ultisol. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 164, 35-48.

1. He, J., Yang, J.Y.*, Tian, L.Y. and Tang, Y. (2012). Bioaccessibility of vanadium from soil and mineral measured by in vitro model. Agricultural Science & Technology, 13(10), 2142-2146.
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