Zhiguang Niu

Doctoral/Master advisor

Geobiochemical processes of emerging contaminants, environmental pollution and human health

B.E./Mphil/PhD, Environmental Engineering, Tianjin University, 1995~2005

Professor, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, 2014.7~present

Marine Environmental Chemistry

1) National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2023.1～2026.12, PI

2)National key research and development program, 2022.10～2025.12, Sub-Project Leader

3)The Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province, China, 2022.8～2025.8, PI

4)The Science and Technology Plan of Fuzhou, China, 2021.6～2023.6, PI

1)Fish skin mucosal surface becomes a barrier of antibiotic resistance genes under apramycin exposure. Environmental Research, 2024, 252: 118930

2)Exploring the dynamics of antibiotic resistome on plastic debris traveling from the river to the sea along a representative estuary based on field sequential transfer incubations. Science of the total environment, 2024, 923: 171464

3)Exploring the potential of a new marine bacterium associated with plastisphere to metabolize dibutyl phthalate and bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate by enrichment cultures combined with muti-omics analysis. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 342:123146

4)A novel marine bacterium Exiguobacterium marinum a-1 isolated from in situ plastisphere for degradation of additive-free polypropylene. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 336, 122390

5)Metagenomic insights into the potential risks of representative bio/non-degradable plastic and non-plastic debris in the upper and lower reaches of Haihe Estuary, China. Science of the total environment, 2023, 887: 164026

6)Occurrence of legacy and emerging poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances in water: A case study in Tianjin. Chemosphere, 2022, 287: 132409.

7)Iodide promotes bisphenol A (BPA) halogenation during chlorination: Evidence from 30 X-BPAs (X = Cl, Br, and I). Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 414: 125461.

8)Colonization characteristics of bacterial communities on plastic debris: The localization of immigrant bacterial communities. Water Research, 2021, 193: 116883.

9)Mobile genetic elements are the Major driver of High antibiotic resistance genes abundance in the Upper reaches of Huaihe River Basin. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021, 401: 1-9.

10)Estuarine sediments are key hotspots of intracellular and extracellular antibiotic resistance genes: A high-throughput analysis in Haihe Estuary in China. Environment International, 135: 105385

11)Legacy per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and alternative (short chain analogues, F-53B, GenX and FC-98) in residential soils of China: Present implications of replacing legacy PFASs. Environment International, 2020, 135: 105419

12)Assessing the threats of organophosphate esters (flame retardants and plasticizers) to drinking water safety based on USEPA oral reference dose (RfD) and oral cancer slope factor (SFO). Water Research, 2019, 154: 84-93

13)Colonization characteristics of bacterial communities on plastic debris influenced by environmental factors and polymer types in the Haihe Estuary of Bohai Bay, China. Environmental Science & Technology, 2019, 53: 10763

Tianjin Municipal Natural Science First Prize, 2021

Member of Academic Committee, State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Health Risk Assessment

Director of Tianjin Environmental Science Society

The Senior Member of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences

The Senior Member of Chinese Chemical Society