Research InterestsL

Environmental Pollution and Human Exposure

Ecological Risks of Toxic Pollutants

Education and Professional Experience

2008–Present: Professor/Associate Researcher/Postdoctoral Researcher, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School.

2005–2008: Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Courses Taught

Environmental Ecology

Ecological Economics

Key Research Activities

Research Projects

General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Application of Carbon/Hydrogen Stable Isotopes in Studying Environmental Degradation Mechanisms of Plasticizers and Brominated Flame Retardants. (January 2019 – December 2022, Ongoing, Principal Investigator).

Shenzhen Science and Technology R&D Funding Project: Mechanistic Study of Plasticizer Degradation Using Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis. (January 2019 – December 2020, Completed, Principal Investigator).

National Key R&D Program of China (Subproject 1-4): Impacts of Human Activities on Coastal Ecosystems and Integrated Regulation. (July 2017 – December 2020, Completed, Principal Investigator).

National Key R&D Program of China (Subproject 1-3): Coupling Mechanisms and Regulation of Urbanization and Regional Ecology. (July 2017 – December 2020, Completed, Principal Investigator).

General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China: Sources and Respiratory Exposure of Halogenated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Urban Atmospheres. (January 2016 – December 2019, Completed, Principal Investigator).

Selected Publications

Hong-Ying Li, Pan-Pan Gao, Hong-Gang Ni*. Emission characteristics of parent and halogenated PAHs in simulated municipal solid waste incineration. Science of the Total Environment 2019, 665, 11-17.

Yi-Bo Zhao, Ming-Zheng Yang, Hong-Gang Ni*. An emergy-GIS method of selecting areas for sponge-like urban reconstruction. Journal of Hydrology 2018, 564, 640-650.

Yi-Bo Zhao, Xu-Dong Lv, Hong-Gang Ni. Solvent-based separation and recycling of waste plastics: A review. Chemosphere 2018, 209, 707-720.

Wen-Bo Shu, Yi-Bo Zhao, Hong-Gang Ni*, Hui Zeng. Size-dependent emission characteristics of airborne parent and halogenated PAHs from municipal solid waste incinerators in Shenzhen, China. Chemosphere 2018, 192, 250-257.

Pan-Pan Gao, Yi-Bo Zhao, Hong-Gang Ni*. Incidence of real-world automotive parent and halogenated PAH in urban atmosphere. Environmental Pollution 2018, 237, 515-522.

Yi-Bo Zhao, Pan-Pan Gao, Wan-Dong Yang, Hong-Gang Ni*.Vehicle exhaust: An overstated cause of haze in China. Science of the Total Environment 2018, 612 , 490–491.

Yue-Shan Zhu, Wan-Dong Yang, Xiu-Wen Li, Hong-Gang Ni*, Hui Zeng. Airborne particle-bound brominated flame retardants: Levels, size distribution and indoor-outdoor exchange. Environmental Pollution 2018, 233, 1104-1112.

Yi-Bo Zhao, Xu-Dong Lv, Wan-Dong Yang, Hong-Gang Ni*. Laboratory simulations of the mixed solvent extraction recovery of dominate polymers in electronic waste. Waste Management 2017, 69, 393-399.

Si-QI Li, Hong-Gang Ni*, Hui Zeng. PAHs in polystyrene food contact materials: An unintended consequence. Science of the Total Environment 2017, 609, 1126–1131.

Hong-Gang Ni*, Shao-You Lu, Ting Mo, Hui Zeng. Brominated flame retardants emissions from open burning of five plastic wastes and implications for environmental exposure in China. Environmental Pollution 2016, 214, 70-76.

Juan-Ping Xie, Hong-Gang Ni*. Chromatographic fingerprint similarity analysis for pollutant source identification. Environmental Pollution 2015, 207, 341-344.

Shao-You Lu, Hui-Min Zhang, Samuel .O. Sojinu, Gui-Hua Liu, Jian-Qing Zhang, Hong-Gang Ni*. Trace elements contamination and human health risk assessment in drinking water from Shenzhen, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2015, 187, 4203-4208.

Jian-Lin Sun, Yan-Bing Wang, Hui Zeng, Hong-Gang Ni*. Parent and halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in farmed cockroaches and implications for human exposure. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 2015, 111, 256-262.

Pei Luo, Hong-Gang Ni*, Lian-Jun Bao, Shao-Meng Li, Eddy Y. Zeng. Size distribution of airborne particle-bound polybrominated diphenyl ethers and its implications for dry and wet deposition. Environmental Science and Technology  2014, 48, 13793-13799.

Yan-Bing Wang, Samuel O. Sojinu, Jian-Lin Sun, Hong-Gang Ni*, Hui Zeng, Mengyao Zou. Are cockroaches reliable bioindicators of persistent organic pollutant contamination of indoor environments? Ecological Indicators 2014, 50, 44-49.

Chao Ding, Wen-Jing Chang, Hui Zeng, Hong-Gang Ni*. Field and modeling study of PBDEs uptake by three tree species. Science of the Total Environment 2014, 472, 923-928.

Hong-Gang Ni* and Hui Zeng. HBCD and TBBPA in particulate phase of indoor air in Shenzhen, China. Science of the Total Environment 2013, 458,15-19.

Hong-Gang Ni, Jianyan Guo*¬¬. Parent and halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in seafood from South China and the implications for human exposure. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2013, 61, 2013-2018.

Jian-Lin Sun, Hui Zeng, Hong-Gang Ni*. Halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the environment: a review. Chemosphere 2013, 90, 1751-1759.

Chao Ding, Hong-Gang Ni* and Hui Zeng. Human exposure to parent and halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons via food consumption in Shenzhen, China. Science of the Total Environment 2013, 443, 857-863.

Shao-You Lu, Wen-Jing Chang, Samuel O Sojinu and Hong-Gang Ni*. Bisphenol A in supermarket receipts and its exposure to human in Shenzhen, China. Chemosphere 2013, 92, 1190-1194.

Yuan-Na Xing, Hong-Gang Ni*, Ze-Yong Chen. Semicarbazide in edible bird’s nest: source and human exposure assessment. Journal of Food Protection 2012, 75, 1654-1659.

Chao Ding, Hong-Gang Ni*, Hui Zeng. Parent and halogenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in rice and implications for human health in China. Environmental Pollution 2012, 168, 80-86.

Hong-Gang Ni*, Chao Ding, Shao-You Lu, Xiao-Lin Yin, Sojinu Olatunbosun Samuel. Food as a main route of adult exposure to PBDEs in Shenzhen, China. Science of the Total Environment 2012, 437, 10-14.

Hong-Gang Ni, Eddy Y Zeng*. Environmental and human exposure to soil chlorinated and brominated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in an urbanized region. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2012, 31, 1494-1500.

Hong-Gang Ni, Hui Zeng, Eddy Y. Zeng*. Sampling and analytical framework for routine environmental monitoring of organic pollutants. Trac-Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2011, 30, 1549-1559.

Hong-Gang Ni, Shan-Ping Cao, Wen-Jing Chang, Hui Zeng*. Incidence of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in central air conditioner filter dust from a new office building. Environmental Pollution 2011, 159, 1957-1962.

Hong-Gang Ni, Pei-Heng Qin, Shan-Ping Cao, Hui Zeng*. Fate estimation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils in a rapid urbanization region, Shenzhen of China. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2011, 13,313-319.

Hong-Gang Ni, Shan-Ping Cao, Hui Zeng*. Incidence of organochlorine pesticides in soils of Shenzhen, China. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2011, 13,951-956.

Hong-Gang Ni, Hui Zeng, Shu Tao, and Eddy Y. Zeng*. Environmental and human exposure to persistent halogenated compounds derived from E-Waste in China . Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 2010, 29, 1237–1247.

Awards and Honors

Science of the Total Environment，Editorial Board Member（2014-2016）

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry，Editorial Board Member（2015-2017）