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DR. LIANG, Yan (±ē©„)

B.Sc., M.Sc., Shandong Univ.; Ph.D., HKBU; Postdoc, Uni. of Victoria, Canada

Assistant Professor

Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University

Rm. T701; (852) 3411-7751

yliang@hkbu.edu.hk

Current Research Interests: 
  • Water pollution
  • Environmental microbiology
  • Environmental toxicology

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (*Corresponding Author)

  1. Yu HY, Bao LJ, Liang Y, Zeng Eddy*. 2011. Field Validation of Anaerobic Degradation Pathways for Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) and 13 Metabolites in Marine Sediment Cores from China. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45:5245-5252.

  2. Yu HY, Shen RL, Liang Y, Cheng HF, Zeng Eddy*. 2011. Inputs of antifouling paint-derived dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) to a typical mariculture zone (South China): potential impact on aquafarming environment. Environ. Pollut. (accepted).

  3. Chow KL, Mak NK, Wong MH, Zhou XF, Liang Y*. 2011. Generation of reactive oxygen species and oxidative stress in Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus by a novel semiconductor catalyst. J. Nanopart. Res. 13(3): 1007-1017.

  4. Lui YS, Qiu JW, Zhang YL, Wong MH, Liang Y*. 2011. Algal-derived organic matter as precursors of disinfection by-products and mutagens upon chlorination. Wat. Res. 45:1454-1462.

  5. Hong HC*, Zhou HY, Lan CY, Liang Y*. 2010. Pentachlorophenol induced physiological-biochemical changes in Chlorella pyrenoidosa culture. Chemosphere. 81:1184-1188.

  6. Wong PK, Liang Y, Liu NY, Qiu JW*. 2010. Palatability of macrophytes to the invasive freshwater snail Pomacea canaliculata: differential effects of multiple plant traits. Freshwater Biology. 55(10):2023-2031.

  7. Kwok CK, Yang SM, Mak NK, Wong CKC, Liang Y*, Leung SY, Young L, Wong MH*. 2010. Ecotoxicological study on sediments of Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong using organisms and biomarkers. Ecotox. Environ. Safe. 73:541-549.

  8. Hong HC, Qiu JW, Liang Y*. 2010. Environmental factors influencing the distribution of total and fecal coliform bacteria in six water storage reservoirs in the Pearl River Delta Region, China. J. Environ. Sci. 22(4):1-6.

  9. Hong HC, Wong MH, Liang Y*. 2009. Amino acids as precursors of trihalomethane and haloacetic acid formation during chlorination. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 56(4):638-45.

  10. Hong HC, Mazumder A, Wong MH, Liang Y*. 2008. Yield of trihalomethanes and haloacetic acids upon chlorinating algal cells, and its prediction via algal cellular biochemical composition. Wat Res. 42:4941-4948.

  11. Hong HC, Wong MH, Mazudmer A, Liang Y*. 2008. Trophic state, natural organic matter content, and disinfection by-product formation potential of six drinking water reservoirs in the Pearl River Delta, China. J Hydrol. 359:164-173.

  12. Liang Y*, Fung PK, Tse MF, Hong HC, Wong MH. 2008. Source and seasonal variation of PAHs in the sediments of drinking water reservoirs in Hong Kong and the Dongjiang River (China). Environ. Monit. Assess. 146 (1-3):41-50.

  13. Liang Y*, Hong HC, Dong LH, Poon B, Lan CY, Han BP and Wong MH. 2008. Sources and properties of natural organic matter (NOM) in water along the Dongjiang River (source of Hong Kong's drinking water) and toxicological assay of its chlorination by-products. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 54:597-605.
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  14. Hong HC, Liang Y*, Han BP, Mazumder A, Wong MH. 2007. Modeling of trihalomethane (THM) formation via chlorination of the water from Dongjiang River (source water for Hong Kong”¦s drinking water). Sci. Total Environ. 385: 48-54.

  15. Liang Y*, Tse MF, Young L, Wong MH*. 2007. Distribution patterns of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the sediments and fish at Mai Po Marshes Nature Reserve, Hong Kong. Wat. Res. 41: 1303-1311.

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