Lei Yu
Tenured Track Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Lei Yu, Tenured Track Assistant Professor and Master's Supervisor. He graduated with a Ph.D. from Sun Yat-sen University in 2022 and conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences from 2022 to 2024. His research mainly focuses on applying transient absorption spectroscopy techniques in water pollution control, environmental photochemistry, and radical chemistry. He has published over 50 SCI papers in top journals in the environmental field, including Environmental Science & Technology, with several works selected as ESI hot papers and highly cited papers. He has led projects such as the National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents and the National Natural Science Foundation of China Youth Fund. He has received awards such as the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award from Sun Yat-sen University and the Outstanding Award of the Organo Scholarship. He also serves as a member of the International Water Association Young Water Professionals Committee (IWA-YWP China).
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Publications
1. Yu Lei, Yafei Yu, Xin Lei, Xi Liang, ShuangShuang Cheng, Gangfeng Ouyang, Xin Yang*. Assessing the Use of Probes and Quenchers for Understanding the Reactive Species in Advanced Oxidation Processes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2023, 57, 5433−5444 (Top 0.1% hot paper, highly cited, Cover paper)
2. Yu Lei, Xin Lei, Ge Tian, Jie Yang, Di Huang, Xin Yang, Chuncheng Chen*, Jincai Zhao. Optical Variation and Molecular Transformation of Brown Carbon during Oxidation by NO3 in Aqueous Phase. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 3353−3362
3. Yu Lei, Shuangshuang Cheng, Na Luo, Xin Yang*, Taicheng An. Rate Constants and Mechanisms of the Reactions of Cl and Cl2− with Trace Organic Contaminants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2019, 53, 11170−11182 (Highly cited)
4. Yu Lei, Xin Lei, Paul Westerhoff, Xinran Zhang, Xin Yang*. Reactivity of Chlorine Radicals (Cl and Cl2−) with Dissolved Organic Matter and the Formation of Chlorinated Byproducts. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55, 689−699 (Highly cited)
5. Yu Lei, Xin Lei, Yafei Yu, Kaize Li, Zhe Li, Shuangshuang Cheng, Gangfeng Ouyang, Xin Yang*. Rate Constants and Mechanisms for Reactions of Bromine Radicals with Trace Organic Contaminants. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55, 10502−10513
6. Yu Lei, Xin Lei, Paul Westerhoff, Xingyu Tong, Jianing Ren, Yangjian Zhou, Xin Yang*. Bromine Radical (Br and Br2−) Reactivity with Dissolved Organic Matter and Brominated Organic Byproduct Formation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 5189−5199
7. Xin Lei, Yu Lei, Jingmeng Guan, Paul Westerhoff, Xin Yang*. Kinetics and Transformations of Diverse Dissolved Organic Matter Fractions with Sulfate Radicals. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 4457−4466
8. Shuangshuang Cheng, Yu Lei, Xin Lei, Yanheng Pan, Yunho Lee, Xin Yang*. Coexposure Degradation of Purine Derivatives in the Sulfate Radical-Mediated Oxidation Process. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2020, 54, 1186−1195
9. Yangjian Zhou, Yu Lei, Qingqing Kong, Fangyuan Cheng, Mengge Fan, Yanchun Deng, Qing Zhao, Junlang Qiu, Peng Wang, Xin Yang*. o-Semiquinone Radical and o-Benzoquinone Selectively Degrade Aniline Contaminants in the Periodate-Mediated Advanced Oxidation Process. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 2123−2132
10. Xin Lei, Yu Lei, Qinglong Fu, Hengyi Fu, Jingmeng Guan, Xin Yang*. One-electron Oxidant-induced Transformation of Dissolved Organic Matter: Optical and Antioxidation Properties and Molecules, Water Res. 2024, 249, 121011
11. Yu Lei, Jun Lu, Mengyu Zhu, Jingjing Xie, Shuchuan Peng, Chengzhu Zhu*. Radical Chemistry of Diethyl Phthalate Oxidation via UV/Peroxymonosulfate Process: Roles of Primary and Secondary Radicals. Chem. Eng. J. 2020, 379, 122339
12. Xiaojie Ji, Fengxia Chen, Jianhua Chen, Yufan Zhang, Yifan Zhu, Di Huang, Jikun Li, Yu Lei*, Chuncheng Chen*, Jincai Zhao. Multiple Effects of Relative Humidity on Heterogeneous Ozonolysis of Cooking Organic Aerosol Proxies from Heated Peanut Oil Emissions. Sci. Total. Environ. 2024, 932, 173096
13. Xi Liang, Yu Lei*, Xin Yang*. Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationships for the Reaction Kinetics of Trace Organic Contaminants with One-electron Oxidants, Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 2024, 26, 192−208 (Invited paper)
14. Xin Yang*, Fernando L. Rosario-Ortiz, Yu Lei, Yanheng Pan, Xin Lei, Paul Westerhoff. Multiple Roles of Dissolved Organic Matter in Advanced Oxidation Processes. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56, 11111−11131 (2022 ES&T Best Paper, highly cited, Cover paper)
15. Qinhua Zhang, Bo An, Yu Lei, Zhixiao Gao, Haonan Zhang, Sheng Xue, Xin Jin, Wengang Xu, Zihan Wu, Mingbo Wu*, Xin Yang*, Wenting Wu*. Cl2− Mediates Direct and Selective Conversion of Inert C(sp3)-H Bonds into Aldehydes/Ketones. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202304699
Research Projects
1. National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents: Research on the photochemical generation and transformation mechanisms of halogen radicals at the interface of environmental particulate matter, 2022-2024, Principal Investigator.
2. National Natural Science Foundation Youth Project: Temperature effects on the generation and transformation of halogen radicals during the advanced oxidation treatment of drinking water with UV light, 2025-2027, Principal Investigator.
3. General Project of the Postdoctoral Science Foundation: Kinetics and mechanisms of brown carbon aging induced by NO3 in atmospheric aqueous phase, 2022-2024, Principal Investigator.
4. Shanghai Jiao Tong University Independent Research Project, 2024-2027, Principal Investigator.
5. Chinese Academy of Sciences Special Research Assistant Funding Project, 2022-2024, Principal Investigator.
6. Participation in multiple research topics including the National Key Research and Development Program and the National Natural Science Foundation.
Awards and Honors
1. 2022 National Postdoctoral Program for Innovative Talents
2. 2022 Outstanding Scholarship of the Organo (Water Quality and Water Environment) Award
3. 2022 Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award from Sun Yat-sen University
4. 2022 Tang Xiaoyan Environmental Science Innovation Scholarship
5. 2023 Postdoctoral Project at the Beijing National Research Center for Molecular Sciences (BMS Junior Fellow)
6. 2020 International Water Association China Youth Committee "Rising Star Program"
7. 2019 Outstanding Presentation Award at the National Environmental Chemistry Conference 2022; 2019 Invited Presentation Award at the International Water Association Conference on Micro-pollution and Ecotoxicology, etc.