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Kun ZHANG
Associate Professor
Email:kunzhang@sjtu.edu.cn

Research

  • Identification of novel environmental contaminants.

  • Sources and environmental behaviors of emerging environmental contaminants.

Resume

  • 2003-2007 Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Bachelor
  • 2007-2012 Peking University, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, PhD
  • 2012-2015 University of Alberta, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Postdoc.
  • 2015-2016 Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz, School of Life Sciences,  Postdoc.
  • 2017-2018 Harvard Medical School/Brigham and Women's Hospital，Research Assistant.

Selected Publication

  1. Zuo, S. Q.; Meng, H. Y.; Liang, J. H.; Zhen, H. J.; Zhu, Y.; Zhao, Y. B.; Zhang, K.*; Dai, J. Residues of Cardiovascular and Lipid-Lowering Drugs Pose a Risk to the Aquatic Ecosystem despite a High Wastewater Treatment Ratio in the Megacity Shanghai, China. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2022, 56 (4), 2312-2322.

  2. Shen, J.; Shi, H. C.; Zhao, Y. B.; Fent, K.; Zhang, K.* Large-Scale Transcriptional Profiling of Molecular Perturbations Reveals Cell Line Specific Responses and Implications for Environmental Screening. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2021, 55 (22), 15266-15275.

  3. Zhang, K.; Liang, J.; Brun, N. R.; Zhao, Y.B.*; Werdich, A. A. Rapid zebrafish behavioral profiling assay accelerates the identification of environmental neurodevelopmental toxicants. Environ. Sci.Technol. 2021, 55 (3), 1919-1929.

  4. Zhao, Y. B.; Zhang, K.*; Xu, X. T.; Shen,H. Z.*; Zhu, X.; Zhang, Y. X.; Hu, Y. T.; Shen, G. F. Substantial changes innitrogen dioxide and ozone after excluding meteorological impacts during the COVID-19 outbreak in mainland China. Environ. Sci. Technol. Lett. 2020, 7,402-408.
  5. Zhang, K.; Zhao, Y. B.*Reduced Zebrafish Transcriptome Atlas toward Understanding the Environmental Neurotoxicants. Environ. Sci. Technol.2018, 52 (12), 7120-7130.
  6. Zhang, K.; Fent, K. Determination of two progestin metabolites (17α-hydroxypregnanolone and pregnanediol) and different classes of steroids (androgens, estrogens, corticosteroids, progestins) in rivers and wastewaters by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Sci. Total Environ.2018, 610, 1164-1172.
  7. Zhang, K.; Zhao, Y.; Fent, K. Occurrence and ecotoxicological effects of free, conjugated and halogenated steroids of 17α-hydroxypregnanolone and pregnanediol in Swiss wastewater and surface water. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2017, 51 (11), 6498–6506.
  8. Zhang, K.; Wiseman, S. B.; Giesy, J. P.; Martin, J. W. Bioconcentration of Dissolved Organic Compounds from Oil Sands Process-Affected Water by Medaka (Oryzias latipes): Importance of Partitioning to Phospholipids. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (12), 6574–6582.
  9. Zhang, K.; Pereira, A. S.; Martin, J. W. Estimates of Octanol–Water Partitioning for Thousands of Dissolved Organic Species in Oil Sands Process-Affected Water. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (14), 8907-8913.
  10. Zhang, K.; Wan, Y.; Jones, P. D.; Wiseman, S.; Giesy, J. P.; Hu, J. Y. Occurrences and Fates of Hydroxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Marine Sediments in Relation to Trophodynamics. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46 (4), 2148−2155
  11. Zhang, K.; Wan, Y.; Giesy, J. P.; Lam, MHW; Wiseman, S.; Jones, P. D.; Hu, J. Y. Tissue Concentrations of Polybrominated Compounds in Chinese Sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis): Origin, Hepatic Sequestration, and Maternal Transfer. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44 (15), 5781-5786.
  12. Zhang, K.; Wan, Y.; An, L. H.; Hu, J. Y. Trophodynamics of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers and Methoxylated Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in a Marine Food Web. Environ. Toxicol. Chem. 2010, 29 (12), 2792-2799.
  13. Siegenthaler, P. F.; Zhao, Y.; Zhang, K.; Fent, K. Reproductive and transcriptional effects of the antiandrogenic progestin chlormadinone acetate in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Environ. Pollut. 2017, 223, 346-356.
  14. Morandi, G. D.; Zhang, K.; Wiseman, S. B.; Pereira, A. d. S.; Martin, J. W.; Giesy, J. P. Effect of Lipid Partitioning on Predictions of Acute Toxicity of Oil Sands Process Affected Water to Embryos of Fathead Minnow (Pimephales promelas). Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (16), 8858-8866.
  15. Zhao, Y.; Zhang, K.; Fent, K. Corticosteroid Fludrocortisone Acetate Targets Multiple End Points in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) at Low Concentrations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50 (18), 10245-10254.
  16. Rossier, N. M.; Chew, G.; Zhang, K.; Riva, F.; Fent, K. Activity of binary mixtures of drospirenone with progesterone and 17α-ethinylestradiol in vitro and in vivo. Aquat. Toxicol. 2016, 174, 109-122.
  17. Zhao, Y. ; Zhang, K.; Giesy, J. P.; Hu, J. Families of nuclear receptors in vertebrate models: characteristic and comparative toxicological perspective. Scientific reports 2015, 5, 8554.
  18. Peng, H.; Wan, Y.; Zhang, K.; Sun, J. X.;Hu, J. Y. Trophic Transfer of Dechloranes in the Marine Food Web of Liaodong Bay, North China. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2014, 48 (10), 5458−5466
  19. Wan, Y.; Zhang, K.; Dong, Z. M.; Hu, J. Y. ; Distribution is a Major Factor Affecting Bioaccumulation of Decabrominated Diphenyl Ether: Chinese Sturgeon (Acipenser sinensis) as an Example. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47 (5), 2279−2286
  20. Peng, H.; Zhang, K.; Wan, Y.; Hu, J. Y. Tissue Distribution, Maternal Transfer, and Age-Related Accumulation of Dechloranes in Chinese Sturgeon. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2012, 46 (18), 9907−9913
  21. Wan, Y.; Jones, P. D.; Wiseman, S.; Chang, H.; Chorney, D.; Kannan, K.; Zhang, K.; Hu, J. Y.; Khim, J. S.; Tanabe, S.; Lam, MHW; Giesy, J. P.Contribution of Synthetic and Naturally Occurring Organobromine Compounds to Bromine Mass in Marine Organisms. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44 (16), 6068-6073.
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