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Hao QIU
Professor
Email：haoqiu@sjtu.edu.cn
"The journal is just an address. The science is the home."

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Research Interests

  1. Investigating the environmental speciation, transport, bioavailability, and toxicity of trace metals and emerging contaminants (micro/nanoplastics, engineered nanoparticles).
  2. Applying multi-omics tools to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of nanomaterial toxicity and translate these insights into substance risk assessment frameworks.
  3. Developing AI-based predictive models to simulate the environmental fate, behavior, and long-term effects of chemicals and materials.
  4. Advancing nano-enabled agricultural strategies to improve crop production and remediate contaminated soils.
  5. Conducting lifecycle assessments (LCA) and sustainability analyses of chemicals and processes, integrating environmental, economic, and social dimensions from design through remediation.

Education

09/2010-06/2014:  Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Leiden University, the Netherlands

09/2008-06/2010:  M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China

09/2004-06/2008:  B.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, Nanjing University of S&T, China

Positions

07/2022-present:   Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

01/2022-06/2022:  Associate Professor (tenured), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

02/2017-12/2021:  Associate Professor (tenure-track), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

02/2015-08/2016:  Postdoctoral Fellow, KU Leuven, Belgium (with Prof. Erik Smolders)

07/2014-09/2014:  Guest Researcher, Leiden University, the Netherlands (with Prof. Willie Peijnenburg)

01/2013-04/2013:  Visiting PhD student, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands (with Prof. Cornelis van Gestel)

Selected Publications

*Corresponding author

1. Qiu, X.; Xie, Y.; Li, X.; Lynch, I.; Peijnenburg, W.; Su, Y.; Guo, X.*; Zhang, P.*; Qiu, H.* Preparing and characterizing environmentally aged microplastics. Nature Protocols 2026.

2. Sun, K.; Qiu, H.* Beyond Chemistry and Biology: Microplastics as Emerging Structural Agents in Soil. Environmental Science & Technology 2026, 60 (8), 5897-5900.

3. Li, W.; Qiu, H.*, Asymmetric Microbial Succession Drives Soil Multifunctionality Recovery over a 25 Year Chronosequence of Rare Earth Tailings Restoration. Environmental Science & Technology 2025, 59, (49), 26604-26615.

4. Cao, T.; Sun, K.; He, E.; Cao, X.; Zhao, L.; Xu, X.; Qiu, H.*, Diverse Perspectives Illuminate the Intestinal Toxicity of Traditional and Biodegradable Agricultural Film Microplastics to Eisenia fetida under Varying Exposure Sequences. Environmental Science & Technology 2025, 59 (20), 9943–9954

5. Jiang, X.; White, J. C.; He, E.; Van Gestel, C. A. M.; Cao, X.; Zhao, L.; Xu, X.; Guo, W.; Qiu, H.*, Foliar Exposure of Deuterium Stable Isotope-labeled Nanoplastics to Lettuce: Quantitative Determination of Foliar Uptake, Transport, and Trophic Transfer in a Terrestrial Food Chain. Environmental Science & Technology 2024, 58 (35), 15438-15449.

Research Projects

  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China: “The National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars (Talents Scheme) - Terrestrial Environmental Toxicology (Grant No. 42022057)”, Principal investigator. 01/2021-12/2023
  2. National Natural Science Foundation of China: “Transformation, bioaccumulation, distribution, and toxicity of CeO2 nanoparticles in soil-animal system (Grant No. 41877500)”, Principal investigator, 01/2019-12/2022
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China: “Toxicity mechanism and prediction model of combined pollution of heavy metals in soil (Grant No. 41701571)”, Principal investigator, 01/2018-12/2020
  4. National Key Research and Development Program of China: “Metal speciation, migration, and interfacial reaction mechanisms in brownfield soil (Grant No. 2020YFC1808001)”, Co-Principal Investigator, 11/2020-12/2023
  5. National Key Research and Development Program of China: “Mechanisms driving the transport of heavy metals in soil and groundwater system (Grant No. 2018YFC1800603)”, Principal investigator, 12/2018-12/2022
  6. National Key Research and Development Program of China: “Ecological restoration of abandoned soils around the mining area (Grant No. 2018YFD0800701)”, Co-Principal Investigator, 07/2018-12/2020
  7. Rising-Star Program of Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan: “Biological effects of micro- and nanoplastics in the terrestrial environment (Grant No. 20QA1404500)”, Principal investigator, 06/2020-05/2023
  8. Research Fund Program of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Control and Remediation Technology: “Transport and transformation of metal-based nanoparticles in saturated soil (Grant No. 2018K01)”, Principal investigator, 01/2018-12/2020
  9. Research Fund Program of Key Laboratory of Original Agro-Environmental Pollution Prevention and Control, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs:“Modelling the mixed effects of cadmium, copper, and lead in agricultural soil (Grant No. 17Z1170010019)”, Principal investigator, 07/2017-06/2020
  10. The Belgian Federal Science Policy Office (BELSPO) fellowship scheme for highly qualified non EU researchers: “Development of bioavailability-based models for rationalizing and reconciling laboratory and field determinations of uptake and toxicity of metal mixtures (Grant No. 3E150127)”, Principal investigator, 02/2015-08/2016

Professional affiliations

  • International Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
  • American Chemical Society
  • Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences
  • Soil Science Society of China
  • China Occupational Safety and Health Association
  • Biophysical Society of China - Metabolomics Academic Subgroup
  • Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security
  • Dutch Research School for Socio-Economic and Natural Sciences of the Environment

Honors and Awards

  • 2021 National Outstanding Talents in Agricultural Research

  • 2020 Awardee of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars

  • 2020 Shanghai Rising-Star of Science & Technology
  • 2020 Young Professional Award, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2020 Outstanding individuals for Annual Evaluation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2020 First Prize of Science and Technology Progress Award of Ministry of Education (9/15)
  • 2019 First Prize of Science and Technology Award of Soil Science Society of China (9/11)
  • 2019 First Prize of Science and Technology Award of Soil Society of Guangdong (9/11)
  • 2018 First Prize of Environmental Protection Science and Technology Award, Guangdong Society of Environmental Sciences (8/15)
  • 2018 Winning Prize of the 2nd Teaching Competition, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • 2017 Nominated for Best Paper Award, Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry Journal
  • 2014 Nominated for Best Doctoral Dissertation by the Royal Dutch Society of Chemistry
  • 2013 The Best CML Scientific Publication Award, Leiden University
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