Tao YUAN

Professor

Email：taoyuan@sjtu.edu.cn
Office Address：Room 631，the Building of Green Environment, Minhang Campus, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.800 Dongchuan Road.

Research Interests

1. Behaviors, toxicity and health risk of enviornmental emerging contaminants;
2. Indoor pollution and purification;
3. Rapid analysis method development for trace environmental pollutants

Biography

B.M., Tongji Medical Unviersity, 1994;

Master, Tongji Medical Unviersity, 1997;

PhD., Institute of Environmental Medicine, Huazhong University of Science and Technology,2000;

Postdoctoral researcher, National University of Singapore, 2000-2004;

Associate professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2004 to 2020.

Professor, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 2021 to present.

Selected Publications

1. Zhou, J., Li, M., Han, X., Wang, B., Zhang, C., Cheng, Z., Shen, Z., Ogugua, P., Zhou, C., Pan, X., Yang, F., & Yuan, T.* (2024). Environmental sustainability practice of sewage sludge and low-rank coal co-pyrolysis: A comparative life cycle assessment study. Science of the Total Environment, 928, 172255.
2. Yang, F., Yuan, T.*, Ao, J., Gao, L., Shen, Z., Zhou, J., Wang, B., Pan, X., & Wang, B. (2024). Human exposure risk of organic UV filters: A comprehensive analysis based on primary exposure pathways. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 283, 116800.
3. Beili Wang, Yihui Jin, Tao Yuan*, Juan Li, Fan Yang, Hong Lu, Jinyang Zhou, Shijian Liu, Zhemin Shen, Xiaodan Yu. Exploring environmental obesogenous effects of organic ultraviolet filters on children from a case-control study. Chemosphere 2023, 341:139883.
4. Luwei Cheng, Tao Yuan*, Hongjiang Chen, Yuanyang Ren, Zhiwen Cheng , Maohong Fan, Yawei Liu, Zhemin Shen*. Study on enhancement of hemoglobin antitoxic ability modified with chromium and ruthenium. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2023, 242:124756.
5. Juan Li, Tao Yuan*, Bin Wang, Shijian Liu, Yue Zhang, Chen Chen, Yihui Jin, Zhemin Shen, Xiaodan Yu*. Antibiotic exposure and risk of overweight/obesity in school children: a multicenter, case-control study from China. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2022, 240: 113702.
6. Yihui Jin, Tao Yuan*, Jiafan Li, Zhemin Shen, Ying Tian. Occurrence, health risk assessment and water quality criteria derivation of six personal care products (PCPs) in Huangpu River, China. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2022, 194(8): 577.
7. Juan Li, Tao Yuan*, Jiafan Li, Yuning Ma, Bo Chen, Xirui Wang, Xianting Jiao, Yihui Jin, Zhemin Shen, Xiaodan Yu*. Urine concentrations of perfluoroalkyl acids in children and contributions of dietary factors: a cross-sectional study from Shanghai, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2021, 28: 20440-20450.
8. Jiafan Li, Tao Yuan*, Yuning Ma, Zhemin Shen, Ying Tian, Li Gao, Xiaoyan Dong. Acute toxicity assessment of indoor dust extracts by luminescent bacteria assays with Photobacterium Phosphoreum T3. Environmental Research, 2021, 198: 110447.
9. Junjie Ao, Tao Yuan*, Hui Xia, Yuning Ma, Zhemin Shen, Rong Shi, Ying Tian, Jun Zhang, Wenjin Ding, Li Gao, Xiaodong Zhao, Xiaodan Yu. Characteristic and human exposure risk assessment of per- and polyfuoroalkyl substances: A study based on indoor dust and drinking water in China. Environmental Pollution, 2019, 254:112873.
10. Gu JY, Tao Yuan*, Ni N, Ma YN, Shen ZM, Yu XD, Shi R , Tian Y, Zhang J. Urinary concentration of personal care products and polycystic ovary syndrome: A case-control study. Environ Res, 2019, 168(1):48-53.
11. Junjie Ao, Jiaping Gu, Tao Yuan*, Dan Li, Yuning Ma, Zhemin Shen. Applying molecular modelling and experimental studies to develop molecularly imprinted polymer for domoic acid enrichment from both seawater and shellfish. Chemosphere, 2018, 199(5): 98-106.
12. Junjie Ao, Tao Yuan*, Li Gao, Xiaodan Yu, Xiaodong Zhao, Ying Tian, Wenjin Ding, Yuning Ma, Zhemin Shen. Organic UV filters exposure induces the production of inflammatory cytokines in human macrophages. Science of The Total Environment, 2018, 635: 926-935.
13. Junjie Ao, Tao Yuan*, Jiayuan Gu, Yuning Ma, Zhemin Shen, Ying Tian, Rong Shi, Wei Zhou,Jun Zhang. Organic UV filters in indoor dust and human urine: A study of characteristics, sources, associations and human exposure. Science of The Total Environment, 2018, 640–641:1157-1164.
14. Ao JJ, Yuan T*,Ma YN, Gao L, Ni N, Li D. Identification, characteristics and human exposure assessments of triclosan, bisphenol-A, and four commonly used organic UV filters in indoor dust collected from Shanghai, China. Chemosphere, 2017, 184(10): 575–583.
15. Gao L, Yuan T*, Cheng P, Zhou CQ, Ao JJ, Wang WH, Zhang HM. Organic UV filters inhibit multixenobiotic resistance (MXR) activity in Tetrahymena thermophila: investigations by the Rhodamine 123 accumulation assay and molecular docking. Ecotoxicology,2016, 25(7), 1318-1326.
16. Junjie Ao, Li Gao, Tao Yuan*, Gaofeng Jiang, Interaction mechanisms between organic UV filters and bovine serum albumin as determined by comprehensive spectroscopy exploration and molecular docking, Chemosphere,2015,119(1):590-600.
17. Gao Li, Yuan Tao*, Zhou Chuanqi, et al. Effects of four commonly used UV filters on the growth, cell viability and oxidative stress responses of the Tetrahymena thermophila, Chemosphere,2013,93(10):2507-2513.
18. Yan Lv, Tao Yuan*, Jiangyong Hu, Wenhua Wang. Seasonal Occurrence and Behavior of Synthetic Musks (SMs) during Wastewater Treatment Process in Shanghai, China. Sci of Total Environ 2010, 408: 4170-4176.
19. Penghua Wang, Tao Yuan*, Jiangyong Hu. Determination of Cephalosporin Antibiotics in Water Samples by Optimized Solid Phase Extraction and High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Ultraviolet Detector. Int J Environ Anal Chem 2011, 91(13):1267-1281.
20. Guo G, Yuan T*, Wang W, Li D, Cheng J, Gao Y, Zhou P. Bioavailability, mobility, and toxicity of Cu in soils around the Dexing Cu mine in China. Environ Geochem Health. 2011, 33 (2), 217-224.

Achievements

Undertakes projects under the National Key Research and Development Program, focusing on Sludge-Low-Rank Coal-Crop Straw Efficient Collaborative Disposal, examining the regulation mechanisms of material and energy flows throughout the process (November 2022 - October 2026). Also involved in the Shanghai Municipal Ecology and Environment Bureau's Environmental Health Risk Pilot Survey and Assessment Project and the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission's Key Discipline Construction Project in Environmental Health.

Has presided over and completed one National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) project for young scientists, as well as two general projects: No. 50608050 on the behavior and modeling of PPCPs (Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products) in wastewater treatment processes, No. 30970531 focused on the ecological risk study of typical cefalexin antibiotics in the water environment, and No. 21277092 exploring the molecular defense disruption effects and early warning indicators for low-dose combined exposure to personal care products.

Additionally, has led one key basic research project from the Shanghai Science and Technology Commission, one key research and innovation project from the Shanghai Education Commission, and one key project from the Shanghai Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau. Participated in the National 973 Project (2014CB943300), where responsibilities included overseeing the sub-project on population exposure to emerging environmental pollutants. Also took part in the National Key Research and Development Program (2016YFC1402403), handling the sub-project focused on the development of hazardous chemical tracking monitoring technology using unmanned boat colloidal gold technology.

Moreover, contributed to the Singapore-Shanghai Jiao Tong University E2S2 (Energy and Environmental Sustainable Solutions for Mega-Cities) international cooperation project from 2012 to 2017. Serving as the editor-in-chief of "Environmental Health Science," and co-editor of a textbook, while also being authorized for three patents.

Honors and Awards

2009,  Excellent Teacher of Shanghai Jiao Tong University;

2010, Shanghai Jiao Tong University "Young Outstanding Teacher Award" (nomination award);

2012, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-Suzhou Industrial Park Scholarship and Education Fund (third prize);

2013, Shanghai Jiao Tong University-Suzhou Industrial Park Scholarship and Education Fund (second Prize);

2014, RSC Award for Excellence in Oral Presentation at the first Ecotoxicology Academic Exchange Conference;

2015, Excellent Teacher of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (First Prize);

2020, Second Prize of Teaching Achievement Award of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (ranking the second)

2023，Second Prize of the Teaching Achievement Award from Shanghai Jiao Tong University (ranking the first)