Impacts of Pollutants of Emerging Concern on Ecosystems and Human Health

Li Zhou completed her Ph.D. degree in Chemical Biology from Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, in 2015, supervised by Prof. Jinsong Ren. She then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Université Pierre et Marie Curie and École normale supérieure, respectively. In 2018, she joined the Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou University, as a Full Professor. So far she has authored more than 50 refereed journal publications, including those in J. Am. Chem. Soc., Water Res., J. Hazard. Mater., etc. Her research focuses on the ecotoxicity of emerging contaminants as well as their impact on the evolution and spread of antibiotic resistance. Hongyu Zhou received his Ph.D. degree in Medicinal Chemistry from Shandong University, China, in 2009. He was a postdoctoral researcher from 2009 to 2012 under the supervision of Dr. Bing Yan in the Department of Chemical Biology & Therapeutics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, TN. From 2016 to 2018, he worked at the School of Environment, Jinan University. He is currently a full professor at the Institute of Environmental Research at Greater Bay Area, Guangzhou University. His research focuses on the biological effects of typical nanomaterials and approaches for their regulation. He also works on the joint toxicity and related mechanisms of nanomaterials and environmental pollutants. He has published more than 80 peer-reviewed papers. Virender K. Sharma received his Ph.D. from Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami, Florida, USA. His postdoctoral work was at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York. He is currently a Professor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Public Health (SPH), Texas A&M University. He is also serving as the Director of the Program of Environment and Sustainability of the SPH. Dr. Sharma has made seminal contributions in the areas of chemistry and environmental applications of ferrates. Dr. Sharma has also made key contributions in understanding the fate and toxicity of natural nanoparticles in an aquatic environment, resulting in an impact on human and ecological health. He is also working on understanding mechanism of the formation of disinfection byproducts in water. His research also includes studying environment fate of environmentally persistent free radicals and antibiotics resistant bacteria and genes. He has published more than 270 peer-reviewed publications. Dr. Sharma has also published 53 book chapters, 36 proceedings, and authored/edited eight books. His distinguish awards include Faculty Excellence in Research by Florida Tech, Outstanding Chemist by the American Chemical Society (Orlando Section), Certificate of Merit Award by the Environmental Chemistry Division of the American Chemical Society, Excellence in Review by Environmental Science & Technology.Bing Yan is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a Cheung Kong Scholar Professor at Guangzhou University. His research is on the environmental toxicology and health effects of emerging environmental pollutants. He got his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Columbia University in 1990 and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge, U.K., and the University of Texas Medical School in Houston from 1990 to 1993. He then worked on drug discovery in Novartis and BMS from 1993 to 2006, and he was a Professor of Pharmaceutics and Director of High-Throughput Analytical Canter at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital from 2007 to 2012 in the U.S.A. He has been Cheung Kong Scholar Professor at Shandong University and then at Guangzhou University since 2005. He is now serving as Co-Editor-in-Chief for “Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety” and Associate Editor for “NanoImpact”, both published by Elsevier. He has published 11 books and more than 370 peer-reviewed papers.

• Section 1: Emerging Pollutants: Detection and Source Identification 1. Environmental Occurrence and Concentration of Emerging Pollutants 2. Source of Emerging Organic Pollutant in the Aquatic Environment 3. Sources Distinguishing of Anthropogenic Nanoparticles in Air Section 2: Transport, Transformation, and Bioaccumulation of Emerging Pollutants 4. Non-Targeted Analysis and Suspect Screening Method Used in Evaluation the Fate and Transport of Chemicals of Emerging Concern 5. Processes That Influence the Transport and Transformation of Emerging Pollutants 6. Bioaccumulation and Distribution of Emerging Pollutants (Personal Care, Household and Industrial Products) in Organism Section 3: Ecotoxicity of Emerging Pollutants 7. Interactions Between the Emerging Pollutants and the Surrounding Environments in Ecosystems 8. Ecotoxicological Effects of Emerging Contaminants on Soil Biota 9. Effects of Emerging Pollutants on Aquatic Organism 10. Probabilistic Framework for Assessing Ecological Risk of Emerging Pollutant Section 4: Impacts of Emerging Pollutants on Human Health 11. Human Exposure Pathway Toward Emerging Pollutants 12. Toxicological Information of Emerging Pollutants in Human Cells 13. Effects of Emerging Pollutants on Humans 14. Advances in Modelling and Risk Assessment of Emerging Pollutants Section 5: Approaches for Treatment of Emerging Pollutant 15. Conventional Methods for Waste Water Treatment 16. Advanced Technology Based on Oxidation 17. Mechanisms and Microorganism Involved in Bioremediation Technologies