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ORCID record: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0550-0974

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?authuser=1&user=Ul7mSiwAAAAJ

News report: https://www.washington.edu/news/2019/04/08/how-well-water-disinfecting-methods-damage-dna/

Awards and Honors

2020          Graduate Travel Award, University of Washington

2019          ACS Editors’ Choice Award, American Chemical Society (ACS)

2019          Rossano Fellowship, University of Washington

2018          Graduate Travel Award, University of Washington

2015-2016 Fresh Ideas Poster Competition (twice), 2nd Prize, Pacific Northwest Section of the American Water Works Association (PNWS-AWWA)    

2015-2016 Young Professional Scholarship (twice), PNWS-AWWA

2011-2014 Graduate Academic Scholarship, Tongji University

2007-2011 Excellent Student Scholarship, Tongji University

2007-2008 National Encouragement Scholarship, Ministry of Education, China

Representative Publications

1. Pengcheng Xu, Huan He*, Tian Li, Yan Chen, Bingzhi Dong. Combining full-scale ozonation and biological activated carbon filtration (O3-BAC) with pilot-scale nanofiltration (NF) to control disinfection by-product formation for treatment of Taihu lake water. Water 2023, 15(5), 843. DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.3390/w15050843

2. Huan He, Irene Bueno, Taegyu Kim, Kristine H. Wammer, Timothy M. LaPara, Randall S. Singer, Amanda Beaudoin, William A. Arnold*. Determination of the antibiotic and antibiotic resistance footprint in surface water environment of a metropolitan area: Effects of anthropogenic activities. ACS ES&T Water, 2023, 3(2), 387–399. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.2c00447

3. Chaoqun Tan, Ying Shen, Xinchi Jian, Suqian Xu, Lin Deng, Huan He*, Xinhua Min and Ming Chen. Performance of the solar/peroxymonosulfate process in (waste)water treatment: abatement of micropollutants, roles of reactive oxygen species, and formation of disinfection by-products. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 2023, 9, 146-160. DOI: 10.1039/d2ew00717g

4. Huan He*, Sean J. Wu, Xuzhi Fang, Yegyun Choi, Annika Anderson, Sin-Yi Liou, Marilyn C. Roberts, Yunho Lee, Michael C. Dodd*. Validation and application of a kinetics-based modeling approach to predict antibiotic resistance gene degradation during chlorine- and UV-based wastewater disinfection processes: from bench-scale to full-scale. Environmental Science & Technology 2022, 56(21), 15141–15155. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c00567

5. Qingqing Zhao, Huan He*, Kuo Gao, Tian Li*, Bingzhi Dong. Fate, mobility, and pathogenicity of drinking water treatment plant resistomes deciphered by metagenomic assembly and network analyses: Comparison of conventional and advanced O3-BAC treatment processes. Science of The Total Environment 2022, 804: 150095. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150095

6. Huan He, Bingzhi Dong, Huaqiang Chu*, Chang He, Jiapei Chen, Tian Li*. Removal of NOM in long-time advanced water treatment plants: assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and its precursors. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances 2021, 8: 100183. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2021.100183

7. Huan He, Peiran Zhou, Kyle K. Shimabuku, Xuzhi Fang, Shu Li, Yunho Lee, Michael C. Dodd*. Correction to Degradation and deactivation of bacterial antibiotic resistance genes during exposure to free chlorine, monochloramine, chlorine dioxide, ozone, ultraviolet light, and hydroxyl radical. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54(17): 10975–10975. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04935

8. Younggun Yoon #, Huan He #, Michael C. Dodd*, Yunho Lee*. Degradation and deactivation of plasmid-encoded antibiotic resistance gene during water treatment with chlorine and ozone. Water Research 2021, 202: 117408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117408

9. Huan He, Peiran Zhou, Kyle K. Shimabuku, Xuzhi Fang, Shu Li, Yunho Lee, Michael C. Dodd*. Degradation and deactivation of bacterial antibiotic resistance genes during exposure to free chlorine, monochloramine, chlorine dioxide, ozone, ultraviolet light, and hydroxyl radical. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53(4), 2013–2026. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.8b04393 (Awarded by ACS Editors' Choice)

10. Huan He, Peiran Zhou, Kyle K. Shimabuku, Xuzhi Fang, Annika Anderson, Michael C. Dodd*. Quantification and prediction of degradation and deactivation kinetics of antibiotic resistance genes during disinfection/oxidation processes: from bench-scale to full-scale. Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation 2018(6):206-212. DOI:10.2175/193864718824828083

11. Huan He, Peiran Zhou, Kyle K. Shimabuku, Xuzhi Fang, Annika Anderson, Michael C. Dodd*. Antibiotic resistance gene degradation and deactivation kinetics during bench- and full-Scale disinfection and oxidation processes. Proceedings of American Water Works Association (AWWA) Water Quality Technology Conference (WQTC) 2017, Portland, OR. November 12-16, 2017.

12. Huan He, Bingzhi Dong*, Guanghong Xu, Zhaohui Yan. Effect and mechanism on removing organics and reduction of membrane fouling using granular macro-porous anion exchange resin in drinking water treatment. Environmental Science, 2014, 35(5): 1824–1831.

13. Irene Bueno*, Huan He, Amy C. Kinsley, Sarah J. Ziemann, Lauren R. Degn, André J. Nault, Amanda L. Beaudoin, Randall S. Singer, Kristine H. Wammer, William A. Arnold*. Biodegradation, photolysis, and sorption of antibiotics in aquatic environments: A scoping review. Science of The Total Environment 2023, 897: 165301. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165301

14. Stephanie Berg, Raymond Hozalski*, Camilla Kuo-Dahab, CheFei Chen, Todd Elliot, Grant Goedjen; Huan He, Eric Noe; Roger Scharf, William A. Arnold*. Contaminant Removal in a Pilot Drinking Water Treatment Plant by Pre-oxidation followed by Biologically Activated Carbon Filtration: Spiking versus Ambient Studies. ACS ES&T Water 2023, 3, 9, 2966–2977. DOI: 10.1021/acsestwater.3c00207

15. Zhenyu Tian, Haoqi Zhao, Katherine T Peter, Melissa Gonzalez, Jill Wetzel, Christopher Wu, Ximin Hu, Jasmine Prat, Emma Mudrock, Rachel Hettinger, Allan E Cortina, Rajshree Ghosh Biswas, Flávio Vinicius Crizóstomo Kock, Ronald Soong, Amy Jenne, Bowen Du, Fan Hou, Huan He, Rachel Lundeen, Alicia Gilbreath, Rebecca Sutton, Nathaniel L Scholz, Jay W Davis, Michael C Dodd, Andre Simpson, Jenifer K McIntyre, Edward P Kolodziej*. A ubiquitous tire rubber-derived chemical induces acute mortality in coho salmon. Science 2021, 371(6525): 185–189. DOI: 10.1126/science.abd6951

16. Yegyun Choi, Huan He, Michael C. Dodd, Yunho Lee*. Degradation kinetics of antibiotic resistance gene (mecA) of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) during water disinfection with chlorine, ozone, and ultraviolet light. Environmental Science & Technology 2021, 55(4), 2541–2552. https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c05274

17. Irene Bueno*, Huan He, André J. Nault, Sarah Ziemann, Lauren Degn, William A. Arnold, Kristine H. Wammer. Persistence of antibiotics in the natural environment: scoping review protocol. University of Minnesota Digital Conservancy 2021, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/221594.

18. Chaoqun Tan*, Haotian Wu, Huan He, Xu Lu, Haiying Gao, Jing Deng, Wenhai Chu. Anti-inflammatory drugs degradation during LED-UV365 photolysis of free chlorine: roles of reactive oxidative species and formation of disinfection by-products. Water Research 2020, 185: 116252. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.116252

19. Chaoqun Tan*, Tianhui Xu, Huan He, Qinglong Xu, Chao Fang, Erdeng Du, Jing Deng, Wenhai Chu. Bimetallic oxychloride as an efficient oxone activator: Radical and non-radical oxidation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Chemical Engineering Journal 2020, 400: 125921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.125921

20. Tessora R. Young, Steve Deem, Jolyn C. Leslie, Virpi Salo-Zieman, Huan He, Michael C. Dodd*. Drivers of disinfection byproduct formation and speciation in small, chlorinated coastal groundwater systems: relative roles of bromide and organic matter, and the need for improved source water characterization and monitoring. Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 2020, 6(12): 3361–3379. DOI: 10.1039/d0ew00663g

21. Maolida Nihemaiti, Young-Gun Yoon, Huan He, Michael C. Dodd, Jean-Philippe Croué*, Yunho Lee*. Degradation and deactivation of plasmid-encoded extracellular antibiotic resistance gene during the separate and combined exposures to UV254 and radicals. Water Research 2020, 182: 115921. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2020.115921

Book Chapters

Bingzhi Dong, Tian Li, Huangqiang Chu, Huan He, Shumin Zhu, and Junxia Liu. Drinking Water Treatment: New membrane technology. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG (Germany) and Tongji University Press, 2021.