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Name	Xue Yan
Contact Information	yanx@wbgcas.cn
Language ability	English, Chinese
Province	Hubei

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Name

Xue Yan

Contact Information

yanx@wbgcas.cn

Language ability

English, Chinese

Province

Hubei

University/Lab Affiliation and Title	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Faculty	Life Sciences
Academic Background & Achievements	2009-05--2010-05 Visiting Scholar: Cornell University 2004-06--2006-06 Postdoctoral: Tsinghua University 2002-08--2002-10 Training: Queensland University of Technology 1999-09--2003-08 PhD in Science: Wuhan University 1996-09--1999-07 MSc in Science: Wuhan University 1992-09--1996-07 BSc in Science: Central China Normal University
Work Experience	2016-06 to present - Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Botanical Garden - Researcher 2013-07 to 2016-05 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Botanical Garden - Project Researcher 2011-07 to 2013-06 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Botanical Garden - Associate Researcher 2003-12 to 2011-07 - Wuhan University - Associate Professor 2001-09 to 2003-12 - Wuhan University - Lecturer 1999-09 to 2001-08 - Wuhan University - Assistant

University/Lab Affiliation and Title

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Faculty

Life Sciences

Academic Background & Achievements

2009-05--2010-05 Visiting Scholar: Cornell University
2004-06--2006-06 Postdoctoral: Tsinghua University
2002-08--2002-10 Training: Queensland University of Technology
1999-09--2003-08 PhD in Science: Wuhan University
1996-09--1999-07 MSc in Science: Wuhan University
1992-09--1996-07 BSc in Science: Central China Normal University

Work Experience

2016-06 to present - Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Botanical Garden - Researcher
2013-07 to 2016-05 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Botanical Garden - Project Researcher
2011-07 to 2013-06 - Chinese Academy of Sciences Wuhan Botanical Garden - Associate Researcher
2003-12 to 2011-07 - Wuhan University - Associate Professor
2001-09 to 2003-12 - Wuhan University - Lecturer
1999-09 to 2001-08 - Wuhan University - Assistant

Areas of Focus	Aquatic Plant Ecology Aquatic Pollution Ecology Atmospheric CO2 Changes and Plant Biodiversity
Publications	Ecological and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in Ewaso Nyiro River surface water, Kenya., Xue Yan, 2021 Harnessing the potential of common water hyacinth as an industrial raw material for the production of quality biofuel briquettes., Onyango, Janet, Babu, Kelvin, Njuguna, Samwel, Wanzala, Wycliffe, Yan, Xue, 2020 Assessment of Cu, Zn, Mn, and Fe enrichment in Mt. Kenya soils: evidence for atmospheric deposition and contamination., Githaiga, Kelvin Babu, Njuguna, Samwel Maina, Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Wang, Jun, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Yan, Xue, 2020 Application of multivariate statistical analysis and water quality index in health risk assessment by domestic use of river water. Case study of Tana River in Kenya., Xue Yan, 2019 Health risk assessment by consumption of vegetables irrigated with reclaimed waste water: A case study in Thika (Kenya)., Njuguna, Samwel Maina, Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Yan, Xue, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qingfeng, Wang, Jun, 2019 Concentrations, Sources, and Risk Assessment of Organohalogen Compounds in Soils from Kiambu to Mombasa, Kenya., Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Ndungu, Anne Wairimu, Mungai, Teresiah Muciku, Yan, Xue, Wang, Jun, 2018 Determination of Heavy Metal Concentrations and Their Potential Sources in Selected Plants: Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae), Ficus exasperata Vahl (Moraceae), Persicaria attenuata (R.Br) Sojak (Polygonaceae), and Kanahia laniflora (Forssk.) R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae) from Awash River Basin, Ethiopia., Xue Yan, 2018 Occurrence and Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils from Wuhan, Central China., Gereslassie, Tekleweini, Workineh, Ababo, Liu, Xiaoning, Yan, Xue, Wang, Jun, 2018 Assessment of macrophyte, heavy metal, and nutrient concentrations in the water of the Nairobi River, Kenya., Njuguna, Samwel Maina, Yan, Xue, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qingfeng, Wang, Jun, 2017 Occurrences and toxicological risk assessment of eight heavy metals in agricultural soils from Kenya, Eastern Africa., Mungai, Teresiah Muciku, Owino, Anita Awino, Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Gao, Yan, Yan, Xue, Wang, Jun, 2016 Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa., Zhou, YaDong, Hu, GuangWan, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, QingFeng, 2016 Occurrence, composition and risk assessment of antibiotics in soils from Kenya, Africa., Yang, Yuyi, Owino, Anita Awino, Gao, Yan, Yan, Xue, Xu, Chen, Wang, Jun, 2016 Risk spreading, habitat selection and division of biomass in a submerged clonal plant: Responses to heterogeneous copper pollution., Yan, Xue, Wang, Haowen, Wang, Qingfeng, Rudstam, Lars G., 2013 Response of Chara globularis and Hydrodictyon reticulatum to lead pollution: their survival, bioaccumulation and defenses., Xue Yan, 2012

Areas of Focus

Aquatic Plant Ecology
Aquatic Pollution Ecology
Atmospheric CO2 Changes and Plant Biodiversity

Publications

Ecological and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in Ewaso Nyiro River surface water, Kenya., Xue Yan, 2021
Harnessing the potential of common water hyacinth as an industrial raw material for the production of quality biofuel briquettes., Onyango, Janet, Babu, Kelvin, Njuguna, Samwel, Wanzala, Wycliffe, Yan, Xue, 2020
Assessment of Cu, Zn, Mn, and Fe enrichment in Mt. Kenya soils: evidence for atmospheric deposition and contamination., Githaiga, Kelvin Babu, Njuguna, Samwel Maina, Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Wang, Jun, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Yan, Xue, 2020
Application of multivariate statistical analysis and water quality index in health risk assessment by domestic use of river water. Case study of Tana River in Kenya., Xue Yan, 2019
Health risk assessment by consumption of vegetables irrigated with reclaimed waste water: A case study in Thika (Kenya)., Njuguna, Samwel Maina, Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Yan, Xue, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qingfeng, Wang, Jun, 2019
Concentrations, Sources, and Risk Assessment of Organohalogen Compounds in Soils from Kiambu to Mombasa, Kenya., Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Ndungu, Anne Wairimu, Mungai, Teresiah Muciku, Yan, Xue, Wang, Jun, 2018
Determination of Heavy Metal Concentrations and Their Potential Sources in Selected Plants: Xanthium strumarium L. (Asteraceae), Ficus exasperata Vahl (Moraceae), Persicaria attenuata (R.Br) Sojak (Polygonaceae), and Kanahia laniflora (Forssk.) R.Br. (Asclepiadaceae) from Awash River Basin, Ethiopia., Xue Yan, 2018
Occurrence and Ecological and Human Health Risk Assessment of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Soils from Wuhan, Central China., Gereslassie, Tekleweini, Workineh, Ababo, Liu, Xiaoning, Yan, Xue, Wang, Jun, 2018
Assessment of macrophyte, heavy metal, and nutrient concentrations in the water of the Nairobi River, Kenya., Njuguna, Samwel Maina, Yan, Xue, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, Qingfeng, Wang, Jun, 2017
Occurrences and toxicological risk assessment of eight heavy metals in agricultural soils from Kenya, Eastern Africa., Mungai, Teresiah Muciku, Owino, Anita Awino, Makokha, Victorine Anyango, Gao, Yan, Yan, Xue, Wang, Jun, 2016
Sedum keniense (Crassulaceae), a new species from Mt. Kenya, East Africa., Zhou, YaDong, Hu, GuangWan, Yan, Xue, Mwachala, Geoffrey, Gituru, Robert Wahiti, Wang, QingFeng, 2016
Occurrence, composition and risk assessment of antibiotics in soils from Kenya, Africa., Yang, Yuyi, Owino, Anita Awino, Gao, Yan, Yan, Xue, Xu, Chen, Wang, Jun, 2016
Risk spreading, habitat selection and division of biomass in a submerged clonal plant: Responses to heterogeneous copper pollution., Yan, Xue, Wang, Haowen, Wang, Qingfeng, Rudstam, Lars G., 2013
Response of Chara globularis and Hydrodictyon reticulatum to lead pollution: their survival, bioaccumulation and defenses., Xue Yan, 2012

Aquatic Plants Ecology Pollution Water Quality Biodiversity Co2 Climate Change Environmental Science Ecosystems Sustainability

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