Refereed Publications

  • Yuwei Xie, Xiaowei Zhang*, Jianghua Yang, Seonjin Kim, Seongjin Hong, John P. Giesy, Un Hyuk Yim, Won Joon Shimg, Hongxia Yu, Jong Seong Khim**. eDNA-Based Bioassessment of Coastal Sediments Impacted by an Oil Spill. Environ. Pollu., 238: 739–748 (2018).
  • Yuwei Xie, Tilman Floehr, Xiaowei Zhang*, Hongxia Xiao, Jianghua Yang, Pu Xia, G. Allen Burton Jr., Henner Hollert. In situ microbiota distinguished primary anthropogenic stressor in freshwater sediments. Environ. Pollu., 239: 189–197 (2018).
  • Chen, L.-G., C.-Y Hu, M.M.P. Tsui, Q. Wang, J.P. Giesy, P.K.S. Lam and J.C.W. Lam.  2018. PFBS Exposure Causes Durable and Transgenerational Dysbiosis of Gut Microbiota in Marine Medaka. (2018) Envir. Sci. Technol. (In Press)
  • Hu, D., I.-C. Lou, M. Guo, W.-K. Ung, Y.-J. Kong, K.-M. Mok, J.P. Giesy and S., M.-Y. Lee.  2018. Temporal Changes in Microbial Community Composition in Eutrophic Reservoirs of Macau Determined by 16s rRNA Gene Sequences and Viral Metagenomics. (2018). Nature: Scientific Reports (In Press)
  • Xiaohui Zhang, Song Tang*, Mao Wang, **, Weimin Sun, Yuwei Xie, Hui Peng, Aimin Zhong, Hongling Liu***, Xiaowei Zhang, Hongxia Yu, John P. Giesy, Markus Hecker. Acid mine drainage affects the diversity and metal resistance gene profile of sediment bacterial community along a river. Chemosphere, 217: 790-799 (2019).
  • Feilong Li, Ying Peng, Wendi Fang, Florian Altermatt, Yuwei Xie, Jianghua Yang, and Xiaowei Zhang*. Application of Environmental DNA Metabarcoding for Predicting Anthropogenic Pollution in Rivers. Environ. Sci. Technol., 52: 11708−11719 (2018).

Conference Presentations (Invited)

  • Giesy, J.P. “Environmental Forensics:  What is it and What can it do?” To: School of Biological Sciences of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR, Peoples Republic of China, February 2, 2018.
  • Giesy, J.P. Gave Seminar: “Environmental Forensics: What is it and What can it do?” to College of Water Sciences, Beijing Normal University. 
  • Giesy, J.P. . “Environmental Forensics:  What is it and What can it do?” To: Symposium in Honor of Prof. Giesy. Beijing China, March 16, 2018.
  • Hecker, M., Zee, J., Gerhart, A. Doering, J., Jardine, T. “eDNA as an Early Detection Tool for the Potential Spread of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to Saskatchewan Lakes. Presentation to Fish and Wildlife Development Fund. Saskatoon, SK, November 2017. 
  • Hecker, M., Zee, J., Gerhart, A. Doering, J., Jardine, T. “eDNA as an Early Detection Tool for the Potential Spread of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to Saskatchewan Lakes.” Presentation to Saskatchewan Environment Aquatic Invasive Species Task Force. Saskatoon. January 19, 2018. 
  • Hecker, M., Zee, J., Gerhart, A. Doering, J., Jardine, T. “eDNA as an Early Detection Tool for the Potential Spread of Zebra Mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to Saskatchewan Lakes.” Presentation to Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. Prince Albert. March 9, 2018. 
  • Hecker, M., Jardine T., Jones P., Xie Y., DeBofsky A., Giesy, J. “Environmental DNA: A novel approach to characterize biodiversity.” Presentation to AREVA Resources. February 27, 2018. 

Conference Presentations (Non-Invited)

  • Zee, J., Hecker, M., Gerhart, A., Doering, J., and Jardine, T. 2017. eDNA as an early detection tool for the potential spread of zebra mussels (Dreissena polymorpha) to Saskatchewan lakes. Canadian Ecotoxicity Workshop, Guelph, October 1-4.