Prof. Hua ZHANG, male, born in 1981, second-level researcher, has been selected as
Stanford University & Elsevier World's Top 2% Scientists 2022-2024) and Clarivate Analytics Global Top 1% Highly
Cited Researchers 2024 over the past decade).
He is mainly engaged in interdisciplinary research on "Rapid diagnosis of environmental health and green
remediation", including:
[1] "Interaction between selenium and heavy metals and risk assessment"
[2] "Green sustainable remediation and environmental health"
[3] "Digital sensors and environmental molecular diagnosis"
In the past 10 years, he has presided over more than 30 national/provincial and ministerial tasks,
including national key R&D plan projects, key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation (joint fund),
and STS/key deployment projects of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; published more than 100 papers,
was invited to publish a personal English academic monograph (Springer Publishing House),
and co-published 6 Chinese books; related results have been widely publicized and reported by more than
60 internationally renowned scientific and technological media such as ScienceNews, BBC, ScienceDaily,
and The Independent, and won more than 10 scientific and technological honors such as the Springer Global
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award in Natural Sciences, the First Prize of Natural Sciences in Guizhou Province,
the First Prize of Science and Technology Progress in Guizhou Province, and the Hou Defeng Mineral Rock
Geochemistry Young Scientist Award. He is currently the deputy director of the State Key Laboratory of
Environmental Geochemistry, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the director of the
Guizhou Provincial Soil Heavy Metal Pollution Prevention and Control and Ecological Restoration Engineering
Research Center. He is also a part-time tutor at many universities including the University of Chinese Academy
of Sciences, Peking University, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), and Yunnan University.
Email: zhanghua@mail.gyig.ac.cn
Correspondence address: No. 99, Lincheng West Road, Guanshanhu District, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, P. R. China
Postal code: 550081
Publications
Published >100 papers, one personal academic monograph (Springer), and co-published 6 Chinese books.
Representative publications [limited to 2020--now]
【01】 Q Xia, C Chang*, F Huang, X Feng, H Zhang*, Sulfur-Driven Approaches to Cadmium Detoxification: from Soil Microbials to Plant-Based Mechanisms. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 2025, DOI:10.1080/10643389.2025.2532644.
【02】 C Chen, Y Zhao, K Zhang, Y Li, Q Wu, K Mao, X Wu, J Su*, H Zhang*, Fluorine-Induced Spin-State Tuning in Co3O4 Enhances Nonradical Peroxymonosulfate Activation Efficiency. Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy. 2025, 125574
【03】 N Gao, X Chang, Y Wang, N Li, W Guo*, Z Zhao, S Liu, G Meng, H Zhang*, B Wang*, A signal amplifying MOF-based probe:on-site and ultrasensitive dual-channel portable detection of Hg2+ in groundwater through a fluorimetrically and RGB-based sensing assay, Talanta, 2025, 286, 127553.
【04】 Z Chen, K Mao, Z Chen, R Feng, W Du, H Zhang, C Tu, Isothermal nucleic acid amplification for monitoring hand‑foot‑and‑mouth disease: current status and future implications. Microchimica Acta (2025) 192:31
【05】 Chen, Z.; Mao, K.; Xue, J.; Feng, R.; Zhang, K.; Su, J.; Du, W.; Ran, J.; Yang, C.; Yang, Z.; Zhang, H. Development and Application of DNA Hydrogels in Biosensing: Current Status and Future Implications. Microchemical Journal 2025, 213, 113664.
【06】 Y Zhao, J Su, B Zhou, F Li, K Mao, M Umair, G Huang, H Zhang, Development of New Dual-Purpose Environmental Strategies for Effective Antibiotic Degradation Using Red Mud-Based Fenton Oxidation Catalysts. Molecules 2025, 30(6).
【07】 H Cao, K Mao*, J Yang, Q Wu, J Hu, H Zhang*. High-throughput μPAD with cascade signal amplification through dual enzymes for arsM in paddy soil. Analytical Chemistry. 2024，96，16，6337–6346.
【08】 X Yang, K Mao, C Chang, J Wang, Q Wu, Y Shao, J Huang, H Zhang*. Interactions of selenium and mercury in soil-plant systems: characterazations, occurences, and mechanisms. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 2024，54（21），1527-1545.
【09】 WH Meng, XD Song, LR Bao, BB Chen*, Z Ma, J Zhou, QK Jiang, FY Wang, X Liu, C Shi, XY Li*, H Zhang*, Synergistic doping and de-doping of Co3O4 catalyst for effortless formaldehyde oxidation, Chemical Engineering Journal. 2024: 153028.
【10】 J Xue, K Mao*, H Cao, R Feng, Z Chen, W Du, H Zhang*, Portable sensors equipped with smartphones for organophosphorus pesticides detection. Food Chemistry 2024,434: 137456.
【11】 K Mao, H Zhang*, Z Yang, Editorial: FEAST of biosensors: food, environmental, and agricultural sensing techniques, 2024, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2024, 12: 1482905
【12】 W Ma, Q Zhang, D Xiang, K Mao, J Xue, Z Chen, Z Chen, W Du, K Zhai, H Zhang，Metal-Organic Framework (MOF)-Based Sensors for Mercury (Hg) Detection: Design Strategies and Recent Progress，Chemistry-A European Journal. 2024. doi.org/10.1002/chem.202403760
【13】 X Yang, K Mao, C Chang, G Huang, S Shao, H Zhang *, Advancing the analysis of volatile selenium species in high-humidity and low-volatility paddy systems: A novel approach for speciation and quantification， Science of the Total Environment . 2024, 957: 177514.
【14】 H Cao, K Mao*, H Zhang*, Q Wu, H Ju, X Feng, Thermal stability and micrdose-based coupling CRISPR/Cas12a biosensor for amplification-free detection of hgcA gene in paddy soil, Science of the Total Environment . 2024 ，909：168536.
【15】 K Zhang, K Mao,*, J Xue, Z Chen, W Du, H Zhang，Characteristics and risk assessment of heavy metals in groundwater at a typical smelter-contaminated site in Southwest China， Environmental Pollution， 2024，357：124401
【16】 L Tan, Y Cao, J Yan , K Mao b, L Liu, X Wang*, W Ye*, R.A. Harris*, H Zhang*，TiO2 nanorod arrays@PDA/Ag with biomimetic polydopamine as binary mediators for duplex SERS detection of illegal food dyes, Analytica Chimica Acta 2024，1287：342047
【17】 Wu Q, Wang B, Hu H*, Bravo AG, Bishop K, Bertilsson S, Meng B, Zhang H*, Feng X. Sulfate-reduction and methanogenesis are coupled to Hg(II) and MeHg reduction in rice paddies. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2023; 460:132486.
【18】 D Lei, H Cao, K Zhang, K Mao, Y Guo, J Huang, G Yang, H Zhang*, X Feng, Coupling of different antioxidative systems in rice under the simultaneous influence of selenium and cadmium. Environmental Pollution, 2023, 337: 122526.
【19】 X Qin, X Dong, Z Tao, R Wei, H Zhang, Q Guo*. Tracing the transboundary transport of atmospheric Particulate Bound Mercury driven by the East Asian monsoon. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023, 446, 15:130678
【20】 Y Jiang, K Mao⁎, J Ran, J Su, G Huang, X Zheng, K Zhang, H Guana, C Yang, H Zhang. Carbon nitride-type polymers compounded with FeOCl to enhance the catalytic removal of antibiotics over a wide pH range: Performance and mechanism. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 2023, 53: 103601.
【21】 JJ Yan, MR Wang, HQ Yin, MM Ma, YE Li, HY Hu, WC Ye*, YM Li*, H Zhang*, Bifunctional SERS Paper Chips Based on Three-Layered Plasmonic Metal-Coated ZnO Nanoflowers for Fast Enrichment and Ultrasensitive Detection of Multiple Antibiotics. Acs Applied Nano Materials. 2023, 6(19): 18188-18197
【22】 Wu, Y. Yang, Y. Cheng, S. Wang, Z. Zhou, P. Zhang, X. Zhu, B. Wang, H. Zhang, S. Xie*, Z. Zeng*, & B. Z. Tang*. Fluorogenic detection of mercury ion in aqueous environment using hydrogel-based aie sensing films. Aggregate 2023, 4(3): e287.
【23】 H Zhang*, W Wang, C-J Lin, X Feng, J Shi, G Jiang, T Larssen, Decreasing mercury levels in consumer fish over the three decades of increasing mercury emissions in China. Eco-environment & Health. 2022, 1: 46–52
【24】 H Cao, K Mao*; F Ran; P Xu; Y Zhao; X Zhang; H Zhou; Z Yang*; H Zhang*; G Jiang. Paper Device Combining CRISPR/Cas12a and Reverse-Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification for SARS-CoV-2 Detection in Wastewater. Environmental Science & Technology. 2022, 56, 13245−13253
【25】 C Chang, H Zhang*，F Huang, X Feng. Understanding the translocation and bioaccumulation of cadmium in the Enshi seleniferous area, China: Possible impact by the interaction of Se and Cd. Environmental Pollution, 2022, 300:118927
【26】 W Ali, H Zhang*, K Mao, M Shafeeque, M WajahatAslama X Yang, L Zhong, X Feng, J Podgorski*. Chromium contamination in paddy soil-rice systems and associated human health risks in Pakistan. Science of The Total Environment. 2022. 826:153910
【27】 Y Jiang, J Ran, K Mao, X Yang, L Zhong, C Yang,* X Feng, H Zhang*. Recent progress in Fenton/Fenton-like reactions for the removal of antibiotics in aqueous environments. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 236 (2022) 113464.
【28】 Zhao, Y., Mao, K.*, Cao, H., Wang, B., Zheng, X., Du, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, H.*, Nonnegligible pathogenic exposure risk of coarse part of PM10 in non-open environments. Front Environ Sci. 2022, 10: 1006209
【29】 M Xu, K Zhang, Y Wang, B Zhang,* , K Mao, H Zhang,* Health Risk Assessments and Microbial Community Analyses of Groundwater from a Heavy Metal-Contaminated Site in Hezhou City, Southwest China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 20(1), 604.
【30】 T Liu, Y Man, P Li, H Zhan发表g, HX Cheng, A Hydroponic Study on Effect of Zinc Against Mercury Uptake by Triticale: Kinetic Process and Accumulation. B Environ Contam Tox. 2022, 108 (2):359-365.
【31】 J Caplette, L Gfeller, D Lei, J Liao, J Xia, H Zhang, X Feng, A. Mestrot, Antimony release and volatilization from ricepaddy soils: Field and microcosm study, Science of The Total Environment, 842, 2022, 156631.
【32】 X. Feng, P. Li, X. Fu, X. Wang, H. Zhang. Mercury pollution in China: implications on the implementation of the Minamata Convention. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 2022, 24(5): 634-648.
【33】 K Mao, H Zhang*, Y Pan, Z Yang*. Biosensors for wastewater-based epidemiology for monitoring public health. Water Research, 2021, 191: 116787.
【34】 W Ali, H Zhang*, M Junaid, K Mao, N Xu, C Chang, A Rasool, M Aslam, J Ali, Z Yang. Insights into the mechanisms of arsenic-selenium interactions and the associated toxicity in plants, animals, and humans: A critical review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. 2021, 51:7, 704-750.
【35】 K Mao, Z Yang*, H Zhang*, Xli*, J M.Cooperd. Paper-based nanosensors to evaluate community-wide illicit drug use for wastewater-based epidemiology. Water Research. 2021, 116559
【36】 C Chang, R Yin, F Huang, R Wang, C Chen, K Mao, X Feng, H Zhang*, A new method of predicting the contribution of TGM to Hg in white rice: Using leaf THg and implications for Hg risk control in Wanshan Hg mine area. Environmental Pollution, 2021, 288: 117727.
【37】 Y Guo, K Mao, H Cao, W Ali, D Lei, and H Zhang*, Exogenous selenium (cadmium) inhibits the absorption and transportation of cadmium (selenium) in rice. Environmental Pollution. 268 (2021) 115829
【38】 C Chang, R Yin*, F Huang, G Sun, K Mao, D Lei, H Zhang*. Understanding the Bioaccumulation of Mercury in Rice Plants at the Wanshan Mercury Mine, China: Using Stable Mercury Isotopes. Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, 2021, 126(2): e2020JG006103.
【39】 W Ali, H Zhang*, Z Wang, C Chang, A Javed, K Ali, W Du, N Niazi, K Mao*, Z Yang，Occurrence of various viruses and recent evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater systems，Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2021, 414：125439
【40】 K Zhang, H Zhang*, H Cao, Y Jiang, K Mao,* Zhugen Yang. Rolling Circle Amplification as an Efficient Analytical Tool for Rapid Detection of Contaminants in Aqueous Environments. Biosensors 2021, 11（10）: 352.
【41】 N Bibi, M Shahid, N Niazi*, F Younas, S Naqvi, S. Shaheen, M Imran, H Wang, K Hussaini, H Zhang, J Rinklebe, Hydrogeochemical and health risk evaluation of arsenic in shallow and deep aquifers along the different floodplains of Punjab, Pakistan, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2021. 402. 124074.
【42】 M.M. Hussain, I Bibi, N. K Niazi*, Y SikOk, H Zhang, Arsenic biogeochemical cycling in paddy soil-rice system: Interaction with various factors, amendments and mineral nutrients. Sci Tot Environ. 2021, 145040
【43】 K Mao, H Zhang*, Z Yang*, Can a paper-based device trace COVID-19 sources with wastewater-based epidemiology? Environmental Science & Technology. 2020. 54, 7, 3733-3735.
【44】 K Mao, H Zhang,* Y Pan, K Zhang, H Cao, X Li, Z Yang*. Nanomaterial-based aptamer sensors for analysis of illicit drugs and evaluation of drugs consumption for wastewater-based epidemiology. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry , 2020, 130 , 115975.
【46】 C Chang, C Chen, R Yin*, Y Shen, K Mao, Z Yang, X Feng*, H Zhang*. Bioaccumulation of Hg in rice leaf facilitates selenium bioaccumulation in rice (Oryza sative L.) leaf in the Wanshan mercury mine. Environmental Science & Technology. 2020, 54, 3228−3236.
【47】 K Mao, X Min, H Zhang*, K Zhang, H Cao, Y Guo, Z Yang*, Paper-based microfluidics for rapid diagnostics and drug delivery. Journal of Controlled Release. 2020. 322:187-199
【48】 Y Xing, J Wang*, SM Shaheen, X Feng, Z Chen, H Zhang*, J Rinklebe*. Mitigation of mercury accumulation in rice using rice hull-derived biochar as soil amendment: A field investigation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2020, 388: 121747
【50】 Q Wu, H Hu, B Meng, A.J. Wang, A. J Poulain, H Zhang, J Liu, A. G. Bravo, K Bishop, S Bertilsson,X Feng, Methanogenesis Is an Important Process in Controlling MeHg Concentration in Rice Paddy Soils Affected by Mining Activities. Environmental Science & Technology 2020, 54, (21), 13517-13526.
【51】 K Mao, K Zhang, W Du, W Ali, X Feng, H Zhang*. The potential of wastewater-based epidemiology as surveillance and early warning of infectious disease outbreaks. Current Opinion in Environ Sci & Health. 2020. 17:1-7
【52】 D Teng, K Mao*, W Ali, G Xu, G Huang, H Zhang*. Describing the toxicity and sources and the remediation technologies for mercury-contaminated soil. RSC Advances. 2020.
【53】 J Xia, J Wang, L Zhang, C Anderson, X Wang, H Zhang, Z Dai, X Feng. Screening of native low mercury accumulation crops in a mercury-polluted mining region: Agricultural planning to manage mercury risk in farming communities. Journal of Cleaner Production. 2020 (262) 121324
【54】 W Ali, K Mao, H Zhang*, M Junaid, N Xu, A Rasool, X Feng，ZYang，Comprehensive review of the basic chemical behaviours, sources, processes, and endpoints of trace element contamination in paddy soil-rice systems in rice-growing countries，Journal of Hazardous Materials.2020, 397：122720.
【55】 K Mao, H Zhang,* Z Wang, H Cao, K Zhang, X Li , Z Yang*，Nanomaterial-based aptamer sensors for arsenic detection，Biosensors & Bioelectronics. 2020, 148: 111785.