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Name: Yi Liang
Title: Associate Research Scientist
Email: liangyi@gig.ac.cn

Resume:
   Dr. Liang received her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Nanjing University, and her Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of Iowa in 2014. Dr. Liang worked as a postdoc in the University of Iowa from 2014-2017, and joined State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017. Dr. Liang’s researchgate webpage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yi-Liang-20

Research Interests：
Environmental microbiology, including biotransformation of emerging contaminants, microbial ecology of contaminated sites, and application of meta-omics in the study of environmentally relevant microbial communities.

Recent Publications：

1. Shengjun Yang, Biao Zhang, Qian Song, Yi Liang*, Xiangying Zeng, Zhiqiang Yu. Impact of shale gas wastewater discharge on the trace elements of the receiving river in the Sichuan Basin, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023, 30: 112725–112733.

2. Yi Liang, Xiangyu Zhou, Yiding Wu, Yang Wu, Xiangying Zeng, Zhiqiang Yu*, Ping’an Peng. Meta-omics elucidates key degraders in a bacterial tris(2-butoxyethyl) phosphate (TBOEP)-degrading enrichment culture. Water Research, 2023,233: 119774

3. Yi Liang, Han Song, Yang Wu, Shutao Gao, Xiangying Zeng, and Zhiqiang Yu*. Occurrence and distribution of triclosan and its transformation products in Taihu Lake, China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022, 29(56): 84787-84797.

4. Yi Liang, Xiangyu Zhou, Yiding Wu, Yang Wu, Shutao Gao, Xiangying Zeng, and Zhiqiang Yu*. Rhizobiales as the key member in the synergistic tris (2-chloroethyl) phosphate (TCEP) degradation by two bacterial consortia. Water Research, 2022, 218:118464

5. Xiangyu Zhou; Yi Liang; Guofa Ren; Kewen Zheng; Yang Wu; Xiangying Zeng; Yin Zhong; Zhiqiang Yu*; Ping'an Peng. Biotransformation of Tris(2-chloroethyl) Phosphate (TCEP) in sediment microcosms and the adaptation of microbial communities to TCEP. Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54(9): 5489-5497.

6. Patrick M. Richards#; Yi Liang#; Richard L. Johnson; Timothy E. Mattes*. Cryogenic soil coring reveals coexistence of aerobic and anaerobic vinyl chloride degrading bacteria in a chlorinated ethene contaminated aquifer. Water Research, 2019, 157: 281-291.

7. Timothy E. Mattes*; Jessica M. Ewald; Yi Liang; Andres Martinez; Andrew Awad; Patrick Richards; Keri C. Hornbuckle; Jerald L. Schnoor . PCB dechlorination hotspots and reductive dehalogenase genes in sediments from a contaminated wastewater lagoon. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2018, 25(17): 16376-16388.

8. Yi Liang; Xikun Liu; Michael A. Singletary; Kai Wang; Timothy E. Mattes*. Relationships between the abundance and expression of functional genes from vinyl chloride (VC)-degrading bacteria and geochemical parameters at VC-contaminated sites. Environmental Science & Technology, 2017, 51(21): 12164-12174.

9. Yi Liang; Laura J. Cook; Timothy E. Mattes*. Temporal abundance and activity trends of vinyl chloride (VC)-degrading bacteria in a dilute VC plume at Naval Air Station Oceana. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017, 24(15): 13760-13774.

10. Yi Liang; Richard Meggo; Dingfei Hu; Jerald L. Schnoor; Timothy E. Mattes*. Microbial community analysis of switchgrass planted and unplanted soil microcosms displaying PCB dechlorination. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2015, 99(15): 6515-6526. 

11. Yi Liang; Richard Meggo; Dingfei Hu; Jerald L. Schnoor; Timothy E. Mattes*. Enhanced polychlorinated biphenyl removal in a switchgrass rhizosphere by bioaugmentation with Burkholderia xenovorans LB400. Ecological Engineering, 2014, 71: 215-222.

12. Yi Liang; Andres Martinez; Keri C. Hornbuckle; Timothy E. Mattes*. Potential for polychlorinated biphenyl biodegradation in sediments from Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 2014, 89: 50-57.

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