Editor Profile
Dr. Shi-Tong Yang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Present
Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xi'an
China
Dr. Shi Tong YANG
Email: shitongyang@xjtu.edu.cn
Research Interests
• Environmental geochemistry: Distribution, speciation, and host phases of typical heavy metals in polluted sites
• Environmental pollution chemistry: Migration and transformation behaviors of typical heavy metals in representative soil/water components
• Pollution control chemistry: Rapid and highly efficient remediation strategies for polluted environments
Experience
November 2019 – Present
Distinguished Research Fellow / Associate Professor
School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, P.R. China
November 2017 – October 2019
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan
August 2013 – October 2017
Associate Professor
School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences, Soochow University, P.R. China
Education
September 2008 – July 2013
Ph.D. in Nuclear Energy Science and Engineering
Hefei Institute of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.R. China
September 2004 – July 2008
Bachelor in Environmental Science
College of Natural Resources and Environment, Northwest A&F University, P.R. China
- Environmental geochemistry: Distribution, speciation, and host phases of typical heavy metals in polluted sites
- Environmental pollution chemistry: Migration and transformation behaviors of typical heavy metals in representative soil/water components
- Pollution control chemistry: Rapid and highly efficient remediation strategies for polluted environments
- Xiao, Q., Xu, X. H., Le, X. F., Yang, S. T.* (2025): Insight into the interaction mechanisms of toxic cadmium and lead with calcite/phosphate composite solids. Journal of Hazardous Materials 492, 138320.
- Yang, S. T., Wu, Y., Bi, S. Y., Xu, X. H., Wu, W. Y., Wang, Y. S. (2025): Reel silk from cocoons: Optimized fabrication of chitosan-sodium tripolyphosphate imprinted polymers for high-efficiency and selective capture of hexavalent chromium. Separation and Purification Technology 354, 129182.
- Yang, S. T., Bi, S. Y., Tian, X. Y., Sun, Q., Wang, Y. S. (2025): Immobilization mechanisms of lead and cadmium by pre-formed ferrihydrite–phosphate composite. Environmental Research 287, 123053.
- Wang, Y. S., Zhu, R. T., Li, Z. Z., Xu, X. H., Yang, S. T.* (2025): Alliance between giants: Non-thermal plasma treatment coupling hydroxyapatite addition for one-step Cd(II)-EDTA decomplexation and Cd(II) removal. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 13, 119588.
- Yang, S. T., Zhang, X. N., Sun, Q., Liu, C., Wang, Y. S. (2025): Calcium phosphate nanoadsorbents for water defluorination. ACS Applied Nano Materials 8, 23004–23015.
- Wu, W. Y., Tang, H. Y., Bi, S. Y., Xu, X. H., Yang, S. T., Wang, Y. S. (2024): Shopping around: Comparing Cd(II) sorption performance of disparate functional groups-modified microcrystalline cellulose composites. Carbohydrate Polymers 346, 122602.
- Zhang, Y., Xiao, Q., Wu, W. Y., Zhang, X. N., Xu, X. H., Yang, S. T.* (2024): Comparison of water-soluble organic matter (WSOM)-containing and WSOM-free biochars for simultaneous sorption of lead and cadmium. Science of the Total Environment 921, 171159.
- Xiao, Q., Zhang, Y. W., Bi, S. Y., Wu, Y., Yang, S. T.* (2024): Optimized synthesis of cysteine-functionalized nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite for synchronous decontamination of Cd(II) and Pb(II). Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 12, 111734.
- Tang, H. Y., Zhang, Y., Wu, Y., Wu, W. Y., Bi, S. Y., Wu, J. J., Yang, S. T.* (2023): Discard the dross and select the essence: Purified orange peel with coupled alkali-acid hydrolysis as potential Cd(II)-capturing adsorbent. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 11, 110033.
- Tang, H. Y., Zhang, Y. W., Zhang, Y., Xiao, Q., Zhao, X. L., Yang, S. T.* (2022): Turning waste into adsorbent: Modification of discarded orange peel for highly efficient removal of Cd(II) from aqueous solution. Biochemical Engineering Journal 185, 108497.
- Zhang, Y. W., Tang, H. Y., Xiao, Q., Zhang, Y., Zhao, X. L., Yang, S. T.* (2022): New strumming sleight for old tunes: Exploration on the sorption mechanisms of Cd(II) by hydroxyapatite synthesized with different molar Ca/P ratios. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 10, 107919.
- Sun, J., Qin, H. B., Yang, S. T., Sanematsu, K., Takahashi, Y. (2022): New insights into the distribution and speciation of nickel in a Myanmar laterite. Chemical Geology 604, 120943.
- Qin, H. B., Yang, S. T., Tanaka, M., Sanematsu, K., Arcilla, C., Takahashi, Y. (2021): Scandium immobilization by goethite: Surface adsorption versus structural incorporation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 294, 255–272.
