Academic C.V. of Guorui Liu

Guorui Liu, Prof. & Ph.D

Email: liiugr@zjnu.edu.cn; or liiugr@163.com

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8462-6734

l   Distinguished Professor, Zhejiang Normal University

l   Principal Investigator, Interdisciplinary Innovation Team, Chinese Academy of Sciences

l   Team Member, Arctic Scientific Expedition in 2023

Prof. Guorui Liu received his Ph.D. in 2010 from the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on emission inventories, environmental and food contaminations of persistent toxic substances (PTS) including dioxins, PCBs, polychlorinated naphthalenes, brominated dioxins, hexachlorobutadiene, hexachlorobenze and pentachlorobenze, OCPs and heavy metals. He has authored 126 peer-reviewed publications as first or corresponding author in internationally recognized journals including Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology, and other journal.

Academic Appointments

l   Feb. 2025 – Present
Distinguished Professor, School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang Normal University

l   Jan. 2019 – Feb. 2025
Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

l   Dec. 2013 – Dec. 2018
Associate Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

l   Jul. 2010 – Feb. 2019
Assistant Professor, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Education

l   Sep. 2007 – Jul. 2010
Ph.D. Candidate, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Interests

l   Formation mechanisms and emissions control of PTS

l   Environmental behaviors of PTS

l   PTS contamination exposure in food and environment

Editorial Roles in Academic Journals

l   Associate Editor, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

l   Editorial Board Member, ACS Earth and Space Chemistry

l   Editorial Board Member, iScience

Representative Publications

1.       Yang QT, Liu GR, Yang LL, Yun JH, Zhang XY, Zhao CY, Zheng MH, Jiang GB. Atmospheric emissions of respirable quartz from industrial activities in China. Nature Sustainability 2024; 7: 1120-1127. 

2.       Qin LJ, Yang LL, Liu L, Tong SL, Liu Q, Li G, Zhang HY, Zhu WYX, Liu GR, Zheng MH, Jiang GB. Oxidative potential and persistent free radicals in dust storm particles and their associations with hospitalization. Nature Communications 2024; 15: 10827.

3.       Yun JH, Yang QT, Zhao CY, Chen CZ, Liu GR. Atmospheric emissions of fine particle matter bound rare earth elements from industry. Nature Communications 2024; 15: 9338.

4.       Luo YY, Shen YC, Zheng MH, Liu GR. Global emissions of polychlorinated naphthalenes from 1912 to 2050. Nature Communications 2024; 15: 10895.

5.       Zhao C, Yang L, Sun Y, Chen C, Huang Z, Yang Q, Yun J, Habib A, Liu G, Zheng M, Jiang G. Atmospheric emissions of hexachlorobutadiene in fine particulate matter from industrial sources. Nature Communications 2024; 15: 4737.

6.       Sun Y, Yang L, Zheng M, Weber R, Falandysz J, Lammel G, Zhao C, Chen C, Yang Q, Liu G. Industrial source identification of polyhalogenated carbazoles and preliminary assessment of their global emissions. Nature Communications 2023; 14: 3740.

7.       Qi Z, Zhang Z, Jin R, Zhang L, Zheng M, Li J, Wu Y, Li C, Lin B, Liu Y, Liu G. Target Analysis of Polychlorinated Naphthalenes and Nontarget Screening of Organic Chemicals in Bovine Milk, Infant Formula, and Adult Milk Powder by High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2023; 72(1): 773-782.

8.       Liu X, Yang L, Wang M, Zheng M, Li C, Qin L, Liu G. Insights into the Formation and Profile of Chlorinated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons during Chlorobenzene and Chloroethylene Manufacturing Processes. Environmental Science & Technology 2021; 55(23): 15929-15939.

9.       Wang M, Liu G, Jiang X, Zheng M, Yang L, Zhao Y, Jin R. Thermochemical Formation of Polybrominated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins and Dibenzofurans Mediated by Secondary Copper Smelter Fly Ash, and Implications for Emission Reduction. Environmental Science & Technology 2016; 50(14): 7470-7479.

10.    Xu Y, Yang L, Zheng M, Jin R, Wu X, Li C, Liu G. Chlorinated and Brominated Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Metallurgical Plants. Environmental Science & Technology 2018; 52(13): 7334-7342.

11.    Liu G, Lv P, Jiang X, Nie Z, Zheng M. Identifying Iron Foundries as a New Source of Unintentional Polychlorinated Naphthalenes and Characterizing Their Emission Profiles. Environmental Science & Technology 2014; 48(22): 13165-13172.

12.    Liu G, Zheng M. Perspective on the Inclusion of Polychlorinated Naphthalenes as a Candidate POP in Annex C of the Stockholm Convention. Environmental Science & Technology 2013; 47(15): 8093-8094.

13.    Liu G, Zheng M, Lv P, Liu W, Wang C, Zhang B, Xiao K. Estimation and Characterization of Polychlorinated Naphthalene Emission from Coking Industries. Environmental Science & Technology 2010; 44(21): 8156-8161.

14.    Liu G, Zheng M, Liu W, Wang C, Zhang B, Gao L, Su G, Xiao K, Lv P. Atmospheric Emission of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, Hexachlorobenzene, and Pentachlorobenzene from the Coking Industry. Environmental Science & Technology 2009; 43(24): 9196-9201.

15.    Liu GR, Zheng MH, Cai ZW, Wu YN, Jiang GB. Dioxin analysis in China. TrAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry 2013; 46: 178-88.

16.    Yuxiang Sun, Qiuting Yang, Jianghui Yun, Yujue Yang,,Junhao Tang, Qian Liu, Minghui Zheng, Guorui Liu, Climate Action Impacts on Steelmaking Emissions of Persistent Organic Pollutants Highlight a Gap Between the Paris Agreement and the Stockholm Convention, Advanced Science, 2026; 13:e19769.

17.  Qin L, Yang L, Shiraiwa M, Faiola F, Zhong H, Sonne C, Yang Y, Liu S, Liu G, Zheng M, Jiang G. Unexpected hydroxyl radical production in brewed tea under sunlight. PNAS Nexus 2024; 3(1): 015.

18.   Linjun Qin, Guorui Liu, From Caladan to Arrakis: Signiffcance of environmental and ecological sustainability of materials, Matter 2025, 8, 102383.

19.   Yuxiang Sun, Qiuting Yang, Guorui Liu, Jianghui Yun, Lingna Zheng, Hao Fang, Xue Li, Haogang Liu, Meng Wang, Haiying Yu, Junhao Tang, Yujue Yang, Wuyuxin Zhu, Emission Inequality of Antimony-Containing Nanoparticles in China, ACS Nano 2025, 19, 26805−26817.

20.   Yuxiang Sun, Qiuting Yang, Jianghui Yun, Qian Liu, Minghui Zheng, Guorui Liu, How will the Paris Agreement–aligned climate action reshape global emissions of persistent organic pollutants? Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2025, 12, 1484-1486.